Chicken with Cherry Sauce Recipe

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This tender moist chicken bakes in a savory sauce that combines cherries with soy sauce, orange juice and ginger. It's sure to be a big hit at your house like it is at mine. -Linda Grubb, Poland, Indiana

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Chicken with Cherry Sauce Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 45 min.

Yield: 4-6 Servings

15 45 60

Ingredients

1 pound fresh or frozen pitted sweet cherries
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons minced fresh gingerroot
1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 4 pounds), cut up
3 tablespoons butter

Directions

Set aside 3/4 cup cherries. In a blender, combine orange juice and remaining cherries; cover and process until smooth. Add the soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, lemon juice, garlic and ginger; set aside.
In a large skillet over medium heat, brown chicken on all sides in butter. Place chicken skin side down in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Top with cherry sauce.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes; turn chicken. Top with reserved cherries. Bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear. Yield: 4-6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 453 calories, 21 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 103 mg cholesterol, 1,364 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 32 g protein.

Originally published as Chicken with Cherry Sauce in Taste of Home April/May 2003, p29