French Onion Chicken With Apricots

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 kg skinless chicken piece, trimmed of fat
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 (45 g) packet french onion soup mix or 1 (45 g) packet chicken noodle soup mix
• 1 (840 g) can apricot halves in juice (we used pear juice)
• 125 g green beans, trimmed (we used frozen)

Recipe

• 1 place chicken pieces into a large casserole dish.
• 2 (see variation) sprinkle evenly with onion rings and soup powder.
• 3 stir apricots and juice into dish.
• 4 bake, covered, in a moderate oven (350f) (180c) for 1 hour or until chicken is tender.
• 5 stir beans through casserole.
• 6 serve immediately with noodles or potatoes.
• 7 variation: if preferred, dust chicken pieces in flour and brown in a frying pan sprayed with cooking oil before arranging in the casserole dish.
• 8 note: if you really want to keep calories down, use chicken breasts, as these have less fat than other chicken pieces.