Apricot Chicken

Submitted by More Sunshine

"This is one of my favorite chicken recipes. It creates a sweet cinnamon sauce. I think it deserves more than 5 stars. (You cannot tell that it is made with preserves.) 1 1/2 Cups Apricot Preserves is an 18 ounce jar."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 chicken pieces
• ground thyme
• pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, Minced
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 4 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 1⁄2 cups apricot preserves
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Lightly sprinkle thyme and pepper on chicken.
3. In a 9x13 inch baking pan sprayed with non stick cooking spray, roast chicken for 10 minutes on each side; drain fat.
4. Roast garlic in the oil in a small sauce pan; add cider vinegar and cornstarch in the same pan thoroughly mixing.
5. Add remaining ingredients to the vinegar mixture. Cook, stir over medium high heat until mixture boils and thickens.
6. Pour sauce over chicken in baking pan.
7. Cover and roast in oven 30 minutes, baste chicken with sauce.
8. Cover and continue cooking another 15 minutes or until chicken is done.