Apple Ginger Chicken Recipes

GINGER APPLE CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Heat sesame oil in nonstick skillet or wok. Add garlic and ginger, and stir for about 30 seconds.
• Add chicken and cook in hot oil 4 to 5 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.
• Remove chicken from skillet. Add pea pods, red pepper, and mushrooms, and cook, stirring, until tender-crisp, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with pepper.
• Combine applesauce, vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch, and chicken broth.
• Add chicken to vegetables, add sauce mixture and sliced apples, and cook until sauce is thickened and clear, about 4 minutes. Serve over steamed rice.

CHICKEN WITH APPLES AND GINGER

Steps:

• Remove as much skin and external fat as possible from chicken. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in nonstick skillet or 2 tablespoons oil in regular skillet large enough to hold chicken pieces in single layer. Brown chicken on both sides in hot oil over medium heat; remove and set aside.
• Saute onion and garlic in same pan until onion is soft. Add wine, apple juice and ginger to pan and cook over medium-high heat until liquid is reduced to 1 cup.
• Stir cornstarch into yogurt. Add to pan with apples and chicken and season with pepper. Cook, covered, for about 20 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
• Arrange noodles on each of 4 plates. Spoon chicken and sauce over noodles.

APPLE GINGER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk first six ingredients in a bowl.
• Put chicken in a large re-sealable plastic bag.
• Then pour marinade over chicken in the bag.
• Seal and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
• After marinating, place chicken in a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Cover with remaining marinade.
• Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
• Serve with hot cooked rice, if desired.

GRILLED APPLE- AND GINGER-GLAZED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1-quart saucepan, mix teriyaki glaze, apple jelly and gingerroot. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, until jelly is melted. Spoon half of the mixture into small bowl or custard cup; stir in cilantro. Set aside to serve with chicken.
• Cover and grill chicken over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes, turning and brushing with apple-ginger mixture during last 10 minutes of grilling, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F). Serve with reserved apple-ginger mixture.

SAUTEED CHICKEN WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Heat peanut oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium heat. Add chicken, apples, and ginger; cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes. Add green onions and continue to saute until chicken is almost cooked through and apples start to soften, 5 to 6 minutes more.
• Stir in mushrooms, honey, salt, and pepper; continue to saute until chicken pieces are no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, about 5 minutes more. Serve.

APPLE GINGER CHICKEN MARINADE

Steps:

• In a 4-6 cup volume bowl whisk together apple juice, apple cider vinegar and vegetable oil.
• Next whisk in the honey.
• It is helpful to use the same measuring cup that you just measured the vegetable oil in, to allow the honey to easily slide out.
• Continue whisking until combined.
• Whisk 1 tbsp ginger.
• Mince 3-4 garlic cloves according to size of cloves and taste.
• Whisk in garlic.
• Marinade 4-8 chicken breasts, depending on size, in large lidded bowl or disposable zip top baggie.
• This makes a lot, over 2 1/2 cups, but with these ingredients on hand, its easy to mix up more if you need it.
• Marinate chicken at least 8 hours in refrigerator.
• Grill or bake as desired.