EASY APRICOT CHICKEN
4 - 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 8-oz bottle of Russian salad dressing
1 Cup Apricot Preserves/Jam
1 Package Lipton Onion Soup Mix
If your chicken breasts are frozen, no need to defrost - just place them in your baking dish. Sprinkle the entire Onion Soup Mix over the top then pour the Russian Dressing and Apricot preserves over the top and kind of "mush" it all together with a spoon.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for ~1.5 hours. (You can cook it for a shorter time if the chicken isn't frozen)
Eat with rice.
Jane Notes:
- I rarely cook 4-8 chicken breasts at once...but this makes enough sauce for that much chicken. I just do 2 breasts and have lots of leftover sauce.
- I mix the onion soup, russian dressing and apricot preserves with a spoon in the casserole dish and then add the chicken.
- I don't use the entire onion soup mix packet - I like about 1/2 - 3/4 of the packet. Just a personal preference.
- You can just add half the apricot preserves if you have an 18 oz jar. Half the jar is about 1 cup, and you won't have to wash a measuring cup. One of the reasons I love this recipe is because there are no dishes to wash except the dish it cooks in!!
7 comments:
I make this same chicken dish with Russian (or Catalina if I can't find Russian) onion soup mix, and a can of whole cranberry sauce. My family loves this!
That sounds like a great twist on it Sheri. I will have to try it! I first saw the apricot chicken recipe on Kelsey's Kitchen (anyone with iProvo cable will know what I am talking about! http://www.kelseyskitchen.com
I've never heard of russian dressing, i guess they dont have it here is australia. So funny i just made apricot chicken last night. I didnt have time to do in in the oven, so i cut the chicken up into stirfry strips, fry sealed the chicken with onion and capsicum, added a can of apricot nectar, some french onion dried soup and some chopped apricots. I served it with rice and topped with nutmeg and cracked pepper. The kids licked thier plates clean!!!
those sound like nice variations!
jess - did kelsey incorporate the dressing, soup mix and apricots together...or just mix them? hee hee...
oh - and tara - wish bone is the only brand in my grocery store that makes russian dressing. doesn't seem to be too common, but like sheri said, I think catalina would work...
Here’s a pretty good recipe for Russian dressing if you can’t find it in the store.
Russian Dressing
Ingredients:
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3 Tbsp. water
1 cup canola oil
1/2 cup ketchup
2 to 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1 1/2 tsps. celery seed
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup grated onion
Instructions:
In a saucepan, cook sugar and water until it forms a thick syrup/spins a thread, about 230°. Cool syrup. Combine remaining ingredients; add syrup and whisk to blend well (or combine in your blender) . Chill thoroughly.
Makes about 2 cups.
cool....thanks hillary!
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