Happy Monday! Guess what? Both of my older boys’ baseball teams are in the playoffs!
My eleven-year old’s team is in the number one spot and my eight-year old’s team is in the third. We have playoff games all week long. Kind of excited but also dreading it a bit. I’m super competitive and so watching the games gets a little intense for me, ha! I’m not the mom that’s out there yelling at the ump or anything. I’m just sitting there covering my eyes and sweating bullets, hoping they win. Just kidding! (sort of) But really, it’s been a great season.I gotta say though, I’m ready to have my life back! Between the two boys, I have probably six games each week plus three or so practices all at different parks! SO much driving around! But I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m trying to enjoy every moment with these guys before they grow up. 🙂
But onto this recipe…
Look at that chicken! YUM! You know how you have those couple of staple meals you know you can always rely on when you have company or just can’t think of anything else to make? This Russian Chicken is one of those for me. Perhaps you’ve already made this before, or maybe you’ve never heard of it – but let me tell you, it is SO easy and really, really good.
Four ingredients in a 9×13 baking dish, bake for 45 minutes to an hour and serve over rice. Best. Dinner. Ever. My boys and husband love this chicken! If you’ve never tried it before, give it a shot. You won’t be sorry!
Four-Ingredient Baked Russian Chicken
Easy chicken dinner with only 4 ingredients!
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Servings: 4 -6
Ingredients
- 1 bottle Russian dressing
- 1 packet dry onion soup mix
- 1 jar apricot jam/preserves
- 4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Trim chicken of any fat. Rinse and pat dry and place in a 9x13 pan.
- Mix dressing, soup mix and jam together in a bowl. Pour over chicken. Bake, uncovered, in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Serve over rice. Enjoy!!
- NOTE:There's no wrong or right to the amount of jam and Russian dressing. The last time I made it, I used the entire bottle of dressing but used about 3/4 of the bottle of jam. Do whatever you think tastes good. Either way, you will have plenty of sauce left over to drizzle over rice!
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Pulling it out of the oven:
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Oh man that looks good!!! I’m going to have to add that to my menu for next week!!
Hi Jen. I found your blog and think it’s great! I love your yummy, healthy, easy recipe concept! I’m following your blog thru Bloglovin’ now.
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Heather
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I remember those days … both fun and hectic 😉 I’ve never tried Russian chicken, thank you for sharing the recipe and for visiting my blog!
This is something new to that I could try for my family.
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This sounds like it would be a great meal for hectic nights! I’ve pinned this to try 🙂
I’ve made this recipe for years. It’s perfect with rice and peas.
Saw your link on the weekend re-treat hop. This looks delish. I can’t wait to try it. I also pinned it so I wouldn’t loose it 😛 Thanks for sharing!
Angel
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This looks delicious!!!!!! What a great chicken dish! I’m your newest follower! 🙂
This sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday and I hope that you will join us again this coming week.
Sounds delicious! We live on chicken around here and I am always looking for new recipe..this is perfect. Pinned!
Putting this on the menu for next week, looks amazing!!! Come link it up at our party!!! http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/two-girls-and-a-party-link-up-18/
This looks really tasty!
~Kim
http://www.2justByou.com
Jen, this look fabulous! Thank you for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party 🙂
Looks delicious, Jen! I love simple and delicious recipes like this one!
I’ve always wondered why they called it the Russian dressing 🙂
Sometimes Russian dressing hard to find regular orange French dressing good substitute
Works just fine
Excellent recipe . Only had a quarter of a jar of apricot preserves. Will use more next batch . This is a keeper .
Thank you Ronaldo!
I’ve been making Russian chicken for 13-14 years and the only difference in my recipe is I add pineapple chunks to the sauce after it’s poured on the chicken.
The lady who showed me this dish also use to use pineapple apricot jam in hers as she could buy them where she lived. Sadly I can hardly ever find Pineapple jam anymore.
Thanks for sharing!
I make this often, but I add 1 cup of mayonnaise. If you use homemade Russian dressing, you won’t need this (or not as much). This is a sure crowd-pleaser!
I am so glad you like it!! Thanks Max!
Made tonight for dinner used orange marmalade couldn’t find apricot jelly really good I’ll definitely make it again