Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken is from Olive Garden’s seasonal menu. Here is one of their most recent seasonal menu items.  This recipe combines many things you have in your kitchen:  preserves, chicken stock, basil, and chicken breasts. Donít miss out on this flavorful dish.† You can cook up a little pasta with this and have an entire meal.

Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken

Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
APRICOT SAUCE:
1 cup chicken stock or broth
1 cup apricot preserves
salt and pepper to taste

TOMATO MIXTURE:
1 pound roma tomatoes, cut into 1î pieces
12 basil leaves, cut into 1/2î pieces
2 teaspoon garlic pepper
salt to taste

GARLIC HERB SEASONING:
3 teaspoon garlic pepper
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:
2 bunches asparagus (remove bottom inch of stems)
1 pound broccoli florets
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Chopped parsley to garnish

Combine garlic herb seasoning ingredients in a small mixing bowl and set aside. Blend chicken stock and apricot preserves in a sauce pan. Add salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Combine tomatoes, basil, garlic pepper and salt in a separate mixing bowl and set aside. Blanch asparagus and broccoli for 1 minute in a pot of salted boiling water. Transfer immediately to ice bath to stop cooking.
Coat saute pan with olive oil. Keeping ingredients separated in the pan, heat cooled asparagus, broccoli and tomato mixture until hot. Do not overcook. Grill chicken until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
Place grilled chicken on a platter next to hot broccoli and asparagus. Sprinkle garlic herb seasoning on broccoli. Pour tomato mixture on top of vegetables.
Top chicken breasts with apricot sauce and garnish with chopped parsley.

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