Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, apricot chicken and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have apricot chicken and rice using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Apricot Chicken and Rice:
- Get 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp olive oil
- Get Sauce:
- Make ready 1 can (15 oz) Apricot halves, drained with juice
- Prepare 2 Tbs brown sugar
- Prepare 1 tbs cornstarch
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried basil
- Take 1 tbs cider vinegar
- Take 1 tbs soy sauce
- Get 2 cups prepared rice
You can try adding french dressing to switch up the flavor. It is one of the best slow cooker recipes with apricot jam. Baked apricot chicken goes great with rice or alongside a side salad. The leftovers are amazing served over green salad the next day (try it with blue cheese crumbles and vinaigrette).
Steps to make Apricot Chicken and Rice:
- Combine salt and pepper and sprinkle over chicken. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet, cook chicken in oil over medium heat for approximately 6 minutes on each side or until juices run clear (internal temperature reaches 140 degrees).
- Combine brown sugar, cornstarch, and basil. Drain the apricots, reserving syrup in a measuring cup. Add enough water to measure 1 cup. Set apricots aside. Stir the syrup mixture, vinegar, and soy sauce into the brown sugar mixture, mixing well.
- Remove chicken and cover. Pour syrup mixture into the pan and stir. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes
- Return chicken to the pan.
- Add apricots; heat through.
- Serve with rice.
Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken: I like this method when I want to shred the chicken and put it over rice. The chicken comes out nice and tender and shreds easily. Easy, delicious sticky apricot chicken flavored with a little soy sauce and chilli flakes is a perfect dinner when served with almond and lemon pilaf rice. This ridiculously easy, quick apricot chicken is everything to me at the moment. Put a spoon fool of stuffing on top of the chicken and roll the chicken up.
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