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RecipePoultryYield: 4 servings

Fruit-Sauced Chicken Breasts

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 306. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.

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Ingredients

  • 2 whole medium chicken breasts (1 1/2 pounds total), skinned, boned, and halved lengthwise
  • 2 tablespoons margarine or butter
  • 1 5 1/2-ounce can apricot nectar
  • 1/3 cup chicken broth
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup mixed dried fruit bits
  • 2 cups hot cooked rice

Instructions

  1. Rinse chicken; pat dry. In a large skillet cook chicken in margarine over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or till tender and no longer pink, turning once.
  2. For sauce, in a small saucepan stir together apricot nectar, broth, cornstarch, and lemon juice. Stir in fruit bits. Cook and stir until bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Serve sauce with chicken and rice.

Source and image provenance

Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.

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Community edition: The recipe was transcribed and formatted for interoperability with Nextcloud Cookbook. Review the historical scan before relying on measurements or instructions.

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