My children requested nachos. I made this recipe since I lacked one. We really liked it!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 lemon, juiced, divided
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 sprigs finely chopped rosemary
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ (14.5 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups gnocchi
- ½ (8 ounce) package fresh spinach
Instructions
- Combine bacon and onion in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Add chicken and 1/2 of the lemon juice and cook until no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes per side.
- Meanwhile, mix balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, rosemary, red pepper flakes, and remaining lemon juice together in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until mixture bubbles, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomatoes with some of their juice and continue to simmer while chicken finishes cooking.
- Melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Pan-fry gnocchi in the hot butter until golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add spinach, cover, and steam until tender, 2 to 6 minutes.
- Place bacon and onion onto a serving plate and top with spinach, gnocchi, and chicken, in that order. Drizzle with tomato-balsamic sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 844 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 70 g |
| Cholesterol | 166 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 39 g |
| Saturated Fat | 23 g |
| Sodium | 942 mg |
| Sugars | 23 g |
| Fat | 48 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Used the bacon grease to saute the chicken, much better flavor except for the chronically fat-opposed.
Great meal for a special occasion, but for me at least, too many steps for the average weeknight dinner. I did make a few changes. First, I increased the quantity for more servings, and then I changed the order of how I made everything to go with how they were layered onto the platter. I decided to cook the spinach in the leftover bacon grease instead of steaming, which was delicious, and I recommend it.