Almond Chicken with Apricot Sauce Recipe

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With its fruity, slightly sweet sauce, this tender chicken entree is full of flavor, not fat. "When my children were all at home, they would rate a new recipe on the salce of 1 to 10. This is one of the 10's." —Erma Yoder, Millersburg, Indiana

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Almond Chicken with Apricot Sauce Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup apricot spreadable fruit
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
4 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon ground mustard
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 tablespoon butter, melted

Directions

In a shallow bowl, combine the first five ingredients; transfer 1/2 cup to a serving bowl and set aside. Dip chicken in remaining apricot mixture. Place in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Sprinkle almonds over chicken; drizzle with butter. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 170°. Serve with reserved apricot sauce. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 chicken breast half with 4 teaspoons sauce equals 361 calories, 10 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 99 mg cholesterol, 398 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 37 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 5 lean meat, 2 fruit, 1 fat.

Originally published as Almond Chicken with Apricot Sauce in Taste of Home April/May 2008, p32