Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2011

This is such great recipe. "What tender chicken!" everyone moaned -- with full mouths. So I made this "as written" the first couple of times and served it over brown rice. Always one to experiment, I added a few touches the third time I reached for this gem-of-a-recipe. Here's what I did: Lots more chicken (family pack). Used only one pkg. of dry onion soup mix, to which I added: the apricot preserves; 1/3 C. good-quality DRY Sherry (please, not "cooking Sherry"); 1 tsp. DRY mustard; 1 tsp. ground WHITE pepper; and 1 C. raisins. Also, I used "Light" Catalina Dressing. The beauty of this, though, is that Shirley's recipe is delicious as it is. But if you have some extra time and want to add a bit of flare, the sky's the limit! Cook time can be less, like 45 min., so be careful or chicken will dry out. Thank you Shirley.

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Happy Cookah

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: South Jordan, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2011

My boyfriend makes this exquisite dish for me. It is one of his family favorites, handed down to him. Only, instead of baking it, he saute's the boneless chicken pieces in a skillet with a little olive oil until the pink is gone, and the outside is a little browned. Then he adds the the sauce, reduces the heat, covers and simmers it, and ... Yummmmm! Don't forget to stir it periodically so it doesn't stick. This skillet method cuts cook time down considerably!

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amenhetepm

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2011

This was yummy! I used peach/apricot jam instead of apricot preserves because that is what we had on hand. We also made our russian dressing from a recipe on this website (much cheaper and super yummy!) I reserved some of the sauce and cooked dried apricots that we had reconstituted in it and served it over the chicken and couscous. AMAZING! Tangy, Fun & Flavorful!

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KimmyBel

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2011

as I was making this, I thought to myself that these ingredients sound disgusting together. fortunately, what sounded bad together was great! i served it with rice pilaf with chopped dried apricots and don't recommend that. the sauce is sweet enough and flavorful enough to only need plain rice (brown or white).

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Rae Barnes

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Arden, North Carolina, USA

Living In: Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2010

I've been using this recipe for years on chicken wings, the only thing I do different is I bake them for a couple hours in a foil lined pan at 300, turn them and watch them, the sauce gets carmelized and fall of the bone good, I bring them to all Christmas get-togethers in a crock pot to keep warm on a buffet table, everyone requests them

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Roz

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2010

My husband made this dish is was soooo good, the russian dressing really makes this dish!

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Tinera

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

This recipe is amazing! It's so simple yet extremely delicious!

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Robin

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Spring Hill, Florida, USA

Living In: Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2010

WOW! This recipe was, simply, delicious! Let me tell you all something, being a novice in kitchen affairs, this was the easiest and tastiest thing I've done thus far! Even my mom, who is a picky Latina enjoyed it! I read some of the reviews and decided to add the minced garlic and I am glad I did. There is no doubt in my mind I will be recommending this recipe to my family and friends! thanks for posting this amazing recipe up!!

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dooruhh

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2010

This is very good. I only used 1 packet of the onion soup mix and it was perfect- not too salty, and not an over powering onion taste. I doubled the sauce and served it with egg noodles.

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a.granados

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Palm Harbor, Florida, USA

Living In: Pearl City, Hawaii, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2010

This chicken was awesome and so fast and easy to make. I used the Catalina dressing because I couldn't find the Russian and it was great! My daughter made it with Russian and said she preferred mine over hers. This is definitely a keeper!

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