Baked Apricot Chicken

Baked Apricot Chicken Recipe - Family Fresh Meals

Baked Apricot Chicken

For a busy cook, there’s no such thing as too many chicken recipes. It’s practically the perfect ingredient: healthy, easy to fix, and easy on the wallet.

The only problem with chicken is figuring out new ways to serve it. Because let’s face it, plain baked chicken can get pretty boring after a while. To keep it interesting, you have to mix it up with new toppings and sauces.

This Baked Apricot Chicken is a great way to spice up your chicken dinner – literally. It turns plain old chicken legs and thighs into a spicy-sweet delicacy, coated with a glaze of apricot preserves, ginger, red pepper, and garlic.Baked Apricot Chicken - Healthy baked chicken recipe served on a plate with rice

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It’s really simple to make, too. All you have to do is mix the apricot preserves and spices in a little bowl, brush it on to the chicken, and bake it. The glaze will slowly soak into the meat as you bake it, so you can brush on some more during the last ten or twenty minutes of baking to make sure it has a nice golden coating on the outside.

By the time it’s done, your chicken will have that sweet and spicy flavor baked right into the meat, plus an extra layer of sticky-sweet goodness on top. Forget the Colonel – this is the chicken that’s really worth licking your fingers over.

Baked Apricot Chicken

Ingredients
4 chicken legs
4 chicken thighs
1 cup apricot preserves
2 tsp ginger powder (or 1 tsp grated ginger)
dash red pepper flakes (add more or less to your preference)
garlic powder (again, more or less to your preference)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Season the chicken with the salt, pepper and garlic powder.
2. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Baked Apricot Chicken - raw chicken on a baking sheet, seasoned with salt and pepper
3. In a small bowl, combine the apricot preserves, ginger powder, and pepper flakes. Mix well.Baked Apricot Chicken - Sauce and seasoning in a small white bowl
4. Brush on a light layer of the apricot glaze and place chicken in the oven. Baked Apricot Chicken - brushing chicken with apricot sauce
5. Roast the chicken for 40 – 50 minutes or until golden. NOTE: From the 30 minute mark in the roasting time, brush more glaze on the chicken, on both sides. Baste every 10 minutes, getting more liberal with the amount you brush on with each basting time.Baked Apricot Chicken - Easy Baked chicken Recipe served on white plate with rice
6. If at the end of the cooking time, you’d like more “color” on your chicken, feel free to broil it for 2 – 3 minutes. Watch it carefully as the sugar in the preserves can make it burn quickly!
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Baked Apricot Chicken

Author Corey Valley
This Baked Apricot Chicken is a great way to spice up your chicken dinner – literally. It turns plain old chicken legs and thighs into a spicy-sweet dish!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 4 chicken legs
  • 4 chicken thighs
  • 1 cup apricot preserves
  • 2 tsp ginger powder or 1 tsp grated ginger
  • dash red pepper flakes add more or less to your preference
  • garlic powder again, more or less to your preference
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Season the chicken with the salt, pepper and garlic powder
  • Place on a parchment lined baking sheet
  • In a small bowl, combine the apricot preserves, ginger powder, and pepper flakes. Mix well.
  • Brush on a light layer of the apricot glaze and place chicken in the oven
  • Roast the chicken for 40 – 50 minutes or until golden. NOTE: From the 30 minute mark in the roasting time, brush more glaze on the chicken, on both sides. Baste every 10 minutes, getting more liberal with the amount you brush on with each basting time.
  • If at the end of the cooking time, you’d like more “color” on your chicken, feel free to broil it for 2 – 3 minutes. Watch it carefully as the sugar in the preserves can make it burn quickly!

Nutrition

Calories: 494kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 230mg | Sodium: 196mg | Potassium: 505mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 205IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1.8mg

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3 Comments

  1. Nancy L. Gilbert says:

    Is there any way to do this in a crock pot?
    It sounds delicious … but I work evenings and need convenience of getting dinner started in the morning

  2. Samantha Miller says:

    I DO NOT like dark pieces of chicken. Could I use chicken breast instead?

    1. Yes! Chicken breasts will work great with this recipe!