Cranberry Chicken

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 1/2 pounds)
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup fresh cranberries or 1 cup frozen cranberries (i use a can of whole-berry cranberry sauce)
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar (i leave this out) (optional)
• hot cooked rice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow dish, combine flour and pepper; dredge chicken.
• 2 in a skillet, melt margarine over medium heat.
• 3 brown the chicken on both sides.
• 4 remove and keep warm.
• 5 in the same skillet, combine water, cranberries, brown sugar and vinegar if desired.
• 6 cook and stir until the berries burst, about 5 minutes.
• 7 return chicken to skillet.
• 8 cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until chicken is tender, basting occasionally with the sauce.
• 9 serve over rice if desired.