Chicken Breasts With Apricot Onion Pan Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• In a bowl, cover the apricots with hot water & 3 Tablespoons of apricot brandy and let stand until soft, about 15 minutes; drain.
• Meanwhile, dry the chicken with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
• In a stainless steel skillet, heat the oil & crushed red pepper flakes, if using.
• Add the chicken, skin side down, and cook over moderately high heat until golden brown, 5 minutes.
• Flip and cook about 3 minutes longer.
• Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and roast for about 14 minutes.
• Add the onion, garlic, thyme and bay leaf to the skillet.
• Season with salt and cook over moderate heat until the onion is tender.
• Add the wine and boil until reduced by half, scraping up the browned bits in the skillet.
• Add the chicken stock, apricots and apricot preserves and bring to a boil.
• Cook over high heat until the sauce thickens.
• Off the heat, swirl in the butter until melted.
• Discard the thyme sprigs and bay leaf.
• Season the sauce with salt, & pepper.
• Transfer the chicken to plates, spoon the sauce on top and serve.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees with a rack set in the middle position.
• Place the chicken on a cutting board and pat it dry with paper towels. Cut off and discard any extra fat hanging around the cavity, and season the cavity generously with salt and pepper. Squeeze the lemon all over the outside of the chicken and stuff the cavity with the chopped onion, 4 sprigs of thyme and at least one of the juiced lemon halves (both, if they'll fit). Tie the legs together with twine. Rub 1 tablespoon oil all over the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
• Carefully pour 3 cups chicken broth into a rimmed baking sheet and scatter over the crushed garlic cloves and remaining 4 thyme sprigs. Place the chicken, breast-side up, on a rack set over the baking sheet. Roast the chicken for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 375 degrees and continue roasting for 1 hour more. Add additional chicken stock to the pan, as needed, to keep it from becoming dry.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mash together the butter, 3 tablespoons apricot preserves and the minced garlic clove until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer 2 heaping tablespoons of the apricot butter to a small container and refrigerate. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil to the apricot butter in the bowl and whisk to thin the mixture into a glaze.
• Baste the chicken with the glaze and continue roasting for another 30 minutes or so, basting again after 15 minutes. Continue roasting until the chicken is browned and the juices run clear when you insert a knife down to the bone between the leg and thigh. Loosely tent with foil if the skin is getting too brown before chicken is cooked through.
• Remove the pan from the oven and tilt the chicken to release the juices from the cavity into the pan, then transfer the chicken to a carving board and let rest for 15 minutes. Strain the pan drippings, remove the fat and set aside.
• While the chicken rests, in a small pan over medium heat, cook the shallot and vinegar until the vinegar is nearly all cooked away but the pan is not yet dry. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon apricot preserves and the reserved pan drippings, whisk together and bring to a simmer. Add the remaining cold apricot butter little by little, whisking constantly, and remove from the heat. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed. Carve chicken and serve with the seasoned jus, sliced apricots and pistachios if desired.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• Heat oil with butter in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Season the chicken with black pepper (do not use any salt).
• Brown chicken about 4 minutes on both sides or until lightly browned, then place into prepared baking dish (if using skin on chicken pieces then place skin-side up).
• In a bowl mix the preserves with dressing, onion soup and garlic until blended; pour over the chicken in the baking dish then turn the chicken to coat evenly in the sauce.
• Bake uncovered for about 30 minutes (if you did not brown the chicken increase baking time slightly).
• Serve with rice.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place flour and 1/4 cup buttermilk in separate shallow bowls. In another shallow bowl, whisk eggs and remaining 1/4 cup buttermilk. In a fourth shallow bowl, combine cornflakes, onion powder, garlic salt, salt, oregano and pepper. Dip chicken in buttermilk, then dip in flour to coat all sides; shake off excess. Dip in egg mixture and then cornflake mixture, patting to help coating adhere. Arrange chicken in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. , Bake until juices run clear, 15-18 minutes. In a small bowl, combine apricot preserves and mustard. Serve with chicken.