Apricot-Orange Salsa Chicken Recipe

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This easy entree is just five ingredients away! Sweet oranges and apricots blend perfectly with zippy salsa in this dish from LaDonna Reed of Ponca City, Oklahoma. Keep the heat to your liking with mild, medium or hot salsa.

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Apricot-Orange Salsa Chicken Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 2-1/2 hours

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

3/4 cup salsa
1/3 cup apricot preserves
1/4 cup orange juice
2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (5 ounces each)
1 cup hot cooked rice

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the salsa, preserves and orange juice. In a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray, layer 1/3 cup salsa mixture and a chicken breast. Repeat layers. Top with remaining salsa.
Cover and cook on low for 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until chicken is tender. If desired, thicken pan juices. Serve with rice. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 chicken breast half with 1/2 cup sauce and 1/2 cup rice equals 427 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 78 mg cholesterol, 450 mg sodium, 66 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 31 g protein.

Originally published as Apricot-Orange Salsa Chicken in Cooking for 2 Summer 2008, p55