Last night I made Herbed Chicken Parmesan.
It turned out really well except for one little thing: the vinegar for the sauce. When i first looked over the recipe I thought it called for 1/4 cup vinegar (among other ingredients of course). I was happy that the only thing I had to buy for this recipe was the chicken as I already had everything else.
Well last night I started putting all the ingredients on the counter for easy access. And that's when I realized that the recipe called for 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar.
Hoping that maybe we had balsamic vinegar and I didn't know, I looked in the pantry and fridge. I did find a bottle of balsamic vinegar but it was empty. So I looked around some more and I found red wine vinegar.
So I decided to use that instead. I was debating between regular vinegar and the red wine. I didn't know how either would affect the taste of the sauce so I guessed and used the red wine. Even with red wine vinegar the sauce was really good, but had this little sour kick to it. It tasted a little off.
I've added balsamic vinegar to next week's grocery list. I want to make this recipe again, this time with the right type of vinegar.
I made a bit extra so I will be having that for lunch today.
Some things just don't substitute
May 21st, 2009 at 05:07 pm
May 21st, 2009 at 05:21 pm 1242926492
Oh my gosh! I thought you were going to say that you resorted to using a 1/4 cup of "regular" vinegar. Yikes! LOL
May 21st, 2009 at 05:22 pm 1242926559
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