Chicken in Apricot Sauce

Name: Chicken in Apricot Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Mediterranean, American
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive oil; 2 Tbsp sherry cooking wine, dry; 1 lb uncooked boneless skinless chicken breasts, four pieces, pounded; 1 cup apricot nectar; 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar; 2 tsp unpacked brown sugar; 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 1/4 cup water; 4 medium fresh apricots, pitted and split in half; 8 cups fresh spinach, chopped; 1/4 oz (1 Tbsp) chopped pecans

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:25min

This sweet dinner dish takes advantage of fresh summer apricots, but if you'd rather opt for canned ones, just make sure they're packed in light, not heavy, syrup.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:59:59 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories257.3 kcal (13%)

Total Fat6.4 g (9%)

Carbs20 g (8%)

Sugars14.6 g (16%)

Protein28.3 g (57%)

Sodium190.6 mg (10%)

Fiber2.5 g (9%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 tspolive oil

2 Tbspsherry cooking wine

dry

1 lbboneless skinless chicken breasts

uncooked, pounded

1 cupapricot nectar

1 Tbspwhite wine vinegar

2 tspbrown sugar

unpacked

2 Tbspdijon mustard

1 Tbspcornstarch

¼ cupwater

4fresh apricots

medium, pitted and split in half

8 cupsfresh spinach

chopped

0.25 ozpecans

chopped

Instructions

Step 1

Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and warm over medium-high heat. Add olive oil and sherry and heat until they sizzle. Add chicken and cook about 6 minutes on each side. Remove from pan; keep warm.

Step 2

Meanwhile, combine nectar, vinegar, sugar and mustard in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes. In a separate cup, mix cornstarch with water.

Step 3

Pour cornstarch mixture into nectar sauce and cook until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Add apricots and cook 2 minutes more.

Step 4

While sauce is cooking, add spinach to pan in which chicken was cooked. Cook until spinach is slightly wilted, about 2 minutes.

Step 5

Divide spinach evenly among 4 plates. Top each plate of spinach with a chicken breast, about 1/4 cup apricot sauce and 3/4 teaspoon chopped pecans. Serve immediately.