Russian chicken with apricot jam

Get ready for a quick and delicious go to recipe!

Russian Chicken with Apricot Jam!

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup sugar free or less sugar apricot jam
• 1/3 cup or 1/3 of an 8oz jar of russian dressing
• 1/2 package of onion soup mix (make sure you mix the package before pouring out half to insure you get the beef bullion as well as the little dehydrated veggies in the package)

Mix these three ingredients together in a small bowl

Place 1.5 lbs of chicken inside of a deep covered baker from pampered chef (a glass pan works about the same, i'd use an 8x8).

Pour the sauce on top of the chicken and cook for 30 mins at 400°.

Take out of oven and shred chicken inside the pan and let sit for 5-10 mins. This will allow the cooked chicken to absorb most of the sauce! Yummmmmy

Best served on cooked quinoa but can also be served with rice, pasta, or salad

Seriously, you have to know that it is amazing when the kid smiles this big! She loooves this dinner!

Parmesan Chicken & bonus baked spaghetti

Here is a big favorite dish! Very good and pairs well with a lot of sides. You can do noodles and a red sauce, tortellini, on a bed of rice, or lots of other things! This particular time I did baked spagetti. But here is the recipe for the chicken:

Parmesan Chicken

Breading:
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley or 1 TB dried

Sauce:
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp pepper
3/4 tsp salt
3 TB lemon juice

Cut up around 2 - 2 1/2 lbs of chicken into strips. Then dip the chicken in the breading then the sauce then the breading again. By dipping it twice into the breading it creates a more covered chicken strip.
Place on baking sheet at 350 for 30 mins or until chicken is done.
If using a deep covered baker like me cook at 400 for 30 mins.

You can melt mozzarella cheese on top for the last 5 mins of cook time.

For the baked spaghetti, cook the noodles and drain. Then combine with your choice of red sauce. Put all that inside the deep covered baker (after you take out the chicken but leave the juices). Cover with your choice of cheeses. I used mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Let cook at 350 for 10 mins. Serve with parmesan chicken on top! Enjoy!