Memorial Day Recipes

Chicken with Cherries

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Chicken with Cherries

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Sweet and savory, this dinner is a must-make!

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Serving Size / Yield

4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned, halved, and flattened
  • 1/2 C. flavored bread crumbs
  • 1 sm. can pitted sour cherries in water, liquid reserved
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind
  • 1/8 tsp. allspice
  • 2 tsp. butter
  • 1 sm. onion, finely chopped
  • 1/2 C. almonds, sliced

Directions

In a flat dish, press bread crumbs into chicken on both sides.  In a mixing bowl, mix cherries, cherry juice, onions, allspice, lemon rind, and sugar.  Place breaded chicken in a casserole dish.  Spoon cherry  mixture around the chicken. Top with sliced almonds and dot with butter.  Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 20 minutes.  Remove chicken to heated plates. Spoon cherry mixture over and around chicken.

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