Fruit Cocktail Chicken Recipes

FRUIT COCKTAIL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken, skin side up, in shallow roasting pan. Pour syrup from fruit and soy sauce over chicken. Add garlic. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 1 hour, basting often. Pour liquid from chicken into saucepan. Add sweet and sour sauce. Boil until sauce thickens and is reduced to about 3 1/2 cups. This will take about 40 minutes. Pour sauce over chicken. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight. The next day, bake chicken, uncovered, basting frequently, for about 30 minutes. Add drained fruit and bake 30 minutes longer.

HOMEMADE FRUIT COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In heavy saucepan, heat sugar, water, lime juice and basil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; discard basil sprig.
• In large glass bowl, mix nectarines, peaches, cherries and pineapple. Pour sugar syrup over fruit; stir to coat. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.

FRUIT COCKTAIL DELIGHT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine fruit cocktail and dry pudding mix; stir for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Chill until serving. Fold in marshmallows just before serving. Garnish with nuts if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

BAKED FRUITY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a 13 X 9-inch pan, melt butter in the oven.
• In a plastic bag or large bowl with a cover, combine flour, salt, paprika and pepper.
• Shake chicken, a few pieces at a time, in flour mixture. Arrange chicken in pan, skin-side-up.
• Combine remaining ingredients with 1/2 cup of reserved syrup. DO NOT COMBINE fruit cocktail. Pour mixture over chicken pieces.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 50 minutes, basting occasionally with sauce.
• Spoon fruit cocktail over chicken; sprinkle with additional cinnamon if desired.
• Return to oven and bake for 15 - 20 minutes longer or until chicken is tender.

FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE II

Steps:

• Cream 1 1/2 c sugar with the eggs. Add fruit cocktail (including liquid). Add the flour and baking soda--mixing well with beater. Pour into a greased and floured 9 inch round cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) about 15-20 minutes. Usually bakes best in thick aluminum cake pans.
• To Make Frosting: Mix well the cup of sugar, canned milk and stick of margarine. Cook slowly till mixture blends. Cook about 2 minutes more; remove from heat. Add vanilla, chopped nuts and coconut. Stir mixture until thick. Spread on cake.

FRUIT COCKTAIL SQUARES

Steps:

• Drain the fruit cocktail and reserve 1/3 cup of the syrup. Add the 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry syrup to the reserved fruit cocktail syrup. Chop the drained fruit, and set it aside.
• Stir together in a bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
• Add the flour mixture, alternating with the syrups, to the creamed mixture. Mix well. Stir in the chopped fruit, the coconut and the cherries.
• Spread dough into a greased 9 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle sifted confectioners' sugar over the top if desired. Cut into squares.

FRUIT COCKTAIL DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then lightly coat the inside of a 9"x9" baking pan with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, blend the reserved fruit cocktail juice & the cake mix, then gently fold in the fruit, before pouring into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until the top is golden.
• Serve warm, but refrigerate leftovers.