Fricandeau of Chicken in Red Wine Vinegar

This is an ancient recipe from the Loire Valley which in recent years has spread all the way across France. During the hot, steamy summers along the River Loire, every local winemaker had the unpleasant experience of finding that some of his wine had turned to vinegar. (Incidentally, this is why the city of Orleans on the upper Loire became the “vinegar capital” of France.) However, the thrifty wives of the winemakers insisted on using up some of the good red wine vinegar by putting it into