Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken – enjoy an Olive Garden seasonal recipe you can enjoy any time of the year.
Olive Garden is known for their seasonal menu’s. Here is one of their most recent seasonal menu. This recipe combines many things you have in your kitchen: preserves, chicken stock, basil, chicken breasts. Don’t miss out on this flavorful dish. You can cook up a little pasta with this, and have an entire meal.
Apricot Sauce:
1 cup chicken stock (broth)
1 cup apricot preserves
Salt and pepper to taste
Tomato Mixture:
1 lb roma tomatoes, cut into 1” pieces
12 basil leaves, cut into 1/2” pieces
2 tsp garlic pepper
Salt to taste
Garlic Herb Seasoning:
3 tsp garlic pepper
1 tsp Italian seasoning
Additional ingredients
2 bunches asparagus (remove bottom inch of stems)
1 lb broccoli florets
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Chopped parsley to garnish
1) COMBINE Garlic Herb Seasoning ingredients in a small mixing bowl and set aside.
2) BLEND chicken stock and apricot preserves in a sauce pan. Add salt & pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
3) COMBINE tomatoes, basil, garlic pepper and salt in a separate mixing bowl and set aside.
4) BLANCH asparagus and broccoli for 1 minute in a pot of salted boiling water. Transfer immediately to ice bath to stop cooking.
5) COAT saute pan with olive oil. Keeping ingredients separated in pan, heat cooled asparagus, broccoli and tomato mixture and until hot. Do not overcook.
6) GRILL chicken until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
7) 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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