How To Make Apricot Chicken

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.

Wash the chicken with vinegar and lemon.

Cut up the onion and garlic.

Add the chopped onion and garlic to the chicken.

Add crushed red pepper to the chicken.

Add seasoning salt, all-purpose seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, and black pepper to the chicken.

Mix all the seasonings into the chicken using clean hands.

Grease the bottom of a baking tray with olive oil.

Rub olive oil on the chicken.

Place the seasoned chicken in the baking tray.

Cover the chicken with foil and bake in a 300-degree oven for about an hour.

After an hour, check that the chicken is fully cooked using a fork.

Put about 3-4 tablespoons of apricot jam in a dish.

Spread the apricot jam on top of the chicken.

Put the chicken back in the oven on broil for 5 minutes to melt the jam.

Serve the apricot chicken with plain white rice and sliced tomatoes drizzled with French dressing.

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