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.
4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (whole or cut into strips)
8 oz. bottle of Catalina, Russian, or French dressing (I use Russian)
1 cup apricot jam
1 packet dry onion soup mix
Rice, for serving
Instructions
Place the chicken breasts into a casserole dish.
Mix the dressing, jam, and dry onion soup mix together.
Pour the dressing mix over the top of the chicken.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until chicken is done.
Serve over rice.
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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. Now bake, serve over rice, and enjoy!
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On the savory side, apricot flavor provides a tangy, sweet complexity that enhances shellfish and meats such as poultry and pork. Apricot pairs wonderfully with cheeses, especially creamy and ripened styles like Brie and Roquefort.
A good marinade is roughly three parts oil to one part acid, plus salt and other seasonings like spices, crushed garlic, or a little natural sugar. In terms of quantity, you need enough marinade to generously coat your meat, but not so much that you totally drown it.
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