Chicken Surprise

Submitted by Baby Kato

"This recipe comes from a community cookbook from Lanark County that my friend Sandra gave me....This dish was submitted by Mrs. Chris Drew...and boy is it good...Hope you enjoy it as much as we did."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (large)
• 125 ml Italian salad dressing
• 125 125 ml apricot jam or 125 ml marmalade
• 1⁄4 cup dry onion soup mix
• 1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sherry wine (optional) or 1 1/2 tablespoons white wine (optional)

directions

1. Marinate chicken overnight in salad dressing. (do not discard dressing).
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Lay marinated chicken in baking dish and pour dressing over top.
4. Smear chicken with jam and sprinkle the mushrooms and onion soup mix over the chicken.
5. Season with pepper and drizzle sherry overtop of everything.
6. Cook in a 350 degree oven covered for 55 minutes, then remove cover and cook for 20 minutes longer.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

Surprise indeed! I have to say this looked plain weird in the pan before going into the oven. It came out luscious in both appearance and flavor. We trust BK to give us something we like and BK comes through again. We followed the recipe exactly (except part of our jam was plum), and no regrets. Very easy if slightly messy: DH made it and LL declared it TDF. Made for OZ/NZ Swap March 2008.

 

[Redsie]

This is so good!!! Used marmalade and a bit more mushrooms (and I would add even more next time!). Didn't have any white wine - so used red. The chicken was moist and so tasty - WE LOVED IT!! Thanks BK! :)

 

[AshK5246]

Just great! My DH said he would love to have it again...soon. My DS said he could eat it every night and asked if we could give it a bazillion stars. He's a 13 yo picky eater, so THAT is a great review. For my part, I loved the flavor and the ease. I like things that I can let sit overnight and then throw in the oven when I get home. I used apricot preserves (sugar free), lowfat cream of chicken and white wine. I've added this to my "more than 10" cookbook, thank you for a great new recipe!

 

[SusieQusie]

That was flat out *GOOD*! I followed your recipe to a T, using the marmalade option and loved the results! I beat up on the chicken a little to get it flat enough to be smeared and that worked great. I'll make this dish often. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Hill Family]

This was a nice change from just italian dressing chicken. We used peach jelly and used merlot instead of sherry wine.