July 30, 2008

Spicy apricot glaze & Honey flesh

I was watching food network and had to try this glaze. Guy used salmon. I used chicken. But I think you could do it on just about anything. Pork chops would be delicious. Anyways, It is one of my new favorites. Little ingredients big flavor.
  • 1 tbl oil
  • 2 jalapenos cut into rings (1 if your a wuss)
  • 1 tbl garlic (about 2-3 cloves) I think I might have left this out?
  • 1/2 cup chicken stalk (He used white wine)
  • 1 tbl mustard (I used yellow, he used dijon)
  • 1 cup apricot preserves
  • 4 chicken breast

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. In small saute pan heat oil on medium heat. When hot add jalapenos. Let carmalize 4-5 min. Add garlic. After about a minute deglaze pan with stock. Next add mustard and apricot preserves. Let simmer over low heat for about 20 min. Let cool. Thick glaze should form. Place chicken on baking sheet. Salt and pepper chicken. Cover the chicken with glaze. For boneless chicken cook about 20-30 min. Or until done. It was so delicious I wanted more. I served it with a black bean & corn salad. A left over fruit salad as well.

Get this. So I get what looks like this really small honey dew in my produce co-op basket. I cut it open to put it in the fruit salad, and inside looked like a cantaloupe. I was a little baffled. I looked at the sticker and it is a honey-flesh. A mix breed of you guessed it honey-dew and cantaloupe. light green on the outside. Light orange on the inside. Yes it tasted like both. First taste was honey-dew second taste was cantaloupe. It was a keeper.


1 comment:

Renee said...

YUMMY!!! You are quite the little cook Lori.