A simple recipe for baked chicken that is fruity and acidic! If desired, serve with a mixed green salad.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 bone-in chicken breast halves
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 cup apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place the chicken breasts in a 9×13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle with salt. Combine the apricot preserves, vinegar and brown sugar. Pour the preserve mixture over the chicken, cover, and bake for 50 minutes.
- Remove cover and bake for 10 more minutes.
Reviews
I used two ripe apricots and used the blender to liquify them and then used 12 chicken thighs (which were huge) instead of the breast halves. This dish was delicious and so easy to make. I hade to bake a little longer than the 50 minutes in the recipe.
Easy to make, average taste.
We really liked this, I do love Apricot sauce and this was super easy and so good tasting Will make it again for sure.
Delicious, the whole family enjoyed. I personally will use a bit more brown sugar next time, maybe 2 tbsp instead of just one. Thanks for the recipe!
Totally surprised me when this turned out delicious! I made it with tofu instead of chicken & there were no leftovers when I was expecting people to not like it at all.
This recipe is wonderful! It’s incredibly easy and delish! I added another tbsp of vinegar and cut the brown sugar down to 1 tsp. I also added a dash of tarragon which gave it a slight anise flavor. I will certainly make this again!
I added a Tbl of chopped chipotle in adobo to the sauce. This gave it some needed kick.
Totally freaking love this recipe. The only minor change I made was to add 1/4 cup white wine to the sauce and sprinkled the chicken with Lemon Pepper seasoning before putting the sauce on top. This is one of my new favorites!
Cooking time was shorter than recipe stated. After the chicken finished cooking, I took the juices and syrup in the baking dish and boiled it down to make a sauce for the chicken. Pretty much tasted like sweet and sour chicken. It wasn’t spectacular, but slightly above average. The ease of the recipe was great.
I made this for my Husband, put with rice, and steamed asparagus! I also added 4 cloves of garlic & freshly ground pepper which gave the chicken a good flavor! I am a beginner cook, this recipe was so easy even I made it AMAZING, which was also a confidence builder ;D
Fell on this recipe today.. which came in handy.. I add a dash of hot sauce and a pinch of red pepper flakes for a little extra something something.. it could have use a little more.. good flavor, but I was looking for a little extra. Over all it came out perfect.. In my house they call it a make again.
Was a great success when I had a some friends over for dinner. I did not have white vinegar so I just used some water to break up the consistency of the preserves and added a pinch of salt and dash of pepper to the marinade. I added in the canned apricots during the last 15 minutes of baking.
Mm… Attempted this recipe with apricot-jalapeno jam and WOW, what a reception. My family loved it. Sweet, with a mild kick. No BLAH here.
Ok, maybe I really shouldn’t be rating this because I really dont like when people rate things and they made a bunch of changes…and I made a big one, I didn’t use apricot preserves I used peach…it was all I had on hand. It was still a great chicken, I just thought there was a bit too much sugar. I think it would have been that way regardless of the preserves being apricot or peach. Thanks for a great recipe, I will make this again…with apricot.
WEll, let me just preface by saying that we love sweet and savory combinations and my husband added a bit more brown sugar than suggested, but I still found it way too sweet. It reminded me a lot of chinese style sesame chicken, so next time I think I will just add a bit more vinegar and use balsamic, and turn it into a healthy version of the chinese favorite
Great chicken. I followed the recipe except I used seedless raspberry jam because that’s what I had. I diced it up and served it on a tossed salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing. So good. I think next time I’ll try it with peach preserves or jam. I bet that would be great too.
Loved this ove. I used balasmic vinegar and it was superb!
This is a good recipe with a very delicate flavor to the sauce. I used 4 breasts instead of 6, apple cider vinegar and sprinkled “Mrs Dash Spicy”(R) over the breasts before adding the sauce. During the last 10 minutes I rebasted the breasts with the hot sauce and threw a handful of slivered almonds on top of each breast. I served it on buttered brown rice and added Mrs Dash Table Blend. I think it will be even better reheated when the sauce is a little thicker.
Very good, Quick and easy to make. Nice and juicy as well.
Very bland and a complete disappointment. I do not consider myself to be a picky eater, but I found this to be barely edible. I definitely will not make it again.
This was pretty good. I used peach preserves instead because that’s what I had in the fridge. I also used balsamic vinegar, and it turned out well.