Baked chicken with plums (or peaches!), ginger and soy
#102582 - 08/30/04 11:01 AM
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cailin
Reged: 08/12/04
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Baked chicken with plums, ginger and soy- from Avoca Cafe Cookbook
8 chicken breasts
Olive oil cooking spray
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon tomato puree
2 tablespoons soft brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup/340g/12oz plum jam
1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
dash of Worcerstershire sauce
1 garlic clove
6 fresh plums, stoned and quartered
Season the chicken pieces, then brown them lightly in the olive oil spray and set aside. In a separate pan, gently sauté the onion (with olive oil or butter spray) for 10 mins, or until soft. Add all the remaining ingredients except the fresh plums and simmer for 15 mins.
Arrange the chicken pieces in a single layer in a baking dish. Cover with the sauce and scatter over the plum quarters. Bake in an over preheated to 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for 45 mins until bubbling.
This is really good for entertaining and is really yummy. My mouth is watering as I type the recipe. I usually serve with boiled rice and have a salad bowl on the table. You can make the sauce part the day before if you need to.
Enjoy!
Sinead
EDITED POST NAME TO REFLECT THAT IT WORKS WITH PEACHES TOO
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Edited by cailin (06/21/06 03:49 AM)
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Thought this was "safe" but read this before buying the ingredients...Plums are OK for me..I think, I was so excited that one of my favourite recipes might be ok I posted without checking everything. I promise I won't do it again !
warning about plums
Sinead
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Hi- thanks for the delish chicken receipe--going to get some plum jam and try it--I do have some mango jam that I made so if I can't find the plum, I will try the mango- do you think that will work?
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LOL! It's ok... I'm always posting things that are spicy-hot, and that's safe for me, but inevitably someone will point out that it isn't safe for everyone. Know what, though? There's bound to be at least one other person floating around that it WILL be safe for. In the case of your recipe, I'm going to try it as is! If it bothers me, next time, I will make it with fresh peaches instead... I think that would work. 
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I think it should work well with mango too, the sauce is lovely and rich and sticky, so as long as you have a sweet taste that works well with savoury it should go well..Let me know how it works out.
my mouth is watering for dinner and I haven't had breakfast yet!
Sinead
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YUM!
#119449 - 11/06/04 01:35 AM
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atomic rose
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I made this last night, and it's definitely a winner! I ended up having to substitute a little... all jams and jellies here have HFCS, so I had to use all-fruit spread, and so used apricot instead of plum. I also substituted canned sliced peaches for the fresh plums. STILL FANTASTIC. I served it with basmati rice with onion and ginger, and the two went together perfectly. Thanks, Sinead!
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I made this tonight with Apricot All-Fruit Jam & canned peaches. WOW!! We loved it. This was so good.
I also made the onion & ginger basmati rice. I used brown basmati rice.
Good combo.
THanks, ladies!! 
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we had friends over for dinner. I served it with Basmati Rice with Onion and Ginger and mustard potato salad. YUMMY! They loved it and asked about the recipe which is always a great compliment.
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#270301 - 06/21/06 03:47 AM
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cailin
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just saw that Casey did the same, there I was thinking I was a recipe genius for putting the two of them together!
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I have a question -- Since I'll be cooking this for company, do you think it would work for other chicken pieces besides breasts? 8 breasts is alot, and I was thinking I could put in some thighs and maybe leg quarters for a variety? Anyone tried this?
Also, has anyone reduced this by half? How did it turn out?
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"Quod me Nutrit me Destruit"
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Hope that is not a stupid question ... but in my part of Wyoming there is no such thing as fresh peaches ... I am hoping that canned will be fine. ????
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I'm okay with them. Just be sure there isn't any HFCS in whatever juice/water is in the can with them. Dole is pretty good.
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Thanks. - nt -
#277168 - 08/04/06 01:10 PM
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Double J
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Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher
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I tried this out last night with 4 (large) chicken breasts instead of 8, and I used plums as per the original recipe. I found this great "fancy plum spread" with no artificial flavors or preservatives. Anyways, it turned out fabulous! Everyone who had it loved it. I will definitely be making this for company in the future.
By the way, there was alot of the yummy sauce since I used the original amount, which meant more for the rice!
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Heather
"Quod me Nutrit me Destruit"
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#278841 - 08/17/06 03:47 PM
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cailin
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Sorry I only saw your questions now- glad that you like the recipe, it really is one of my staples for when I have people over, and I stole it from a friend who always used to cook it when I visited, and now another friend has adopted it as her own too- I need a new recipe to impress!
The plum flavour really is good but plum jam etc can be hard to get, I just love the rich flavour of the sauce.
To answer your question I think that other chicken pieces would work fine but I know that some people can't tolerate thighs for example as they are a bit fatty, personally I think that they are very tasty and they don't bother me.
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Man it's good with mango! First post for me - been learning for months now and my life has changed... yadayada it must sound like Heather's Help for IBS Church after reading sooo many folks who have been helped and healed.. well I am one of them.. anyway I have been making this with mango jam (appropriate given that I am in South Florida ) and it is amazing! My 10-year-old daughter asks now at meals, "Is this from the IBS website?" "Yes sweetie" "Awesome". Another convert and she doesn't even need to be... Thank you, thank you, thank you to all. This recipe of Cailin's is fantastic, Kree's are wonderful and Atomic Rose, I realize you don't know me but your recipes are so fantastic, your wryness and wit so fun that I must tell you it's a joy to "read" you!
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I made this a couple of nights ago and it is delicious. I used Apricot Preserves instead of the Plum Jam and half a bag (a little over a cup) of frozen peach slices instead of the plums. Since I made it for just two people, I used 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast and I halved everything else so it made lots of sauce. I served it with just plain rice and it was great.
I made the sauce ahead of time and put it in the fridge until I was ready to make dinner. This is great because the rest of the recipe is dead easy.
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This sounds wonderful! I have printed your recipe out and will make it soon.
Thanks!
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