Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken is from Olive Garden’s seasonal menu. Here is one of their most recent seasonal menu items. This recipe combines many things you have in your kitchen: preserves, chicken stock, basil, and chicken breasts. Don’t miss out on this flavorful dish. You can cook up a little pasta with this and have an entire meal.
Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken
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Olive Garden Venetian Apricot Chicken
Ingredients
Apricot Sauce
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup apricot preserves
- salt and pepper to taste
Tomato Layer
- 1 pound roma tomatoes cut into 1 inch pieces
- 12 basil leaves
- 2 teaspoon garlic pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Garlic Herb Seasoning
- 3 teaspoons garlic pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Additional Agreement
- 1 1/2 pounds asparagus
- 1 pound broccoli florets
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 pounds skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
Instructions
- Combine garlic herb seasoning ingredients in a small mixing bowl and set aside.
- Blend chicken stock and apricot preserves in a saucepan. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Combine tomatoes, basil, garlic pepper and salt in a separate mixing bowl and set aside.
- Blanch asparagus and broccoli for 1 minute in a pot of salted boiling water. Transfer immediately to ice bath to stop cooking.
- Coat saute pan with olive oil. Keeping ingredients separated in the pan, heat cooled asparagus, broccoli and tomato mixture until hot. Do not overcook.
- Grill chicken until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Place grilled chicken on a platter next to hot broccoli and asparagus. Sprinkle garlic herb seasoning on broccoli. Pour tomato mixture on top of vegetables. Top chicken breasts with apricot sauce and garnish with chopped parsley.
Houstonfit
I thought this was a great way to use apricots!
Liz Nelson
I love this recipe! It was a hit with my family too! I love using fruit with chicken it really reminds me of summer!