Maple Cranberry Chicken Recipes

CRANBERRY CHICKEN I

Steps:

• Place the chicken breasts in a glass or non-reactive baking dish.
• Stir the onion soup mix, cranberry sauce, and French dressing together in a bowl until well blended. Pour over the chicken breasts. Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove plastic wrap from the baking dish, and cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Bake chicken in preheated oven until top is bubbly and slightly browned, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH MAPLE CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper and cook as desired (I baked mine in a preheated 350°F oven for about 30 minutes). You can bake them, pan fry them, grill, or poach. Whatever you prefer.
• While the chicken cooks, prepare the sauce. In a small sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat. Saute onions until translucent, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add wine, syrup, and cranberries. Bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce heat slightly (medium-high heat). Cook for five minutes, stirring.
• Combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl with a whisk or a fork. While stirring sauce, stir in cornstarch/water mixture, reduce heat to medium and continue to cook for about a minute or until thickened. Serve sauce over cooked chicken.

CRANBERRY MAPLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the cranberries, water and sugar. Cook over medium heat until berries pop, about 15 minutes., Meanwhile, sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet, cook chicken in oil over medium heat until juices run clear, 4-5 minutes on each side. Stir syrup into cranberry mixture; serve with chicken.

GRILLED MAPLE AND CRANBERRY GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Brush grill rack with canola or vegetable oil. Heat gas or charcoal grill. Mix half of the cranberry sauce with the syrup. Sprinkle salt over chicken.
• Place chicken on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 minutes. Turn chicken. Cover grill; cook 10 to 15 minutes longer, brushing occasionally with cranberry-syrup mixture, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F). Discard remaining cranberry-syrup mixture.
• Serve chicken with remaining cranberry sauce.

MAPLE CRANBERRY CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place flour, salt, pepper and rosemary in a bowl or plastic bag.
• Coat chicken pieces in flour mixture.
• Heat olive oil in frying pan on medium heat.
• Add garlic, when just softened add the chicken and brown on both sides.
• Add green onions and mushrooms to pan.
• Mix together maple syrup, vinegar and water.
• Pour over the browned chicken.
• Sprinkle cranberries around chicken pieces.
• Reduce heat to a high simmer for 20 minutes (check chicken frequently to make sure the liquid isn't evaporating too much, add a little water at a time if it is, it should be a little saucy).

MAPLE CRANBERRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine syrup and 3/4 cup cranberry sauce; set aside. Sprinkle chicken with salt., Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long-handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 165°, basting frequently with syrup mixture. , Warm the remaining cranberry sauce; serve with chicken.