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Apricot Chicken is a flavorful crockpot recipe that uses chicken thighs covered in a delicious apricot glaze. A favorite dinner with kids and adults.
Apricot Chicken Thighs Recipe
This Apricot Chicken recipe is a favorite in my house. It’s packed with flavor and only requires a handful of ingredients, making it a budget-friendly choice for a crowd-pleasing dinner! Chicken thighs are cooked in a tasty sauce made with apricot preserves, French dressing, and onion soup mix. We love to serve this over rice to complete the meal.
What You’ll Need
- Bone-in chicken thighs: Bone in chicken breast will work as well.
- Seasonings: Garlic salt or powder, Onion powder, Pepper, and Paprika
- Sauce: Apricot preserves or apricot jam, French dressing and Dry French onion soup mix
How to Make Apricot Chicken
- Season the chicken: Mix the seasoning together in a bowl. Sprinkle it over the chicken. Place the chicken skin side down in a large skillet. Brown the skin.
- Make the Sauce: In a bowl, combine the apricot preserves, French dressing and onion soup mix. Mix well until combined.
- Place the chicken in the Crock Pot: Place the browned chicken thighs skin side up in your slow cooker. Pour the apricot sauce over the chicken. Cook on low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours.
- Serve over white or brown rice and enjoy!
Storing
Leftovers of this delightful Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Variations
- For those who prefer a quicker recipe, feel free to skip the browning part, but I recommend removing the skin from the thighs in that case.
- This recipe is versatile, so you can easily substitute boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts.
- If you’re seeking a different flavor, Russian dressing can replace the French dressing.
- For presentation and a pop of fresh flavor, consider garnishing the dish with scallions.
- If you prefer a thicker sauce, there’s an easy solution. First, remove the chicken from the slow cooker. Then, stir 1 tablespoon of cornstarch into 2 tablespoons of cold water. Whisk this mixture into the sauce in the slow cooker to enhance the viscosity.
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Crockpot Apricot Chicken
Apricot Chicken flavorful crockpot recipe that uses chicken thighs covered in a delicious apricot glaze. A favorite dinner with kids and adults.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 6 bone in chicken thighs
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt or powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 1/2 cups apricot preserves
- 1 cup french dressing
- 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
Instructions
- Mix the garlic salt, onion powder, pepper and paprika together.
- Sprinkle over the chicken thighs.
- In a large skillet over medium high heat place the thighs skin side down.
- Heat from about 5 minutes just until the skin starts to brown.
- In a mixing bowl combine the apricot preserves, french dressing and dry onion soup mix.
- Place the chicken thighs in the slow cooker and pour the sauce over the top.
- Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours.
- Serve over rice!
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Calories: 983kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 61g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 22g | Monounsaturated Fat: 21g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 212mg | Sodium: 1710mg | Potassium: 664mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 50g | Vitamin A: 767IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg
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3 comments on “Apricot Chicken Recipe”
This sounds AND looks amazing.. I am making tomorrow, however….. Can I use Catalina instead of French dressing? Our French dressing here in the U.K. is totally different& not as you know it in U.S. or CANADA… I have to order my Catalina from Amazon& because of shockingly high prices I cannot justify ordering the French as well..
I know the time difference a huge factor for you replying to questions/advice asked from here( Scotland) depending where you are..I take it is the U.S. so could be 5-7hrs.. but as I plan to make tomorrow, is it possible for you to reply as soon as you can? A massive thank you in advance..Take Care, Lorna, Scotland..
Hi Lorna! Yes, I think Catalina will be a good substitute and should work fine. French and Catalina are substituted for each other in recipes often here in the US. It may change the taste slightly but should still taste great. Let us know what you think!
Followed the recipe to the T. Cooked way faster than suggested. I was not prepared for all the grease floating on top of the sauce. Would definitely use skinless chicken thighs and more salt next time. The flavor was awesome however.