Apricot Chicken Recipe: It's Incredible Simple and Tasty! (2024)
By Sarah Westover McKenna67 Comments
This apricot chicken recipe is tasty and incredibly simple. Just 4 ingredients and 45 minutes for a meal that the whole family will love.
Hello! I am so excited to be sharing my apricot chicken recipe as part of a virtual baby shower for my blogging buddy Katie from Katie’s Cucina and Sew Woodsy. She is such a lovely and generous person, and I am so excited for her to become a mama. No doubt she is going to be an amazing one!
The theme of this virtual baby shower is quick and easy meals for moms, and a bunch of awesome food bloggers have gotten together to share with you their best simple meal solutions! Here is a collage of just some of the recipes being shared, along with several simple crafts for moms! You can see the full link list below the collage. Be sure to hop around and discover some fab new blogs!
As I said, the theme of the shower is simple recipes for new moms, and this apricot chicken recipe is just that. In fact, after I gave birth to my first baby my friend Emily brought me this very recipe. I loved it and asked her for the recipe, and when she gave it to me I was flabbergasted by how simple it was! It’s not my fanciest or most decadent dinner, but it is crazy simple and hits the spot! I do love me some sweet meat! Let me show you how simple it is and then you can print out the recipe with the exact measurements. Be sure to jump over to Katie’s blogs and say hi!
Grab your four ingredients: chicken, apricot jam, dry French Onion soup mix, and salad dressing.
Place the chicken in a casserole dish and mix the other three ingredients together. Pour the mixture on top of the chicken.
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Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
Go high and fast: Bake chicken for 12 to 15 minutes.
This will take between 12 and 15 minutes in a preheated 400ºF oven. That's hot enough to taste good without drying out. And as long as you eat it right away, it won't be in the danger zone for long enough to be unsafe.
On the other hand, berries, particularly strawberries and raspberries, bring out apricot's natural sweetness, creating a flavor profile that's sweet and slightly wild. For a touch of exotic flair, pair apricot with tropical fruits like mango or passionfruit.
Marinades:Marinades are a great way to infuse flavor into chicken. Prepare a marinade with ingredients like olive oil, vinegar, citrus juice, herbs, spices, and garlic. ...
Dry Rubs:Dry rubs consist of a mixture of dry spices and seasonings. ...
Brining:Brining involves soaking chicken in a saltwater solution with sugar.
Never cook it cold. By allowing chicken breast to come to room temperature, you'll ensure it cooks more evenly once it hits the pan. Plus, by opting for skin-on chicken instead of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, you'll get a more flavorful dish with more texture and moisture.
Cover the chicken breast in foil to hold in moisture and let it rest for at least five minutes. The resting time allows the juices to distribute themselves throughout the meat, making it easier to slice later. What you get is perfectly cooked cuts with no dry pieces in sight.
The perk of using an apricot is that most recipes don't require the smooth skin of the apricot to be peeled. However, should you need to peel them, simply blanch in boiling water for about 20 seconds and then plunge them into ice water. The skins should peel off easily.
The recommended portion is 30gms (3 or 4 apricots). All dried fruit contains the same nutritional qualities as the original fresh fruit. In fact, weight for weight the dried form contains more of the antioxidants, minerals and fibre than the raw original.
Rehydration: Dried apricots can be quite dry and chewy, and soaking them in water helps rehydrate the fruit, making it softer and more palatable. Digestibility: Soaking dried fruits can make them easier to digest. The soaking process can break down some of the fibers and make the nutrients more accessible.
Just sprinkling a little salt on top of your chicken right before cooking it will only season the surface. But seasoning the chicken with salt well ahead of time or brining it in a salt-water solution will draw salt deep into the meat, resulting in a very tasty piece of chicken.
There are several simple and delicious ways to enhance the flavor and moisture of bland and dry chicken: Marinade: Marinating chicken before cooking can infuse it with flavor and moisture. You can use a mixture of olive oil, herbs, spices, and acid (like lemon juice or vinegar) to create a flavorful marinade.
Just dissolve salt in water and let the chicken soak for about half a day. A ratio of 2 tablespoons of salt to 3 cups of water is ideal in my opinion. Seasonings such as dried herbs, a little mustard, and apple juice add a bit of flavor to your brine.
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