Ginger Apricot Chicken Food

EASY APRICOT CHICKEN (ONLY 5 INGREDIENTS)

Steps:

• Cut chicken breasts in half or into serving-sized portions.
• In a medium-sized bowl, combine apricot preserves, Catalina dressing, onion soup mix, and Dijon mustard. Mix well.

GINGER-APRICOT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cover the apricots with boiling water and stand about 1 hour or until apricots are soft; drain.
• Heat oil in pan, add chicken and cook until lightly browned all over.
• Transfer to an (8 cup capacity) ovenproof dish.
• Add onion, garlic, ginger, and rind to the same pan, cook until onion is soft.
• Stir in thyme, juices, brandy, stock and blended cornstarch and water, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
• Pour mixture over chicken, add the apricots.
• Bake covered in a medium oven about 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• Can be made ahead. Suitable for freezing.

APRICOT-DIJON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°. Spray a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk together the apricot preserves, ketchup, mustard and ginger. Reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture.
• Place chicken in the prepared baking dish and spread the remaining apricot mixture over the top. Bake at 400° for 20 to 25 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160° on an instant-read thermometer.
• Make rice following package directions, using the olive oil.
• To serve, sprinkle the hazelnuts over the chicken breasts and stir the reserved apricot mixture into the cooked rice.

APRICOT CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a flat glass or china dish or a mixing bowl, combine fruit spread, soy sauce, lemon juice, onion, parsley, and oregano; set aside 1/4 cup of mixture for basting sauce. Add chicken pieces to remaining mixture and turn several times, coating.
• pieces well. Refrigerate at least 5 hours or overnight; turn pieces several times during refrigeration.
• Remove from marinade and place in a single layer in a baking pan. Discard remaining.
• marinade. Bake, uncovered, in a 375°F oven 45 to 50 minutes, or until chicken is tender, lightly browned and no longer.
• pink in the center. Brush with reserved sauce several times during cooking. Brush.
• remaining reserved sauce on chicken just before serving.

CHICKEN WITH APRICOT-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in pan, add chicken, cook about 10 minutes on each side or until golden brown and tender.
• Remove from pan, place on serving dish, top with sauce.
• Apricot-Ginger Sauce:.
• Make sauce while chicken is cooking.
• Cut ginger into wafer-thin slices, then into shreds.
• Combine apricot nectar, ginger and soy sauce in pan, bring to a boil, stir in blended cornstarch and water, stir until sauce boils and thickens, add green onion.