Apricot and Currant Chicken

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serves/makes:

ready in:
1-2 hrs

ingredients

6 pounds chicken breasts
1 teaspoon ginger
1 1/2 cup orange marmalade
1/3 cup apple juice
1/3 cup orange juice
8 ounces dried apricots, cut up
8 ounces dried currants
1/4 cup brown sugar

directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Place chicken breasts, bone down, in a roasting pan. Sprinkle with ginger. Spread with orange marmalade. Pour juices into bottom of pan. Bake for 20 minutes.

Add apricots and currants. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake, basting often, another 40-45 minutes.

Serve with juice to pour over.

NOTE: You can substitute peach preserves for orange marmalade. You can also use apricot nectar for all or part of the juice.