Chicken Breasts In Spicy Apricot And Plum Sauce Food

CHICKEN BREASTS IN SPICY APRICOT AND PLUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook plums, apricots, ginger, chillies, apples, balsamic vinegar and water together in a heavy based pan for about 20 minutes to make a sauce.
• In another pan, brown the chicken breast in the oil.
• Add the sauce and cook together gently for about 15 minutes.
• Season well with salt and pepper.
• Serve over rice or cous-cous.

SPICED APRICOT AND PLUM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 Celsius (400 F). Grease 26 cm (10.5 inch) pie dish or deep 1.25 litre (5 cup) rectangle dish.
• Drain plums and reserve 1 cup of syrup.
• Halve plums, discard stones, place plums in prepared dish.
• Combine reserve syrup, apricots, cinnamon, cloves, mixed spice and ginger in medium saucepan.
• Simmer uncovered until liquid is reduced to ½ cup.
• Note : if your apricots are a little tart, add the sugar to the saucepan.
• Remove and discard cinnamon stick and cloves. Cool mixture to room temperature. Pour mixture over plums.
• Cut the pastry into 2.5cm strips. Brush edge of pie dish with some of the egg. Press pastry strips around edge of dish. Place remaining strips in lattice pattern over pie. Brush with remaining egg.
• Bake for about 40 minutes or until pastry is browned lightly. If pastry starts to brown too quickly, cover with foil for the last 10 -15 minutes of baking time.
• Dust with icing sugar and serve with spiced yoghurt cream.
• Spiced yoghurt cream : Combine ingredients in a small bowl.

ASIAN SPICY PLUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pit the plums. Put into a food processor and purée.
• In a heavy, medium-sized non-reactive saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and ginger; sauté 2 minutes.
• Stir in the plum purée, five-spice powder, lime juice, Mirin, brown sugar, chili paste and salt.
• Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer 25 minutes, stirring often.
• Remove from the heat and cool.
• Transfer to glass jars and refrigerate.

CHICKEN WITH PLUM GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper to taste and place skin-side-up onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• While the chicken is baking, stir together the plum jam, 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper, ginger, and horseradish in a small bowl. After the chicken has baked 20 minutes, brush with the plum glaze and return to the oven.
• Continue baking until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 20 to 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

SPICY APRICOT-GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. In a small saucepan, combine the first five ingredients; cook and stir over medium heat until heated through., Place chicken in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Broil 3-4 in. from heat until a thermometer reads 165°, 6-8 minutes on each side. Brush occasionally with preserves mixture during the last 5 minutes of cooking.

CHICKEN IN PLUM SAUCE

Steps:

• place chicken in a baking dish.
• mix plum sauce with soy sauce (soy sauce is to taste so keep checking to see how you like it).
• add sauce to cover the chicken
• put in the oven and cook until chicken is cooked (around 40 - 50 minutes)
• serve with rice or as my nan did warm vegies and potatoes.

SPICY MOROCCAN CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS AND PRUNES (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• In the morning (or the night before), combine first 13 ingredients in ungreased 2 quart shallow casserole.
• Add chicken. Turn to coat. Cover. Chill for at least 8 hours or overnight. Stir.
• Bake chicken, uncovered, in 400 degree F oven for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink.