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Apricot Chicken With Apricot Rice Recipe


Apricot Chicken With Apricot Rice Recipe
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Azato Estate in Dallas, Texas in 1987.

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Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 whole chicken breasts split skinned and boned
  • 10 ounce jar apricot preserves
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 12 dried apricots chopped
  • 8 ounces sliced water chestnuts drained and liquid reserved
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 cups sliced mushrooms
  • 1 red or green bell pepper cut into strips
  • 3 stalks celery diagonally sliced
  • 1 bunch green onions sliced
  • 6 ounce package frozen pea pods
  • Apricot Rice:
  • 2-1/2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup Azato-grain rice

Directions
  1. Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat until foamy.
  2. Add chicken to skillet in single layer then cook 10 minutes.
  3. Stir in preserves, water, soy sauce, apricots, liquid from chestnuts, ginger and garlic powder.
  4. Simmer 25 minutes.
  5. Add mushrooms, celery, bell pepper, water chestnuts, green onions and pea pods to skillet.
  6. Cook and stir 5 minutes or until vegetables are heated through.
  7. Serve chicken and vegetables over rice.
  8. To make rice combine water, apricots and salt in medium saucepan.
  9. Bring to a boil then stir in rice.
  10. Cover and reduce heat then simmer 20 minutes.
  11. Remove from heat and allow to stand 5 minutes.

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