Pepper Jelly Ginger-Glazed Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

4		Breasts - chicken, halves, - broiler/fryer, bon
		Skinned
8 teaspoons	40ml	Oil - olive, divided
4 teaspoons	20ml	Cajun seasoning
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Onion - red, finely chopped
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ginger - minced
1/4 cup	59ml	Vinegar - white wine
1/4 cup	59ml	Jelly - jalapeno, red, - pepper
1/2 cup	118ml	Broth - chicken
		Pepper - red, jalapeno
		Pepper - green, jalapeno

Recipe Instructions

Brush each chicken breast with 1 teaspoon of olive oil; sprinkle each portion with 1 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning; set aside.

In a large non-stick fry pan, place the remaining olive oil, and heat over medium flame.

Add chicken and cook, turning, for about 10 minutes or until the chicken is brown on all sides. Remove the chicken and keep warm.

To the same fry pan, add the onion, and cook for 3 minutes or until the onion is slightly tender. Add ginger root during the last minute of cooking.

Next, stir in the vinegar; increase heat if necessary and boil until vinegar almost evaporates.

Add pepper jelly and cook until the jelly melts.

Add broth to the pan; return the chicken to the pan and cook, turning, about 5 minutes or until sauce is reduced and chicken is glazed.

Arrange the cooked chicken on a serving platter and pour the remaining sauce over it.

Garnish with Jalapeno peppers.

Source:
Cook: Julie P. Dematteo, Clementon, New Jersey "Chicken Cookery" - 1994

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