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Simple Asian chicken




Source of Recipe


First published in Chatelaine's 04/2004 issue


List of Ingredients




4 skinless, bone-in chicken breasts
1/2 cup (125 mL) each dried pitted prunes and apricots
1/2 cup (125 mL) orange juice
1/4 cup (50 mL) hoisin sauce
3 tbsp (45 mL) soy sauce
1 tsp (5 mL) dark sesame oil
1 green onion


Recipe



1. Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Remove skin from chicken, if necessary. Place chicken in a 9x13-inch (3-L) baking dish. Tuck prunes and apricots around chicken. In a medium-size bowl, stir juice with hoisin and soy sauces and sesame oil. Pour over chicken and fruit. Cover dish tightly with foil. Bake in centre of preheated oven 30 minutes.

2. Turn chicken and baste. Stir fruit. Bake, covered, 15 minutes. Baste. Bake, uncovered, 15 more minutes. Meanwhile, thinly slice onion. Remove chicken from oven. Sprinkle with green onion. Serve fruit over chicken with brown or basmati rice and bok choy.