We really love to have sunbeam on our plates. It is scientifically proved that dishes with explosive colors are good for our mind. Apricot chicken fits well to this description. Today, we hope to give you a warm comfort with this chicken recipe made with apricot. The goal of the following apricot chicken recipe is to make you explore a culinary experience which will show you an extraordinary taste; the taste of sweet and sour melted with apricot’s freshness. This is an old chicken recipe, highly appreciated by people living on country side where air is fresh from healthy green grass and plants. A powerful dish meant to be served for dinner when you come from your stressing work and when you need to cut off the monotonous feeling of being a city dweller, this might be another description for apricot chicken. Thus, hope you will try and enjoy it!
INGREDIENT:
To make an apricot chicken with the art rules you will need a cup of chicken stock and a half cup of apricot juice. Be sure to have them home made. You can make the chicken stock with chicken bones and skin. For the apricot juice you just need a blender to make a classical fresh juice but do not add sugar. Then, you will need eight chicken thighs to be chopped, two chopped onions and two chopped garlic gloves. For the vegetables part you have to prepare five tomatoes in puree, a tablespoon of Tabasco, one tablespoon each for the following fresh herbs: thyme, coriander and chive. You have to chop the herbs. Indeed, the last ingredient which is not the least for all apricot chicken recipes is apricot. As possible you should use eight fresh apricots. Peel the apricots, halve them and take off their kernel. The very last ingredients are vegetable oil (canola is counseled), salt and black pepper to taste.
DIRECTION:
You need a large saucepan to realize this apricot chicken. So, start by frying your chicken pieces on all sides until they get lightly brown. To make a light frying you just need to heat the oil (one tablespoon) on your saucepan for two minutes. Drain the chicken pieces from fat and put them on a plate because you are going to use the same saucepan for next cooking steps (for the whole cooking!). Then, add another tablespoon of oil in your pan. Let it heat before you fry garlic and onion during five minutes. Get back your chicken pieces in the pan; add the tomatoes in puree, the sweet chili sauce, the herb mixture, the halved apricots, the chicken stock and the apricot fresh juice. Stir the ingredients with a wooden spatula add salt and pepper if needed. Turn your stove to medium heat, cover the saucepan partially, and let the apricot chicken simmer for twenty five minutes. When ready, you can serve with white steamed rice. Enjoy!
DESCRIPTION:
Apricot chicken recipes are particularly inspired from country side dishes. This chicken recipe is meant to bring a different taste within the every day life cooking of townsmen. All through the provided directions of this apricot chicken recipe, you are going to discover that fresh ingredients make perfect apricot chicken. In fact, the ingredient section suggest you to use fresh vegetables because preserved ones can not give you the authenticity of sweet and sour melted with the natural flavor of each ingredient. The direction section is, as usual, always proposed with a real time practice to let readers and cookers imagine the automaticity of their gesture when they will try this apricot chicken recipe.
