Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium high heat and saute onions until transparent
• Sear the chicken top down with the onions, until it is nicely browned.
• Add the garlic and mushrooms and continue frying, scattering the mushrooms, onions, and garlic over the chicken pieces. 
• Cook for about 3 minutes, then add the combined vinegar, broth, bay leaf and thyme and bring to a boil.
  
• Transfer the chicken to a chicken pot and bake for 1.5 hours on 325°, covered. 
• Set aside the chicken on a plate, and add the sauce to the skillet with the cornstarch and water, remove the bay leaves and simmer until the sauce caramelizes and thickens. 
• Pour sauce mixture over the chicken and bake for another 1/2 hour.

Before Caramelizing of the Sauce

Finished Product