Cherry-Glazed Baked Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 (16-ounce) can pitted dark sweet cherries
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 teaspoons hot mustard
• ¾ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup dried tart cherries
• 6 (6 ½ ounces each) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• salt and pepper to taste
• 6 rosemary sprigs for garnish

How to make Cherry-Glazed Baked Chicken

1. Heat oven to 350oF.
2. Line a 9" x 13" baking pan with foil and spray foil with non-stick spray; set aside.
3. To make the glaze: Drain the pitted dark sweet cherries; reserve ¼ cup of cherry juice.
4. In a blender, puree the drained cherries until smooth.
5. In a skillet, heat the olive oil and saute the onion and garlic until soft; add the cherry puree, reserved ¼ cup cherry juice, honey, vinegar, mustard, ginger, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper; stir until smooth.
6. Add dried cherries; simmer 5 minutes.
7. Arrange chicken breasts in foil-lined baking pan; season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Brush chicken lightly with cherry glaze; reserve remaining glaze.
9. Cover the pan with foil and bake chicken 20 minutes; brush with additional glaze and bake uncovered 10 to 15 minutes longer or until chicken is done.
10. To serve, pour 2 tablespoons warm reserved glaze over each chicken breast and garnish with a rosemary sprig.

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