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Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken

 Apricot Sauce:
    1 cup chicken stock (broth)
    1 cup apricot preserves
    Salt and pepper to taste

 Tomato Mixture:
    1 lb. roma tomatoes, cut into 1" pieces
    12 basil leaves, cut into 1/2" pieces
    2 teaspoons garlic pepper
    Salt to taste

 Garlic Herb Seasoning:
    3 teaspoon garlic pepper
    1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

    2 bunches asparagus (remove bottom inch of stems)
    1 lb. broccoli florets
    2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
    8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
    Chopped parsley to garnish

  Combine Garlic Herb Seasoning ingredients in a small mixing bowl
 and set aside. Blend chicken stock and apricot preserves in a sauce
 pan. Add salt & pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and remove from
 heat. Combine tomatoes, basil, garlic pepper and salt in a separate
 mixing bowl and set aside.

  Blanch asparagus and broccoli for 1 minute in a pot of salted
 boiling water. Transfer immediately to ice bath to stop cooking.

  Grill chicken until internal temperature reaches 165F.

  Coat a sauté pan with olive oil. Keeping ingredients separated in
 pan, heat cooled asparagus, broccoli and tomato mixture and until
 hot. Do not overcook.

  Place grilled chicken on a platter next to hot broccoli and
 asparagus. Sprinkle Garlic Herb Seasoning on broccoli. Pour tomato
 mixture on top of vegetables. Top chicken breasts with apricot sauce
 and garnish with chopped parsley.