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eleny

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Sun Aug-06-06 04:52 PM
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I'm puzzled about this recipe

It calls for a can of whole cranberries. Do you suppose they mean a can of whole berry cranberry sauce? I've never seen cans of whole plain cranberries.

Cranberry Chicken
Submitted by: Stu Einstein ("StuEmc2"), Geneva, NY
Serves: 8 "normal" portions
Ingredients:

* 8 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
* 1 can whole cranberries
* 1 pkg dry onion soup mix
* 1 bottle Catalina dressing

Preparation:
Mix all ingredients; pour over chicken in a shallow baking dish. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 45 - 60 minutes.

http://www.kevinharvick.com/HOLCookbook/chicken.htm

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NMDemDist2

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Sun Aug-06-06 06:15 PM
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1. they must mean sauce

i've never seen canned whole cranberries either

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eleny

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Sun Aug-06-06 07:11 PM
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3. And plain ones would be way too tart!

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politicat

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Sun Aug-06-06 06:36 PM
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2. This is what they're talking about:

It's in the same place as the jellied stuff, but it has far more texture and flavor.

(There's a family recipe that uses the whole berry sauce, a little whipped cream, nuts and julienned carrots (I think) that was the only way I'd eat anything with cranberries until I was about 13 and my palate matured... and I learned how evil UTIs can be.)

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eleny

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Sun Aug-06-06 07:13 PM
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4. Thanks, pc!

It's a weird recipe but I want to try it.

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politicat

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Sun Aug-06-06 07:23 PM
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5. It sounds pretty good, so far. What's the cooking method?

One of my favorite dishes is a roasted chicken with a blackberry sauce (these days, I used the mixed berries from Costco since I don't have anywhere to pick them.) Berries and chicken go really well together.

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eleny

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Sun Aug-06-06 09:17 PM
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6. It's baked

Preparation:
Mix all ingredients; pour over chicken in a shallow baking dish. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 45 - 60 minutes.

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Dora

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Mon Aug-07-06 09:31 AM
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7. Cranberry Chicken - it was a standard when I was growing up.

Yes, that's whole berry cranberry sauce that's called for in the recipe.

I used to looove having this for dinner. Of course, this was back in the day before boneless breasts, so my mother used leg quarters and bone-in breasts - skin on!

We had it with brown rice. Mmmmm.

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eleny

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Mon Aug-07-06 02:47 PM
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8. Thanks for the brown rice tip, Dora

We've been having that a lot more lately.

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KyndCulture

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Wed Aug-09-06 04:21 PM
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9. Whole raw cranberries would explode like popcorn!

that must have been the sauce that has the chunks in it, not the jelly roll stuff.

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eleny

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Thu Aug-10-06 08:11 PM
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10. I fixed it tonight using the "whole" type cran sauce

I made homemade Catalina dressing so it would be salt & sugar free as well as use 1/2 the salad oil. The chicken was great. I always have a hard time getting chicken breasts to be juicy. But tonight I could even serve them with plain brown rice which is a bit dry itself. This chicken recipe is a winner.

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NMDemDist2

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Thu Aug-10-06 08:33 PM
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11. thanks for the review

it really sounds good and I have all the goodies except my chicken is frozen

think I could toss it all in the crockpot??

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eleny

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Thu Aug-10-06 10:11 PM
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12. I think you could

I made a double batch of the sauce mix and put 1/2 in the freezer. Heck, next time I might just put it all in the crockpot frozen!

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Dora

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Fri Aug-11-06 03:40 PM
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13. Could you share your dressing recipe?

Because I would really love to make Cranberry Chicken - without buying the bottled dressing. HFCS is verboten in Casa Dora.

Thanks!

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