CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS

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Provided by amp1043

Time 40m

Yield Serves 2

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 Chicken Breasts
1 Onion, chopped
1 Green Pepper, sliced
Grated rind of 1 orange
1 tablespoon of plain flour
250 ml Vegatable Stock
60 ml Fresh Orange Juice
200 ml Dry White Wine
100 g Organic Dried Apricots cut into quarters
50 g Walnuts (chopped)
pinch of salt, freshly ground pepper, freshly grated nutmeg

Steps:

Chop the chicken breasts into small chunks, fry until cooked then set aside.
Fry the onion for a few minutes, then add the sliced pepper for about 1 minute. Then add the orange rind and plain flour
In a small jug, mix the orange juice and stock. GRADUALLY stir in the juice/stock mixture to the onion mixture.
Add the apricots, chicken, walnuts and white wine. Then add salt, pepper and the grated nutmeg.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
Can be served immediately or, preferebly, leave to cook and reheat later. If reheating, tranfer to a caserole and heat at 160C for 30-40 minutes. You can serve from the caserole at the table