Nonnie's sticky apricot chicken from Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals (page 178) by Tieghan Gerard

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    Can substitute purchased Thousand Island dressing or Russian dressing for the book's "Billion Island dressing."

  • ggcooks on December 28, 2025

    This recipe is great for how simple it is. Too sweet initially so I now use half the dressing and in its place add a chicken stock and rice vinegar mixture.

  • Devons on September 28, 2023

    Sauce was very strangely flavored. Too sweet, too something. One of the very few fails from this cookbook.

  • babyfork on February 06, 2023

    Pros: This was very easy to throw together for a weeknight dinner (I used Marie's Thousand Island Dressing and the suggested brand of apricot preserves, Bonne Maman). I liked the idea of cooking the chicken and broccoli together. I served it over jasmine rice and topped with some fresh basil. Cons: It was just way too sweet. Sammy didn't like it much. And while I did eat leftovers one day, the rest is going into the compost, unfortunately.

  • jay.moe on December 02, 2022

    The sauce was overwhelmingly sweet even with the addition of crushed red pepper flakes. The chicken thighs were tender and cooked perfectly. Cooking the broccoli separately kept it from overcooking. Overall, I just wasn't a fan of the flavor.

  • peaceoutdesign on November 29, 2022

    This was a simple and okay meal. Searing the chicken first would have made the thighs a bit more tender.

  • averythingcooks on June 11, 2022

    My boneless skinless thighs always seem so small compared to what is called for in recipes so it was 5 thighs + 2 cups of broccoli for a 1/2 recipe. I also added a handful of orange pepper strips to the pan. With all the prep done early (including the Billion Island dressing & then the actual sauce) this was easy to put together at dinner. It was done in 25 -30 minutes (as I said, small thighs). To jazz up the steamed rice, I stirred in chopped spinach + basil. The chicken was moist, the sauce is delicious & I can easily see other vegetables being added to the pan. This one is a repeat for sure.

  • anya_sf on June 07, 2022

    Simple and good, with a sweet and sour flavor, enjoyable over rice. With 4 chicken breasts in a 9"x13" pan, the broccoli didn't fit around the chicken, but completely covered it, so the broccoli and chicken took 45 min to cook. The chicken was a little tough (but not dry, thanks to the sauce); thighs are probably a better choice.

  • dHmUtuhFi on March 30, 2022

    Featured on The Splendid Table. https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2022/03/23/nonnies-sticky-apricot-chicken

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