Description
This Easy Baked Apricot Chicken Recipe is great for busy weeknights. It’s incredibly simple, made with a jar of apricot preserves and other pantry staples. You just blend up a simple apricot-soy-lime-garlic sauce, pour it over the chicken and bake up a flavorful chicken dinner.
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- 1/2 cup apricot preserves
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs or a combination of thighs and drumsticks (10-12 pieces)
- 4 thinly sliced scallions, optional garnish
- 1 or 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds, optional garnish
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Instructions
Preheat oven to 400ºF and, for easier clean-up, line a baking sheet with a double layer of tinfoil.
- Add apricot preserves, soy sauce, lime juice, sugar and garlic to the bowl of a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Then stir in red pepper flakes.
- Add chicken to prepared baking sheet skin-side up and pour apricot mixture evenly over chicken. Turn each piece over once or twice, to completely coat it with sauce, leaving pieces skin side down.
- Bake chicken skin side down for 20 minutes. Remove pan from oven and turn heat up to 425ºF. Flip chicken pieces so they're skin-side up, spoon sauce from the pan over them and bake for 25 -30 minutes longer, until the chicken skin is beautifully browned. If you want the skin even more browned and crispy, turn the heat up and cook under the high heat of the broiler for for 2-3 minutes, watching carefully to avoid burning. (see notes)
- Serve hot, topped with scallions and sesame seeds, if desired. Steamed rice and broccoli, or another green vegetable, are perfect accompaniments. Spoon remaining pan sauce over the chicken and rice.
Notes
- Cooking times can vary slightly, depending on your oven and the size of your chicken pieces. The best way to ensure a great result is to check occasionally to make sure the chicken is browning and not burning.
- Nutrition Disclaimer: We do our best to provide accurate nutrition values using an online nutrition calculator however our nutrition information should only be used as an approximation.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 55 min
- Category: Chicken Dinner
- Method: Bake