Apricot Chicken Recipe - Chicken Recipes

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Butter
• 2 tbsp Port Wine
• Salt as per taste
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 cup Dried Apricots
• 500 gm Boneless Chicken
• 2 Green Capsicums (thinly sliced)
• 10 Almonds (blanched & slivered)
• 10-12 Black peppercorns (crushed)

Method

1. Take apricots and soak them in hot water for 10 minutes.
2. Drain the water and remove the seeds. Make a puree of half of them.
3. Heat one tablespoon of butter in a pan till it gets melted. Add green capsicum and sauté. Add salt and blanched almond slivers, setting aside some for garnish, and continue to sauté for two to three minutes.
4. Turn off the fire and empty the contents onto a serving plate, spread evenly.
5. Heat the remaining butter, add brown sugar and stir. Add boneless chicken pieces to the above and stir.
6. Then add port wine and mix. Add salt, half the freshly crushed peppercorns and mix.
7. Add apricot puree, whole seeded apricots and a little water and cook till the chicken is done.
8. Now add the remaining crushed peppercorns and stir.
9. Pour over the capsicum-almond layer in the serving plate.
10. Sprinkle some almond slivers and serve immediately.