Restaurant Quality Apricot Chicken at Home In Under 20 Minutes!

apricots

🥗Healthier: dried apricots

💰Cheaper: peaches

Dried apricots maintain sweetness and texture, while peaches are often less expensive.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Skinless thighs reduce fat while drumsticks are a budget-friendly alternative.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats, while sunflower seeds are often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is a more economical choice.

Chop the onion as small as possible.

Slice the chicken breasts into pieces about 1 centimeter thick.

Season the chicken with black pepper.

Pan fry the chicken in oil on medium heat until 90% cooked through and starting to crisp up on the outside.

Remove the chicken from the pan.

In the same pan, add the chopped onion and pan fry until golden brown and bits from the bottom of the pan loosen off.

Add 1 garlic clove (about 5 grams) to the pan and fry for about 30 seconds.

Pour in 100 ml of white wine (or 200 ml of chicken stock if not using alcohol).

Add 80 grams of apricot jam to the pan and mix it through, breaking up the jam as it heats.

Return the chicken to the pan along with any accumulated juices.

Add 1 cup of fresh thyme sprigs (or 0.5 teaspoon of dried thyme) and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes on medium to high heat to thicken the sauce, basting occasionally.

Serve and garnish with something green.

Cooking Techniques

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