Cranberry Chicken & Rice
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Marinade:
  • 1½ tsp garlic, chopped
  • 1 TBSP lemon juice
  • 1 TBSP Soy Sauce
  • 4 TBSP Italian Dressing
  • 1 cup Cape Cod Select® Frozen Cranberries
  • 1 TBSP sugar
  • Zest from 1 Orange
  • Salt/Pepper
  • Main Dish
  • 2 TBSP olive oil
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 2 tsp. garlic, chopped
  • 1½ cup rice, I used Basmati style
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 2¼ cup chicken broth
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • 1 lb Chicken, I used thinly sliced Chicken Breasts
  • 1½ cups Cape Cod Select® Frozen Cranberries
  • 1 tsp Sriracha
  • 2 TBSP brown sugar, packed
  • 2 TBSP balsamic vinegar
  • 1 TBSP Dried Parsley
Instructions
  1. In a blender, mix all marinade ingredients: 1 tsp garlic, lemon juice, soy sauce, italian dressing, 1 cup Cape Cod Select® Frozen Cranberries, orange zest, sugar, salt and pepper.
  2. Once fully blended, add mixture into a ziplock bag or in a container to marinate the chicken.
  3. Place chicken in ziplock bag and securely close bag. Toss around to fully incorporate. Keep in fridge to marinate at least 1 hour. Can marinate up to overnight.
  4. In a small bowl, mix 1½ cup Cape Cod Select® Frozen Cranberries, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, sriracha. Set aside.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  6. Grease 9 x 13 baking pan.
  7. Add olive oil, diced onion, garlic and salt / pepper - stir to mix.
  8. Place in oven and bake 15-20 minutes until onion is translucent.
  9. Remove baking dish from oven and add rice. Stir to combine with onions.
  10. Add wine, water, and chicken broth.
  11. If using Chicken thighs or large chicken breasts, place marinated chicken directly on top of rice mixture at this part. If using chicken tenderloins or thinly sliced chicken breasts, wait until a later step. Sprinkle chicken with dried parsley.
  12. Cover baking dish with foil. Bake 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
  13. If using tenderloins or thinly sliced chicken breasts, after 30 minutes, pull dish out of oven and add chicken on top of rice mixture.
  14. Sprinkle cranberry mixture over top of chicken and rice. You can also cut up a few slices of the orange that you zested and place over the chicken/rice as well.
  15. Re-cover and bake for another 20-30 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
  16. When chicken is cooked through, take off foil and broil for 3-5 minutes to caramelize the cranberries a bit.
  17. ENJOY!!
Recipe by Sweet Dash of Sass at http://sweetdashofsass.com/2020/05/cranberry-chicken-rice/