Sweet and Sour Cranberry Chicken

15m
Prep Time
45m
Cook Time
1h
Ready In


"This dish is delicious. It's perfect if you want to serve it over the holidays instead of a turkey or ham. You can also make this with boneless skinless chicken breasts but they cook faster than bone-in chicken pieces. Recipe from: Bonnie Stern and Fran Berkoff."

Original is 4 servings
  • RUB
  • SAUCE

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (620.3 g)
  • Calories 650.6
  • Total Fat - 15.7 g
  • Saturated Fat - 3.2 g
  • Cholesterol - 969.6 mg
  • Sodium - 1451.4 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 53.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 5.9 g
  • Sugars - 41.8 g
  • Protein - 73.2 g
  • Calcium - 88.6 mg
  • Iron - 11.7 mg
  • Vitamin C - 33 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Combine all the rub ingredients together, then rub on the chicken pieces. Place in the refrigerator to marinate for a few hours.

Step 2

Heat oil in a large deep skillet or Dutch oven. Brown chicken pieces well. Place chicken in a single layer, skin side up in a 9"x13" baking dish. Discard all but a thin layer of oil in the pan. (Clean out pan if sugar burns.)

Step 3

Add onions and brown well. Add garlic and ginger and cook a minute longer.

Step 4

Add vinegar and stir up any bits of onion or chicken from the bottom of the pan. Add stock and bring to a boil. Add cranberries, honey and salt and pepper. Cook gently 10 minutes.

Step 5

Spoon sauce over chicken, cover and bake in a preheated 350F oven 30 minutes.

Step 6

Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the chicken reaches 160F.

Step 7

Serve with rice.

Tips


No special items needed.

1 Reviews

Pixie

We really enjoyed this recipe and I would definitely make again, might even try the sauce over a pork roast. I used boneless skinless chicken and had to sub some ginger power for the ginger root (I'm sure it would be even better without the sub). The chicken turned out beautifully tender and the sauce was delicious over rice. Thanks for posting.

5.0

review by:
(22 Dec 2014)

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