Spicy Apricot Chicken
with Garden Veggie Orzo
This meal truly has it all! Sweet, tangy and spicy chicken tenders are seared before being cooked in a white-wine-based sauce and served with veggie-packed orzo.
Ingredients: Chicken tenders • Orzo (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sweet bell pepper • White cooking wine (cooking wine (wine, salt, potassium sorbate, malic acid, sulphites)) (sulphites) • Spinach • Apricot spread (sugars (sugar, apricot puree), water, citric acid, ascorbic acid) • Chicken broth concentrate (sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), chicken stock, chicken fat, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, flavoring, water, glutamic acid, chicken fat, chicken powder, xanthan gum, organic sunflower oil), salt, yeast extract, xanthan gum, natural flavor) • Whole grain mustard (water, white vinegar, mustard seeds, white wine vinegar, salt, sugar, mustard bran, citric acid, turmeric, spices, spice extract, natural flavour, xanthan gum) (mustard) • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide) • Chili flakes.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
310 g
Chicken Breast Tenders
170 g
Orzo
(Contains Wheat)
1 unit(s)
Sweet Bell Pepper
56 g
Baby Spinach
4 tbsp
White Cooking Wine
(Contains Sulphites May contain Sesame, Wheat, Gluten, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Egg, Fish, Milk, Sulphites, Crustaceans)
2 tbsp
Apricot Spread
(May contain Egg, Sesame, Crustaceans, Wheat, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Gluten, Milk, Sulphites, Fish)
2 unit(s)
Chicken Broth Concentrate
1 tbsp
Whole Grain Mustard
(Contains Mustard May contain Soy, Sulphites, Crustaceans, Mustard, Tree nuts, Milk, Wheat, Egg, Gluten, Sesame, Fish)
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
(May contain Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
1 tsp
Chili Flakes
(May contain Sulphites, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Milk, Sesame, Triticale, Wheat, Peanuts)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
0.13 tsp
Salt*
1 tbsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Add 6 cups water and 1 tsp salt to a medium pot (use same for 4 ppl). Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Meanwhile, core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Add peppers and 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil to an unlined baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat.
- Roast in the bottom of the oven, stirring halfway through, until tender and lightly charred, 12-14 min.
- Meanwhile, roughly chop spinach. (TIP: Place in a bowl, then roughly chop using a pair of kitchen shears or scissors.)
- Add apricot spread, mustard, half the broth concentrates, 1/3 cup (1/2 cup) water and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) chili flakes to a small bowl, then whisk to combine. (NOTE: Reference heat guide.)
- Add orzo to the boiling water.
- Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10-12 min.
- Drain and return orzo to the same pot, off heat.
- Add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, half the garlic salt and remaining broth concentrate.
- Stir until butter melts, 1 min, then cover.
- Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels. Cut into 2-inch pieces, then season with remaining garlic salt and pepper.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then chicken.
- Sear until golden-brown, 2-3 min per side. (NOTE: Chicken finishes cooking in next step.)
- Remove chicken from pan. Transfer to a plate.
- Reheat the same pan over medium-high. Add cooking wine.
- Cook, stirring often to scrape up any browned bits from the pan, until most of the liquid has evaporated, 1 min.
- Add apricot mixture, then stir to combine. Bring sauce to a simmer.
- Add chicken. Cook, flipping halfway through, until sauce thickens slightly and chicken is cooked through, 2-3 min.** (TIP: For a lighter sauce consistency, add water, 1-2 tbsp at a time, if desired.)
- Add peppers and spinach to the pot with orzo. Stir until spinach wilts, 1 min.
- Divide orzo between plates. Top with chicken and any sauce from the pan.
- Sprinkle with remaining chili flakes, if desired.