The Perfect Meal Prep Recipe. Minimal Effort And Amazing Taste.
Apricot chicken is a mouthwatering and popular dish perfect for any occasion. This delicious meal prep recipe combines tender and succulent chicken with a sweet and tangy apricot glaze, resulting in a flavour explosion that’s sure to please your taste buds. Please enjoy.
Apricot Chicken Meal Prep
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 1 Tbsp (20ml) - Peanut Oil
- 2 - Heads of Broccoli, Cut Into Florets & Stems Trimmed
- 250g 8.8oz - Green Beans, Stems Trimmed & Halved
- Seasoning To Taste
Chicken
- 1kg (2.2lbs) - Chicken Thigh, Boneless & Skinless, Diced
- 1 ½ tsp (5g)- Onion Powder
- 1 ½ tsp (5g) - Garlic Powder
- Salt & Pepper
Apricot Sauce
- 1 Cup (250ml) - 250ml - Apricot Nectar
- 2 - Garlic Cloves, Minced
- 2 ½ Tbsp (50ml) - Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1 ½ Tbsp (20g) - Light Brown Sugar (Optional)
- 1 Tbsp (12g) - Corn Flour
- Seasoning To Taste
Cous Cous
- 300g (10.5oz) - Dried Cous Cous
- 450g (450ml) - Chicken Stock
- 1 Tbsp (20ml) - Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 5g (0.2oz) - Flat Leaf Parsley, Roughly Chopped
- ½ - Lemon, Zest and Juiced
- Seasoning To Taste
Method
- Add the chicken thigh, onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoning in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.
- Add the apricot sauce ingredients to a separate bowl and whisk until smooth.
- Place a large pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add peanut oil, broccoli, beans, and sauté for 4-5 minutes or until softened. Season to taste and remove. Set aside.
- In a separate pan over medium, add the peanut oil and once hot, add the seasoned chicken in batches and fry for 5-6 minutes or until browned all over. Remove and repeat with the remaining batch.
- Once the chicken is cooked and removed, in the same pan, add the apricot sauce and bring it to a light simmer. Add the cooked chicken back in and mix well until coated and thick. Cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes. Remove.
- To make the cous cous, place the chicken stock into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Immediately add in the dried cous cous and cover with a lid. Let sit for package instruction time, undisturbed. Remove the lid, fluff with a fork, and add the remaining ingredients.
- Portion all ingredients into five (750ml) meal prep containers.
The above nutrition guide is based on daily averages and is calculated for a single portion.
Recipe Notes
Apricot Chicken Meal Prep Storage Instructions
Place the apricot chicken into airtight containers and store it in the fridge for up to 4 days. Place it in the freezer if you won’t eat it all within that timeframe. It will last 4 months in the freezer. Thaw overnight before reheating.
Apricot Chicken Meal Prep Reheating Instructions
To reheat, place the apricot chicken into a pan along with the cous cous and heat gently until the chicken is hot in the centre. Alternatively, it can be reheated in the microwave doing so in batches.
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Hi Jack, in quite a few of your recipes you use peanut oil – what would you typically recommend as an alternative for someone with nut allergies? Thanks!
Hi Harry. Any neutral-flavoured oil is a good substitute such as vegetable, sunflower and safflower oil.
Just meal prepped this for the week. I couldn’t find apricot juice so swapped it out for clementine juice and it tastes amazing!! For the cous cous, I used the lemon juice rather than the zest which also turned out brilliant. My firm favourite so far out of all the meal prep series.
That sounds awesome! Clementine juice would add such a nice sweetness — great swap. Glad to hear it’s become a favourite, appreciate you cooking along each week!
Hello, love the recipes, I can’t get apricot nectar where I live. What’s an alternative?
Apricot juice is the next best thing otherwise there’s not much else without making your own sauce with fresh or frozen apricots
Hi Jack,
Love the recipe.
I really appreciate the video and the way you have clearly laid out the ingredients and instructions. Well done….Cheers
Hi, Paul. Thank you very much! Glad it’s clear and helpful.
How do you know that each serving has 0.04 g of trans fats? That’s below the detection limit of the machines used by chemists to know how much of a substance is in a sample.
Because its all the ingredients combined