Baked Apricot Wild Rice Chicken Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- 1 (3 lb)roasting chickens
- 1tablespoonhoney
- 1onion, chopped
- 1garlic clove, minced
- 1/2teaspoonturmeric
- 1lemon, juice of
- 1 (6 ounce)packagelong grain and wild rice blend
- 1 3/4cupswater
- 1/2cupdried apricots
- 1/2cuppecan halves
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350. Clean chicken, discarding giblets and neck. Tie legs together and place, breast-side up, in a Dutch oven.
- Spread honey over chicken. Sprinkle with onion, garlic, turmeric, and lemon juice. Cover and bake for 1 hour. Drain off all fat and liquid.
- Sprinkle contents of rice and seasoning packets from rice mix around and under chicken. Pour water over rice. Add apricots.
- Cover and bake 35-45 minutes or until rice is tender and chicken is cooked through.
- Mix pecans into rice. Cut chicken into pieces and serve over rice.
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