Apricot Curried Rice With Chicken Recipes

MIDDLE EASTERN CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until just softened, 3 minutes. Add the rice; cook, stirring, until slightly toasted, 2 minutes. Add 2 cups water, the apricots, cumin, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Increase the heat to medium high; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low; stir, then cover and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the spinach (do not stir). Let sit, covered, until wilted, about 7 minutes.
• Meanwhile, season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cookuntil golden, about 3 minutes per side. Drizzle with the lemon juice.
• Fold the spinach into the rice and serve with the chicken. Divide the rice and chicken among plates. Thin the yogurt with 1 teaspoon water; drizzle over the chicken. Sprinkle with the almonds.

APRICOT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Season the chicken drumsticks with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Stir in garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until garlic is softened and is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Place the drumsticks in the skillet, and brown the chicken on all sides, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer the skillet to the oven.
• Bake the chicken drumsticks in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Bring the apricot nectar to a boil in a large pot over medium-high eat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Mix cornstarch and water together in a small bowl; stir cornstarch mixture and curry powder into the apricot nectar. Add dried apricots. Transfer the baked drumsticks into the apricot mixture.
• Heat the skillet used to cook the chicken over medium heat. Stir in the onion, green bell pepper, carrots, and green chile pepper; cook and stir until the onion has softened. Pour the drumsticks and apricot sauce into the skillet. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in water chestnuts just before serving.

APRICOT AND CURRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH

Steps:

• Combine chicken, apricots and onions in large bowl.
• Mix remaining ingredients except naan until blended. Add to chicken mixture; mix lightly. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Spoon chicken salad onto 1 side of each naan; fold in half.

CHICKEN CURRY WITH DRIED APRICOTS

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped shallots and sauté until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Mix in red curry paste and fresh ginger and cook 1 minute. Add chicken tenders and sauté until cooked through, about 6 minutes. Using tongs, transfer chicken to bowl.
• Add unsweetened coconut milk and dried apricots to skillet and boil until mixture is reduced to 2 1/4 cups, about 10 minutes. Mix in mango chutney and 1/2 cup cilantro. Return cooked chicken to skillet. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir to heat through. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cilantro. Serve over rice.
• *Available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets.
• **Available at Indian, Southeast Asian and Latin American markets and many supermarkets.

CURRIED CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS

Steps:

• place apricots& craisins in small bowl and pour the OJ over them--let sit 15 min or longer.
• put butter and next 6 ingredients in a small dish and mix to a paste.
• in a greased 2-quart shallow baking dish, arrange chicken in a single layer.
• Spread curry paste evenly over chicken.
• Add the fruits and OJ they were soaked in.
• sprinkle the broken bay leaf, making sure it gets submerged.
• Pour milk over it all.
• Cover and bake@ 350 45 minutes.
• UNCOVER and bake 25 minutes more.

APRICOT-PECAN WILD RICE

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, saute onions and celery in oil for 5 minutes or until tender. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients. , Spoon into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until lightly browned.

CHICKEN APRICOT CURRY

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients together into one pot, the order is unimportant
• I cook this in the microwave but can just as easily be done on the hob.
• Microwave:
• Cook on high for 5 minutes and give it a good stir. Then simmer for 30 minutes. Stir twice during that time.
• Hob:
• Gently bring to the boil then turn down the heat. Simmer for around 30 minutes.

APRICOT CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the white wine vinegar, sugar, apricots, coconut milk, onion, garlic, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, cinnamon, red curry paste, mild curry paste, and coconut into a saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the onion is translucent and the apricots are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Pour the mixture into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the sauce moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth. Pour the blended sauce back into the saucepan, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. (You can also use a stick blender and puree the sauce right in the cooking pot.)
• Stir the chicken meat into the simmering sauce and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened, 20 to 30 minutes.

APRICOT CURRIED RICE WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook rice and keep warm according to package directions.
• Season chicken breasts with a little salt& pepper to taste.
• Heat 2 tsp oil in a heated skillet.
• Add chicken breasts and brown 3 minutes per side, then remove from the pan.
• Spread chili sauce all over both sides of the chicken.
• Place chicken into a heavy,ovensafe pan and place in a preheated oven at 200 C on the second rack, and roast for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through (the thicker your chicken breasts, the longer it will take).
• In the same pan you cooked the chicken in, heat another 2 tsp of oil.
• Saute the green onions and the peppers for about 3 minutes, remove from the pan to a dish.
• Add another tsp of oil (if needed) and saute the apricots 1-2 minutes, then remove to the same dish as the peppers and the onions.
• Add another tsp of oil (if needed), and saute the rice and the curry powder, stirring constantly to mix well, for about 2 minutes.
• Pour in the stock and bring to a boil.
• Return all the sauteed vegetables and the apricots, along with the peas to the pan and cook together until heated.
• Serve with the chicken.
• Note*: If you prefer things more spicy, feel free to add some hot curry powder or use spicier chili sauce.
• In Germany, sweet& sour chili sauce is usually more like the sweet& sour duck sauce you can buy from La Choy in the grocery stores in America- it has little bits of red bell pepper in it.