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Apricot Chicken Thighs

Add a new fruity taste to dinner with this scrumptious dish that gets its amazing flavor from apricot nectar and dry sherry.

 

Yield

6 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

60 min

Ready

90 min
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb, Sugar-Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
½ cup apricot nectar
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¼ cup sherry
dry
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2 tablespoons soy sauce, tamari
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1 tablespoon lemon juice
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1 tablespoon prepared mustard
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½ teaspoon ginger
ground
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2 pounds chicken thighs, boneless, skinless
skinned, about 6
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12 apricots, dried
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
118 ml apricot nectar
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59 ml sherry
dry
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3E+1 ml soy sauce, tamari
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15 ml lemon juice
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15 ml prepared mustard
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2.5 ml ginger
ground
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907.2 g chicken thighs, boneless, skinless
skinned, about 6
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12 x apricots, dried
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Directions

Combine all but chicken and dried apricots. Mix well, set aside.

Trim excess fat from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water, pat dry. Place chicken in a 12x8x2 inch baking dish . Pour reserved apricot nectar mixture over chicken.

Cover and bake at 350℉ for 45 minutes. Uncover, and place aproicot halves in apricot nectar mixture. Continue baking, uncovered, 15 minutes or until chicken is tender.

Remove chicken to a warmed serving platter, discarding apricot nectar mixture. Garnish each thigh with 2 apricot halves. Serve immediately.

PER SERVING: 192 calories, 18 g protein, 7.7 g fat, 8½ g carbohydrates, 65 g cholesterol, 1.3 mg iron, 290 mg sodium, 16 mg calcium.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 183g (6.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 36954% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 22g 34%
Saturated Fat 6g 31%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 124mg 41%
Sodium 436mg 18%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 72g
Vitamin A 11% Vitamin C 21%
Calcium 3% Iron 12%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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