Add something tasty to your family’s Asian night! Serve grilled chicken spooned with apricot preserves – a dish that’s ready in an hour!
Apricot-Sesame Glazed Chicken
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 cut-up whole chicken (3 to 3 1/2 lb)
- 3/4 cup apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon sesame seed
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix mustard and soy sauce. Brush 3 tablespoons of mixture over chicken. Stir 6 tablespoons of the apricot preserves and the sesame seed into remaining mustard mixture; set aside.
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Step2Heat gas or charcoal grill for indirect cooking. For two-burner gas grill, heat one burner to medium; place chicken on unheated side. For one-burner gas grill, place chicken on grill over low heat. For charcoal grill, move medium coals to edge of firebox; place chicken on grill rack over drip pan.
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Step3Cover grill; cook 15 minutes. Turn chicken. Cover grill; cook 20 to 30 minutes longer, turning occasionally, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (165°F).
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Step4Brush chicken with reserved apricot mixture. Cook, turning and brushing frequently, 3 to 5 minutes, just until browned. Remove chicken from grill; spoon remaining 6 tablespoons apricot preserves over chicken.
Nutrition
710
Calories
32g
Total Fat
62g
Protein
44g
Total Carbohydrate
30g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 710
- Calories from Fat
- 290
- Total Fat
- 32g
- 49%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 43%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 195mg
- 65%
- Sodium
- 1150mg
- 48%
- Potassium
- 600mg
- 17%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 44g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 30g
- Protein
- 62g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 8 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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