Chicken With Cherry Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb sweet cherries, pitted (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 teaspoons ginger, minced
• 3 lbs broiler chickens, cut up
• 3 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 set aside 3/4 cup of cherries. in a blender, combine orange juice and remaining cherries; cover and process until smooth. add the soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, lemon juice, garlic and ginger; set aside.
• 2 in a large skillet over medium heat, brown chicken on all sides in butter.
• 3 place chicken skin side down in an ungreased 13 by 9 inch baking dish. top with cherry sauce.
• 4 bake, uncovered, at 350 for 20 minutes; turn chicken.
• 5 top with reserved cherries. bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes longer or until chicken juices run clear.