Cranberry Chicken with Apples and Walnuts
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Serve this colorful dish for a holiday meal or any night of the
week. The sauce is delicious over couscous or rice.
Ingredients
2 tsp (10mL) olive oil
1/4 cup (45g) shallots or onions, minced
2 pounds (910g) boned and skinned chicken breasts, (eight 4-ounce
halves)
2 Tbsp (30mL) vinegar, balsamic or raspberry
16 ounces (455g) cranberry sauce, whole berry, (1 can)
2 cups (260g) green apples, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup (75g) dried cranberries
4 Tbsp (30g) walnuts, chopped
2 tsp (4g) curry powder
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Spray large shallow baking dish with vegetable oil spray. Add oil and
shallots (or onions) to baking dish and bake uncovered for 5 minutes.
Pour vinegar into the baking dish and stir. Add chicken breasts,
basting tops with vinegar/shallot mixture. Bake uncovered for 10 minutes.
Mix together cranberry sauce, apples, dried cranberries, walnuts and
curry. Cover chicken with sauce and bake an additional 15–20 minutes until chicken is
cooked and sauces bubbles.
Nutrition Facts
Calories: 173
Total Fat: 5g
% Calories from fat: 25%
Protein: 27g
Carbohydrate: 4g
Cholesterol: 66mg
Sodium: 75mg
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