Apricot Chicken
From annieamie 16 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 6
A fabulous and simple French chicken recipe! The chicken is stuffed with butter and dried apricots. The apricots give the chicken an incredible fruity and rich flavor. This is a great dish to serve for company and those special dinners. Read more This is a perfect dish to be served with fresh green beans and a lovely rice pilaf. See less
Ingredients
- 1 whole, cleaned and dried roasting chicken shopping list
- 2 cups of dried apricots shopping list
- 1 stick of salted butter shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Place dried apricots in warm water for 30 minutes to soak before starting to prepare the chicken for baking.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Clean and salt the cavity of the chicken. Dry your chicken completely. Do not pierce the skin of the chicken.
- Sprinkle the chicken lightly with salt and pepper.
- Place the whole stick of butter into the cavity of the chicken.
- Drain the apricots and stuff the chicken completely. You do not need to close the cavity of the chicken.
- Place chicken into baking pan or dish breast side up and bake for an hour and a half, at 350 degrees, basting at least three times during baking.
- Check to make sure that the chicken has fully baked by pulling the leg away from the body.
- Remove chicken from oven and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Remove apriots with spoon and discard. You can eat these if you like but I usually discard them.
- Slice chicken and drizzle with some of the "juice" in the pan over the chicken slices or pieces and serve.
The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
This sounds WONDERFUL! Did you invent it or ?
shepherdrescue
in Lake Forest loved it
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This looks awesome......I love most roasts with apricot!
pat2me
in Nashua loved it
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Ohhhhhh yummmmmmm... chicken and apricots, how perfect is that. You've got my HIGH 5 and I can't wait to try it. I've got the chicken and the apricots and I'm ready to make it for dinner. Thanks Annie and I'm sure glad I noticed this winning recipe.
lor
in Toronto loved it
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