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Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken

Crockpot Apricot Chicken is a sweet and tangy dish made with tender chicken, apricot preserves, Catalina dressing, and onion soup mix—perfect over rice! 🍑🍗 (only 4 ingredients!)
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time6 hours
Total Time4 hours 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 5
Author: Sarah Olson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts or boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 cup apricot preserves
  • 1 cup Catalina salad dressing
  • 1 oz. packet Lipton onion soup mix
  • 1/8 tsp. black pepper
  • 2 pinches red pepper flakes optional
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Instructions

  • Place the chicken in to the bottom of the slow cooker. Add the apricot preserves, Catalina dressing, onion soup mix, pepper and pepper flakes. Stir the sauce ingredients together over the chicken.
  • Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours.
  • I like to de-grease the sauce before serving. I do this by taking a paper towel and laying it flat over the sauce. I pull up the paper towel after a few seconds and all the grease sticks to the paper towel. Easy peasy.
  • Shred the chicken with two forks or leave the chicken breasts or thighs whole.
  • Serve with rice.
  • Enjoy!

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Notes

Variations:
  • Although this recipe is "apricot" chicken, you can play around with different jam flavors such as pineapple jam, peach jam, or strawberry jam.
  • You can add fresh apricots, add onions that have been sliced or diced, and green bell peppers.
  • Same as the jam substitutions, you can play around with using French dressing, Russian dressing, or barbecue sauce.
Serving Ideas: 
  • One of the most common ways to serve this shredded chicken is over a bed of cooked white rice or brown rice. Or serve over cooked egg noodles.
  • Turn this meal into a tasty fun meal by serving it as sandwiches on white bread, Italian bread, or hoagie buns.
  • This chicken also pairs well with baked beans, a green salad, coleslaw, mashed potatoes, and/or a fruit salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 548kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 61g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 301mg | Sodium: 1357mg | Potassium: 818mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2.6mg

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