Cran Apple Chicken Recipes

APPLE CRANBERRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut chicken into chunks or strips and dice apple.
• Using a vegetable peeler, peel carrot into strips and sauté until soft.
• Add salt and pepper during cooking process.
• Deglaze with balsamic vinegar (as much as you want, actually) Stir in apple sauce, cranberries, diced apple, cinnamon, chicken, then pour into oven proof baking dish.
• Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until done.
• Season with more salt, pepper, cinnamon, sugar if desired.
• Note: Feel free to change the amount of any of the ingredients.
• The above measurements are approximates because I didn't measure when cooking this recipe.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH APPLE-CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix four, salt and pepper on waxed paper or a plate.
• Rub mustard all over the chicken, then coat in the flour mixture, shaking off excess.
• Heat 1 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add chicken and cook 4 minutes per side or until browned and opaque in center.
• Remove to a serving platter; cover loosely to keep warm.
• Heat 1 teaspoons oil in skillet, add apples and cook, stirring often, 4 minutes or until slightly softened.
• Add cranberry sauce and cider; stir until boiling.
• Serve over the chicken.

GUY COOKS WITH KIDS: MIKAELA'S CRANBERRY APPLE CHICKEN BREAST

Steps:

• Preheat a large saute pan over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons butter and allow to melt. When the butter is melted and bubbling, add the chopped apple. Stir in the lemon juice and honey with a spatula to coat the apples. Continue to cook until the apples are golden, stirring occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes. (If the apples get too brown, remove from the heat and set aside).
• In another large saute pan over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons butter and allow to melt. While the butter melts, mix together the flour, 2 teaspoons salt and the pepper in a large bowl. Dredge the chicken breasts in the flour mixture until thoroughly coated. Carefully place the dredged chicken into the heated pan and brown on each side, about 5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken breasts to a baking sheet or oven-safe warming plate and cover with foil. Set aside.
• In the same saute pan, add the chicken stock and apple and cranberry juices to deglaze the pan. Add the cinnamon stick. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon salt to the mixture, whisking to combine. Allow the sauce to reduce until it reaches a nice thick brown gravy consistency, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick.
• Add the cooked apples to the thickened sauce and whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Add the cooked chicken breasts to the apples and gravy, to reheat briefly (about 1 minute). Plate the chicken breasts, top with the apples and sauce and sprinkle with the parsley.

APPLE-CRANBERRY-SAGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, melt jelly and butter over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Stir in apple, celery and cranberries; remove from heat.
• In shallow dish, mix Bisquick mix, sage and thyme. In another shallow dish, place water. Dip chicken into water, then coat with Bisquick mixture. Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in skillet 6 to 8 minutes, turning once, until coating is brown.
• Place chicken in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Spoon cranberry mixture over chicken. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).

CROCK POT CRANBERRY APPLE CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts in a 2-quart (or larger) slow cooker/Crock Pot.
• Add remaining ingredients in the order given, dotting evenly with the butter last. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours.

CRAN APPLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken in slow cooker, and sprinkle with cranberries and apples.
• Mix brown sugar and apple juice, and pour over chicken and fruit.
• Cover and cook on loe for 6-8 hours.