Blueberry Soy Chicken Breasts Recipes

FRENCH BLUEBERRY BALSAMIC CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• If you are using frozen blueberries thaw them and reserve both the berries and the juice.
• Season the chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper.
• In a large skillet, set over medium heat, melt the butter into the oil. Brown the chicken breasts for 3 minutes on each side, until they turn golden brown. Transfer the browned chicken to an ovenproof baking dish.
• Add the shallots to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add the blueberries and any blueberry juice, balsamic vinegar, honey, rosemary, and the remaining salt and pepper to the pan. Bring the mixture to a rapid boil. Reduce the heat and allow it to simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• Pour the blueberry balsamic sauce over the browned chicken, place a lid on the baking dish, and cook it in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.
• Allow the chicken to rest at room temperature for 10 minutes, and then serve hot.
• Enjoy.

SOY SAUCE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine sugar, soy sauce, water, garlic, and ginger in a large stock pot; stir until sugar is dissolved. Place chicken in stock pot and bring to a boil. Using tongs, turn chicken in pot every 5 minutes.
• Boil chicken until no longer pink at the bone and juices run clear, about 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Sauce mixture will turn into a rich, brown glaze. Remove pot from heat and let cool 10 minutes.
• Place chicken on a platter and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

HEATHER'S BLUEBERRY CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Place garlic, blueberries, peach preserves, sesame oil, mustard, vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce in a blender; cover and blend until smooth.
• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat; cook and stir chicken and mushrooms until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 7 minutes. Stir in ginger, garlic salt, and black pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Toss green onions and mixed vegetables with chicken; pour blueberry sauce over vegetable mixture. Continue cooking on medium-high heat until sauce comes to a boil, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook until vegetables are tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and allow sauce to cool for 3 minutes. Serve over brown rice and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

BLUEBERRY-DIJON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, cook chicken in butter over medium heat until a thermometer reads 165°, 6-8 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm., In the same skillet, combine the preserves, vinegar, blueberries and mustard, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened. Serve with chicken. Sprinkle with basil if desired.

BLUEBERRY CHICKEN BREAST

Steps:

• Dust chicken breasts with cajun spice.
• Saute in olive oil over medium high heat until brown and cooked through (about 10 minutes).
• Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
• In pan, saute onion and garlic until translucent, careful to not overcook garlic, scraping the bits from pan.
• Add wine and cook until reduced by half.
• Add blueberries, lemon zest, salt, and pepper.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, let rest off heat for 5 minutes to let flavors develop. Serve over the chicken breast.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BLUEBERRY BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, onion, ginger, allspice, cayenne, ketchup and blueberries in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 11 to 12 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened and is fairly smooth.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle the salt and pepper over the chicken.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high.
• Add the chicken and cook 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked through.
• Pour the sauce into the skillet, turn the chicken over to completely coat it.
• Serve the chicken with the sauce spooned over the top.

BLUEBERRY SOY CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the chicken breasts in a lightly sprayed or oiled 11 x 7 inch glass baking dish.
• Brush with oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Make the sauce: in a saucepan over medium heat, combine all the sauce ingredients; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, 1-2 minutes.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken.
• Bake until the chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes longer.
• Let stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.

SAVORY WILD BLUEBERRY CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Dust chicken breasts with Cajun spices.
• Saute in olive oil until brown and almost cooked through, 7 to 10 minutes.
• (If thick, cover for 3 or 4 minutes more.) Remove chicken breasts from pan and keep warm.
• In same pan, sautÈ garlic and onion until transparent, scraping remaining bits of chicken from bottom of pan.
• Add red wine and cook down until most of the liquid is evaporated.
• Add Wild Blueberries, lemon rind and salt.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• (If blueberries are frozen, until berries are heated through.) Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Let sit for 5 minutes, heat off, for flavors to blend.
• Spoon over chicken breasts and serve.

CHICKEN WITH BLUEBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, cook chicken in oil for about 4 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Combine preserves and mustard; spoon over chicken. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until chicken juices run clear., With a slotted spoon, remove chicken and keep warm. Add vinegar to skillet; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes or until sauce is reduced by one-third, stirring occasionally. Stir in blueberries. Serve over chicken and rice if desired.

SOY-POACHED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook 2 or 3 shallots with 2 tablespoons butter or oil and some salt and pepper until soft, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, juice of 1 lemon, .75 cup water, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, 1 tablespoon sugar and .25 teaspoon cayenne to the pan.
• When the liquid boils, lower heat to a simmer; cover and cook chicken for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender and just cooked through.
• Transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm. Turn heat to high and boil the mixture until it is reduced to your liking.
• Lower heat and return the chicken to the pan to reheat and coat with sauce.
• Garnish: Fresh cilantro and lemon.

RED, WHITE, AND BLUEBERRY GRILLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk oil, salt, paprika, chipotle pepper, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and garlic in a bowl to make marinade. Place chicken breasts in marinade and turn to coat evenly. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Spread sugar in a saucepan set over medium heat. Do not stir, but watch closely as sugar begins to melt after about 1 minute. As sugar melts it will gradually turn a golden color. Continue watching but not stirring. When all sugar has melted and golden color just begins to darken a bit (after 1 minute or less), remove pan from heat. Pour in vinegar and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Place pan over medium-high heat and add blueberries to the sugar-vinegar mixture. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until blueberries soften and mixture begins to thicken, 4 or 5 minutes. It should be a syrup-like consistency. If sauce seems too thin, simmer a few more minutes. If it seems too thick, add a splash of water. Stir in salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
• Set a strainer over a bowl. Strain berries, using a spatula to push through as much juice as possible. Discard skins.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Drain excess marinade from chicken.
• Place chicken breasts on preheated grill. Cook until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 4 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Transfer chicken to a plate and allow to rest a few minutes.
• Serve breasts on a swirl of blueberry sauce with more sauce drizzled on top.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BLUEBERRIES

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook about 6 minutes, until browned on both sides.
• While chicken is cooking, stir together jam and mustard in a small bowl.
• Spread jam mixture over the tops of the chicken pieces and sprinkle with blueberries.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook about 15 minutes, or until juices run clear from chicken.
• Remove chicken and blueberries to plate with a slotted spoon.
• Add vinegar to the pan, increase heat to high, and bring sauce to a boil.
• Boil uncovered, stirring occasionally, until sauce is reduced by about 1/3 (about 5 minutes).
• Pour sauce evenly over chicken and enjoy!

BLUEBERRY CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Set aside a few blueberries for topping salad. In a large bowl, combine chicken, celery, red pepper, green onions and remaining blueberries. In a small bowl, mix yogurt, mayonnaise and salt. Add to chicken mixture; gently toss to coat. , Refrigerate until serving. If desired, serve over lettuce. Top with reserved blueberries.

BLACKBERRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mash 2 tablespoons berries. Add 1/4 cup broth, brown sugar, vinegar, oil, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon paprika and cumin., Place chicken in an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; pour broth mixture over the top. Sprinkle with thyme, salt, pepper and remaining paprika. , Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally with pan juices. Remove chicken and keep warm. , Skim fat from pan drippings. In a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and remaining broth until smooth. Gradually stir in drippings. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken; sprinkle with remaining blackberries.