Apricot Chicken Bake

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A fruity, yet scrumptious chicken dish that will have you licking your lips just waiting for it to finish cooking!

60 minutes Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 60 minutes

189 calories per serving view nutrition facts

6 servings suggest servings

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Ingredients

6	each	chicken breasts	halves
1	cup	apricot nectar
1/2	teaspoon	allspice	ground
1/8	teaspoon	ginger	ground
1/4	teaspoon	black pepper	fresh ground
1/4	teaspoon	salt
1/3	cup	apricot preserves
3	tablespoons	pecans	toasted

Directions

Have the chicken breasts skinned and boned. Place the chicken in an oven-proof pan large enough that the chicken will not be overlapping.

Combine the next 5 ingredients and pour over the chicken, turning the chicken to get the marinade over all parts. Cover tightly and refrigerate overnight or at least 8 hours.

Remove from refrigerator and let stand for 30 minutes. Cover tightly with foil and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Uncover, drain and discard liquid from chicken, and keep warm.

Heat apricot preserves and brush over chicken. Bake, uncovered, 20-30 minutes longer, basting with preserves another 2 times. Remove to serving platter and sprinkle with toasted pecans.

Reviews

This chicken recipe is excellant; delicious. For my table, I made a few changes. (a) I omitted the ground pecans to be sprinkled over the top. My general Rule-of-Thumb in all my cooking is: No Teeth, No Nuts. (Got teeth? Go Nuts!) (b) I marinated my chicken for 10 hours. (c) I read of an apparent connection between aluminum phosphates leaching into our foods by coming into prolonged contact with aluminum and the incidences of excess amounts of aluminum phosphates known to be present in the brains of ALL of the people who have succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. Coincedance? I don't like to take any chances. I used a Pyrex baking dish with it's fitted cover to both marinate and bake my Apricot Chicken. I placed julienned string beans and carrots over the top and 16 tiny peeled potatoes around the perimeter of the baking dish. I also extended the cooking time to 35 minutes. Some of the flavors were cooked into the vegetables and I was completely satisfied with the results and so were my guests. The pretty yellow Pyrex baking dish also served as a serving dish and I left the cover on until immediately before serving. Whoever came up with this recipe should proud and I say "keep on cooking!".
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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 132g

Amount per Serving

Calories 189 27% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.0g	9%
Saturated Fat 1.0g	5%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 73mg	24%
Sodium 163mg	7%
Total Carbohydrate 7.0g	2%
Dietary Fiber 1.0g	2%
Sugars 0.0g
Protein 27.0g	54%

Vitamin A	11%		Vitamin C	38%
Calcium	2%		Iron	7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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