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Can be made ahead of time.
Apricot-Glazed Chicken with Dried Plums and Sage
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This is an elegant way to make a whole lot of chicken that tastes really good. It’s kind of sweet and sour—sweet from the apricot preserves and the plums, and sour from a bit of vinegar. But what makes this dish are the sage leaves. They give a distinctive taste and make it a beautiful, festive platter that you can really be proud of.
Yield :
Makes about 10-12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 chickens, cut into pieces
- One 12-ounce jar apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 12 to 15 medium dried plums, pitted
- A few pinches of salt
- 20 grinds of freshly ground pepper
- 10 cloves garlic, peeled
- 20 to 30 sage leaves
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Trim any extra fat from the chicken pieces and transfer them to a large roasting pan or broiler pan. (If you don’t have a roasting pan that’s large enough, use 2 identical 9 × 13-inch baking pans.)
Mix together the preserves and the vinegar in a mixing bowl. Dump over the chicken, add the remaining ingredients, and toss with the chicken until the chicken is evenly coated. Arrange the chicken pieces in the pan(s), skin side up, and spaced evenly apart.
If you want to prepare this in advance, you can do everything up to this point, cover the pans, and put them in the fridge until you’re ready to roast the chicken, but bring it back to room temperature before roasting.
Roast until the tops of the chicken pieces are browned, about 35-40 minutes.
Notes
Dave’s Take: Recipes that use a lot of whole peeled garlic cloves are a perfect reason to look for containers of peeled garlic in the produce section of the supermarket. In my experience, Christopher Ranch is the best brand out there right now. The garlic is always fresh and potent.
© 2005 David Lieberman
Note from Cookstr's Editors
Nutritional information is based on 12 servings, using 4lb chickens and 12 dried plums.
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving (% daily value)
490kcal (25%)
35mg (3%)
6mg (10%)
83mcg RAE (3%)
449mg
42mg
35g
16g
1g
25g
138mg (46%)
179mg (7%)
8g (40%)
28g (43%)
2mg (11%)
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03.18.10 Flag commentLOVED this recipe. I cooked the entire dish ahead of time, let it sit, and then re-heated it when we were ready to eat. It was so good b/c it had all settled together. I made it with roasted potatoes and brussels sprouts.
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02.19.10 Flag commentThis was really good, really easy and not too sweet. I doubled the vinegar and used apple cider vinegar. Next time I'll crush some of the garlic.