Indulge in a culinary journey with this exquisite Chicken with Prunes, Apricots, and Honey. This savory dish tantalizes taste buds with a harmonious blend of sweet, tart, and savory flavors. Succulent chicken pieces are braised in a rich sauce made with dried prunes, plump apricots, fragrant honey, aromatic spices, and a hint of citrus. The result is a delectable masterpiece that captures the essence of Middle Eastern cuisine. Explore variations of this classic recipe, including a simplified version for those short on time, a hearty one-pot rendition, and a tantalizing slow-cooker adaptation. Embark on a culinary adventure and savor the delightful flavors of Chicken with Prunes, Apricots, and Honey.
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APRICOT HONEY CHICKEN
Apricot Honey Chicken is a sheer delight with its sweet, fruity sauce. There's no need to heat up the oven for this flavorful entree, so you can even enjoy it during the summer...or any time of year. -Kathy Hawkins, Ingleside, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil over medium heat for 7-9 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 170°., Combine the preserves, orange juice and honey; pour over chicken. Cook for 2 minutes or until heated through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 243 calories, Fat 7g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 78mg cholesterol, Sodium 74mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 29g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
SPICY MOROCCAN CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS AND PRUNES (LOW FAT)
Prepare and marinate ahead of time and just throw it in the oven when you get home. Attractive combination of colors and textures. The aroma while this is cooking is fabulous--and so is its taste. An adventure in spices! Preparation time does not include chill time.
Provided by Crafty Lady 13
Categories Chicken Thigh & Leg
Time 40m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In the morning (or the night before), combine first 13 ingredients in ungreased 2 quart shallow casserole.
- Add chicken. Turn to coat. Cover. Chill for at least 8 hours or overnight. Stir.
- Bake chicken, uncovered, in 400 degree F oven for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 259.6, Fat 6.5, SaturatedFat 1.4, Cholesterol 94.4, Sodium 250.7, Carbohydrate 25.5, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 18.4, Protein 23.5
CHICKEN WITH PRUNES, APRICOTS AND HONEY
I found this in a magazine, but I have changed a few things to suit our tastes. We usually have this over cous cous, with a couple of Moroccan salads that I plan to post seperately.
Provided by JustJanS
Categories Stew
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large pan, and brown the chicken pieces in batches.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the oil, and add the onion, cooking and stirring until soft.
- Stir in the spices and cook for 1 minute.
- Return the chicken to the pan, and toss to coat in the onion mixture.
- Add the stock and simmer, covered for 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
- Remove the chicken pieces from the pan; cover to keep warm.
- Add the honey, prunes and apricots to the pan, then simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Meanwhile, put sesame seeds in a small heated pan and cook, stirring over a medium heat until browned.
- Remove the seeds.
- Melt the butter in the same pan and cook almonsd, stirring until lightly browned.
- Return the chicken to the sauce, and cook covered until the chicken is hot.
- Serve sprinkled with sesame seeds, almonds and preserved lemon.
MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN WITH DRIED APRICOTS & PRUNES
This delightful chicken dinner entree was served at our annual "Gathering of Friends" dinner party. It is a pretty to look at as it is delicious to eat. Enjoy! Serving salad & sides suggestions: Recipe #308190 and Recipe #268766
Provided by Chicagoland Chef du
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 12h50m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine all above ingredients (****EXCEPT brown sugar & white wine) into marinade. Place chicken in a zip lock bag or a baking dish that can be tightly sealed. Cover the chicken with marinade. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight if possible.
- One hour before baking: Time to arrange in the baking dish and bring to room temperature before cooking.
- Distribute chicken in single layer in baking pan, DO NOT discard the marinade. Pour it over the chicken with all the other marinade ingredients. Sprinkle brown sugar over the chicken breasts and pour white wine around the breasts.
- Preheat oven: Cook UNCOVERED at 325 for 50 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink. Cooking time may vary depending on the thickness of your chicken breasts. Cook to 165°F
- Arrange cooked chicken breasts on a platter, top with the sauce and other ingredients.
- NOTE:.
- This recipe yields a lot of sauce, so you can double the chicken content without having to double the marinade. It's nice because you can make it all ahead of time!
CHICKEN WITH PRUNES AND OLIVES
Provided by Valerie Bertinelli
Categories main-dish
Time 2h40m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine the oil, vinegar, prunes, capers, oregano, olives, garlic, bay leaves, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a large shallow baking dish. Add the chicken and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken from the marinade to a plate. Pour the marinade into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Arrange the chicken on top, skin-side up. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the chicken breasts and pour the white wine around them.
- Bake, basting three or four times with the pan juices, until the chicken is crispy on top and cooked through, 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken, prunes, olives and capers to a serving platter. Moisten with a few spoonfuls of the pan juices and sprinkle generously with the parsley. Pour the remaining pan juices into a sauceboat and pass with the chicken.
"TZIMMES" CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS, PRUNES, AND CARROTS
This holiday-ready dinner has all the flavors of tzimmes, the traditional Jewish sweet side dish made with stewed dried fruits and honey. Roasted on baking sheets with colorful young carrots, this recipe feeds a crowd with minimal effort, giving you plenty of time for stress-free hosting.
Provided by Anna Stockwell
Categories Passover Kosher Kosher for Passover Chicken Carrot Prune Apricot Dried Fruit Dinner Thyme Garlic White Wine Wheat/Gluten-Free Spring Sheet-Pan Dinner
Yield 8-10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Arrange racks in top and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 400°F. Season chicken pieces with 2 tsp. salt.
- Whisk honey, oil, lemon juice, pepper, cinnamon, cumin, cayenne, and remaining 2 tsp. salt in a large bowl. Add chicken pieces, carrots, onion, garlic, apricots, prunes, and thyme and toss to combine. Divide everything but chicken between 2 rimmed baking sheets. Stir wine and 1/2 cup water in a 2-cup measuring cup, then pour half over each sheet.
- Cover sheets tightly with foil. Roast 15 minutes, then remove from oven. Remove foil, divide chicken between sheets, and continue to roast, rotating sheets top to bottom halfway through, until carrots are fork-tender, chicken is golden brown, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast registers 165°F, 30-35 minutes (if some pieces of chicken are finished before others, transfer them to a serving platter).
- Transfer chicken mixture to serving platter. Pour pan juices over. Top with carrot greens or parsley before serving.
CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS
Chicken with dried apricots is hardly a new idea, but I had issues with its most common interpretations. For one thing, they were almost always cloying; the routine addition of cinnamon and cloves does nothing to offset the apricots' sweetness and makes the dish taste more like dessert than dinner. For another, they were usually stewed rather than braised, turning the chicken skin sodden. I brown the chicken in a nonstick skillet with no fat, and that works well. A tablespoon or two of butter, stirred in at the end, will make the sauce richer. Or you can render some bacon, remove it, and brown the chicken in the bacon fat, then crumble the bacon and stir it in at the end of cooking. Finally, any dried fruit can be used, or a combination; with the short cooking time, even prunes will remain intact. But be aware that fruit dried with sulfur (the common method) becomes tender much faster than fruit dried organically, which needs a couple of hours of soaking before cooking.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories dinner, easy, weekday, main course
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine apricots in a bowl with vinegar, wine and 1/4 cup water. Let soak while you brown the chicken.
- Turn the heat to medium high under a 12-inch nonstick skillet, and add chicken pieces, skin side down. Cook, rotating but not turning pieces so they brown evenly. When they are nicely browned - take your time - turn them so they are skin side up. Make a little space to add the onion, and cook, stirring the onion occasionally until it has softened a bit, a minute or two.
- Add apricot mixture and bring to a boil; cook for a minute, then turn heat to low and cover. Cook until chicken is done, 15 to 20 minutes. Uncover, raise heat and season chicken well with salt and pepper. Boil away any excess liquid; sauce should not be too watery. Serve with white rice or any other cooked grain, or bread.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 613, UnsaturatedFat 22 grams, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 35 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 44 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Sodium 777 milligrams, Sugar 19 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SPICED MOROCCAN CHICKEN WITH ONIONS AND PRUNES
Steps:
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; sauté until brown and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Using tongs, transfer chicken to plate. Add onions and garlic to same skillet. Sauté until onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Mix in flour, ginger, cinnamon and cumin; stir 1 minute. Gradually whisk in broth. Add prunes, lemon juice and honey. Boil until sauce thickens enough to coat spoon, whisking occasionally, about 8 minutes. Return chicken to skillet. Simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer chicken and sauce to platter. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
BRAISED CHICKEN WITH PRUNES
Provided by Amanda Hesser
Categories dinner, project, main course
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Generously season chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Spread flour in a wide, shallow bowl, and dredge chicken until it is well coated. Shake off any excess flour.
- Place a deep sauté pan (just large enough to hold the chicken pieces in a single layer) over medium-high heat for a minute or two. Add olive oil, and heat until oil shimmers. Arrange chicken pieces in pan, skin side down, and allow to sit without being moved until undersides are browned, about 3 minutes. Turn chicken, and allow to sit again until browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add vinegar, wine and prunes. Cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer, basting occasionally, until chicken meat is tender and almost falling off the bone, about 30 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer chicken pieces and prunes to a platter, and keep warm. Raise heat under the pan to high, and reduce pan juices for a minute or two. Pour juices over chicken pieces, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 863, UnsaturatedFat 32 grams, Carbohydrate 46 grams, Fat 48 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 52 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 967 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
MOROCCAN TAGINE OF CHICKEN WITH PRUNES, APRICOTS, AND ALMONDS
In the heart of Dijon, at the Municipal Museum, right next door to the majestic stone kitchen of the dukes of Burgundy, Alette Lévy checks coats. Once the owner of Dijon's only kosher butcher shop, she talks food between customers, such as this chicken-tagine recipe she makes for her French friends. The trick to this recipe is to put the almonds in the microwave for 3 minutes, to make them crackly. This way you don't run the risk of burning them, the way I always seem to do when I forget them in the oven or frying pan. Alette told me you can substitute lamb for the chicken.
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or other large, heavy frying pan with a cover. Add the onions, and sauté slowly until golden. While the onions are cooking, season the chicken pieces well with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Push aside the onions and tuck the chicken pieces into the pan. Brown them well on all sides.
- Add the prunes, raisins, and apricots to the chicken pieces, along with the saffron, cumin, and paprika, and a cup of water. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for about 40 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked and most of the liquid has evaporated. (Add more water if necessary.)
- Just before serving, toast the almonds in the microwave for 3 minutes, and sprinkle them over the chicken. Serve with saffron rice (see page 278).
CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS AND PRUNES
Make and share this Chicken With Apricots and Prunes recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Stacia_
Categories Meat
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the chicken and cook, turning, until golden-brown on all sides.
- Add the onion, ginger root, cinnamon, chicken broth or water, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Baste often.
- If needed, add a little more broth or water. Add the apricots and prunes. Cover and simmer 15 minutes longer, or until cooked.
- Adjust seasoning. Serve garnished with pine nuts.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494, Fat 33.9, SaturatedFat 8.6, Cholesterol 124.8, Sodium 243.1, Carbohydrate 16, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 10.9, Protein 31.3
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use fresh, ripe prunes and apricots. If they are not available, you can use dried fruit that has been soaked in water for 30 minutes.
- If you don't have any honey, you can substitute another type of sweetener, such as maple syrup or agave nectar.
- If you are using a slow cooker, cook the chicken on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
- Serve the chicken with rice, quinoa, or roasted vegetables.
- Garnish the dish with fresh herbs, such as parsley or cilantro.
Conclusion:
This chicken with prunes, apricots, and honey is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. The combination of sweet and savory flavors is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a new chicken recipe, give this one a try!
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