Apricot Balsamic Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet with a lid over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, and cook in the hot oil until golden brown around the edges, but still pink in the center, about 5 minutes. Stir in the onion, and cook for about 3 minutes more. Pour in the balsamic vinegar, bring it to a simmer, and allow it to reduce for a few minutes.
• Cut half of the apricots in half, leaving the others whole. Place the apricots into the skillet, and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer, then stir in the apricot preserves and thyme. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the apricots have softened, 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley to serve.

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet with a lid over medium high heat. Add oil and chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Lightly brown the chicken a few minutes on each side, add onions. Cook 5 minutes. Add vinegar to the pan and let it evaporate. Add apricots and stock. When stock comes to a bubble, add preserves and stir to combine. Cover pan, reduce heat and simmer 10 to 15 minutes. Serve chicken with a sprinkle of chopped parsley.

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• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Place chicken in single layer in shallow pan. Bake 20 min., turning after 10 min. Meanwhile, mix jam, dressing and mustard until well blended. Reserve 1 Tbsp. jam mixture for mixing with the cooked quinoa.
• Brush chicken with remaining jam mixture; bake 20 min. or until done (165ºF). Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add vegetables; cook 3 to 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Add broth and quinoa; stir. Bring to boil; simmer on medium-low heat 12 to 15 min. or until liquid is absorbed, adding apricots for the last 5 min. Remove from heat. Stir in reserved jam mixture.
• Serve chicken with quinoa mixture.

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• Place chicken in a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Combine the mayonnaise, preserves and onion; spoon over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-minutes or until chicken juices run clear.

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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place the chicken pieces in a 4 quart casserole dish. Mix the soup mix, dressing and jam together, and pour over the chicken.
• Cover dish and bake for 1 hour in preheated oven.

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• Preheat grill to medium-high, brush off the grates to remove crusty, gritty stuff.
• While that's heating up, bring preserves and vinegar to a boil in a medium saucepan; lower the heat and simmer until thick and syrupy (7-8 minutes or longer).
• While THAT's cooking, drizzle oil over the chicken (on a plate or in a bowl); season with S & P; grill until cooked through (about 6 minutes per side).
• Remove chicken from grill to a serving platter, drizzle jam-vinegar mixture over the meat and serve!
• We had this with potato wedges baked in foil on the grill.
• PLANNED OVERS --
• Use any leftovers to make sandwiches for lunch the next day, or cut into bite-size pieces and add to a "grilled chicken" salad. Delicimosio!

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet with a lid over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, and cook in the hot oil until golden brown around the edges, but still pink in the center, about 5 minutes. Stir in the onion, and cook for about 3 minutes more. Pour in the balsamic vinegar, bring it to a simmer, and allow it to reduce for a few minutes.
• Cut 10 of the apricots in half, leaving the others whole. Place the apricots into the skillet, and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer, then stir in the apricot preserves and thyme. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the apricots have softened, 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley to serve.

Steps:

• Saute onion and thyme in olive oil until onion is soft. Remove from skillet.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper, add chicken to pan and saute 4 minutes on each side. Remove chicken from skillet.
• Mix preserves, vinegar and chicken broth in skillet, stirring until preserves melt, and mixture boils. 4 Add sauteed onion.
• Return chicken to pan and turn to coat with sauce. Simmer until chicken is cooked through.
• Serve over rice or pasta.

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• In a large skillet with high sides, heat the oil, 3 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper liberally. When oil ripples, add chicken and brown it on both sides, 7 to 8 minutes total. Add balsamic vinegar and stir 30 seconds, add stock, apricots and thyme and reduce heat to medium-low to low. Place a lid on the pan and simmer 10 minutes. Take lid off, stir in the parsley, chives, lemon zest and juice and turn off heat. Let stand a couple of minutes, remove the thyme sprigs and serve.

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• Line a shallow roasting pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray and set aside. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 90 seconds, stirring once., Dip chicken into sauce. Arrange in prepared pan. Pour remaining sauce over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting once.,

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place the chicken breasts in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle with salt. Combine the apricot preserves, vinegar and brown sugar. Pour the preserve mixture over the chicken, cover, and bake for 50 minutes.
• Remove cover and bake for 10 more minutes.

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• Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; set aside. Pour 5 tablespoons butter into a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, combine biscuit mix and parsley. Dip chicken in butter, then coat with biscuit mixture. , In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil and remaining butter over medium heat for 5-6 minutes on each side or no longer pink., Meanwhile, in a small microwave-safe bowl, combine preserves and orange juice. Cover and microwave on high for 30-40 seconds or until preserves are melted; stir until combined. Drizzle over chicken; cook for 1-2 minutes or until heated through.

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• Finely mince shallot.
• Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a non stick skillet over medium high heat. Pat chicken dry with paper towel, then season all over with salt and pepper.
• Add to pan and cook until no longer pink in center 4-5 minutes per side. Remove from pan and set aside to rest.
• To pan, add shallot, whole thyme sprigs and drizzle of olive oil over medium heat. Cook, tossing, until shallot is soft, 2-3 minutes. Stir in balsamic vinegar and apricot jam. Let simmer until syrupy, 1 minute. Stir in 1/2 cup water and stock concentrate. Simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add 2 Tbsp. butter, gently swirl until melted. Serve this pan sauce drizzled over chicken.

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• Position one rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 450*F.
• Stir preserves, nectar,vinegar, garlic and rosemary in medium saucepan over low heat until preserves melt.
• Transfer 1/2 cup glaze to bowl; reserve.
• Arrange chicken breasts and wings on 1 large rimmed baking sheet.
• Arrange thighs and drumsticks on second rimmed sheet.
• Brush chicken with 1 cup glaze; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast until chicken is cooked through and glaze forms sticky coating, brushing 2 more times with remaining glaze in pan, about 1 hour.
• Increase oven temperature to 500*F.
• Roast until chicken begins to brown, about 10 minutes longer.
• Transfer chicken to platter.
• Scrape pan juices and any browned bits from baking sheets into glass measuring cup.
• Spoon off fat from top of juices.
• Add enough broth to juices to mesure 1 3/4 cups sauce.
• Bring sauce to simmer in small saucepan over medium high heat, whisking in enough reserved glaze to flavor and thicken sauce as desired.
• Serve chicken with sauce.

Steps:

• Season the chicken with garam masala, garlic powder, salt, and pepper; set aside. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the onions in the hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken; cook and stir until the chicken pieces are no longer pink on the outside, about 5 minutes. Remove the mixture from the pan and set aside.
• Pour 1 cup of chicken stock into the pan and bring to a simmer. Scrape up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan; stir in the apricot preserves and vinegar. Thin with the remaining chicken stock as needed to create a smooth sauce. Season to taste with the hot sauce. Place chicken back in pan; simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Stir in lime zest and butter before serving.