Cranberry Chicken Dinner

Name: Cranberry Chicken Dinner
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Cuisine: Comfort Food Dinner Recipes, Comfort Food Recipes
Ingredients: 2 cups frozen pearl onions; 2 cups frozen sugar snap peas; 4 bone-in chicken breast halves; 1-1/2 cups Sugar 'n' Spice Cranberries; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 envelope onion soup mix

This meal in one pan combines chicken breasts with frozen sugar snap peas and leftover spiced cranberry sauce. For an easy dinner anytime, use a can of whole-berry cranberry sauce instead. "I prepared this over the holidays and it was so good," writes Sally Huzyak of Incline Village, Nevada.

Ingredients

2 cups frozen pearl onions
2 cups frozen sugar snap peas
4 bone-in chicken breast halves
1-1/2 cups Sugar 'n' Spice Cranberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup olive oil
1 envelope onion soup mix

Directions

Arrange the onions and peas in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Top with chicken. Combine the cranberries, pecans, oil and soup mix; spoon over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until chicken juices run clear.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 649 calories, 28g fat (4g saturated fat), 90mg cholesterol, 736mg sodium, 64g carbohydrate (32g sugars, 5g fiber), 37g protein.

Originally published as Cranberry Chicken Dinner in Quick Cooking November/December 2003

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Moondreamsgirl

Nov 23, 2015

This is a wonderful recipe! It's a 2 in one recipe, as the recipe for the spiced cranberry sauce is great, too! I thought I'd lost this one, and am so happy to find itl