Weekly What’s Cooking with Melissa

Now that peaches are in season, I’ve canned peaches and peach/orange jam and baked with them. Since I’ve made so many sweet recipes with peaches, I had to find a way to make something savory with them. This week’s recipe is for Peach Chicken, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Peach Chicken
6-8 chicken breasts, boneless & skinless
1/2 cup light brown sugar
5 peaches, peeled and sliced
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 cup water, cold

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. Mix together light brown sugar, salt, pepper, cinnamon, soy sauce and lemon juice. In a small bowl mix together cornstarch and cold water; then pour it into the brown sugar mixture, mix well. Put peach slices on top of chicken breasts. Next pour sauce over top. Cover with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.

Serving suggestions:
1) Serve over cooked rice.
2) I like to add 1/4 cup crushed pineapple to the sauce mixture.
3) Chicken can be cut into bite size pieces.