Chicken with Leeks and Apples

Categories: Apples | Chicken | Leeks | Main dishes | Poultry

Serves: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

2 tb Olive oil
2 1/2 lb Chicken pieces (up to 3)
2 md Leeks (white and tender
-green), chopped
1 Clove garlic; minced
1/4 c Orange marmalade
2 c Apple juice
1 c Chicken broth
2 Tart cooking apples; such as
-Granny Smith, cored/thinly
-sliced
1 ts Cinnamon

Instructions:
In a wok, heat olive oil over Medium-High heat until hot, swirling to coat
sides of pan. Add chicken, arranging pieces extending up sides of wok.
Cook, turning, until browned all over, 7-10 minutes. Remove to a plate.
Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat from wok. Add leeks and garlic and
cook, stirring, until soft, 3-5 minutes. REtur chicken to wok, aling woth
any juice that have accumulated on plate. Add marmalade, apple juice and
chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to Medium-Low. Cover and cook
until chicken is just white near bone, 30-35 minutes. Add apple and
cinnamon. Raise heat to High. Boil, uncovered, sitrring occasionally, until
sauce is slightly thickened and chicken and apples are tender, about 3
minutes. MC formatting by bobbi744@sojourn.com

Serving Ideas : Serve with couscous or steamed rice and buttered broccoli.

NOTES : Can substitute 2 onions for leeks in unavailable.

Recipe by: 365 Ways to Wok

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #908 by Roberta Banghart
on Nov 14, 1997

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