Apricot Balsamic Glazed Chicken
with Ginger Garlic Rice & Sesame Green Beans
- Soy
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Milk
A glaze you’re be thinking about for days! Apricot jam meets balsamic vinegar for a sweet, sticky, and tangy sauce for savory pork filet. Don’t sleep on the sides because they get lots of flavor love, too: jasmine rice cooked with ginger, garlic, and stock, plus steamed green beans that get a nutty aroma from sesame oil. Drizzle everything with some soy sauce for some serious umami satisfaction.
Ingredients
1 thumb
Ginger
1 clove
Garlic
2 unit
Scallions
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
1 unit
Shallot
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
½ cup
Jasmine Rice
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 tablespoon
Fry Seasoning
1 unit
Apricot Jam
5 teaspoon
Balsamic Vinegar
6 ounce
Green Beans
1 tablespoon
Sesame Oil
(Contains: Sesame)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon
Sugar
3 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce (except green beans). • Peel and mince or grate ginger. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Mince or grate garlic. Halve, peel, and mince half the shallot (whole shallot for 4 servings).
• Melt 1 TBSP butter in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add ginger, scallion whites, and half the garlic (all for 4 servings); cook until softened, 1-2 minutes. • Stir in rice, half the stock concentrate (you’ll use the rest later) and 3⁄4 cup water (11⁄2 cups for 4). Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• Pat pork* dry with paper towels; season all over with salt, pepper, and 1 tsp Fry Seasoning (2 tsp for 4 servings; we sent more). • Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through, 15-20 minutes. • Turn off heat; transfer to a cutting board to rest. Wash out pan.
Swap in chicken* or beef* for pork. Cook chicken until cooked through, 3-5 minutes per side, or cook beef to desired doneness, 4-7 minutes per side.
• Melt 1 TBSP butter in same pan over medium-high heat. Add minced shallot and cook until softened, 2-3 minutes. • Stir in jam and vinegar; simmer until syrupy, 30-60 seconds. • Stir in 1⁄4 cup water (1⁄2 cup for 4 servings), remaining stock concentrate, and 1 tsp sugar (2 tsp for 4). Bring to a boil, then lower heat; simmer until thickened, 3-4 minutes. • Remove from heat. Stir in 1 TBSP butter until melted. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pierce green bean bag with a fork; place bag on a plate. Microwave until tender, 1-2 minutes. TIP: No microwave? No problem! Steam beans in a small pot with a splash of water until just tender, 5-7 minutes. • Carefully transfer green beans to a medium bowl. Toss with sesame oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Fluff rice with a fork; season with salt and pepper. Stir any resting juices from pork into pan with glaze. • Slice pork crosswise. • Divide rice, pork, and green beans between plates. Drizzle pork with glaze. Top everything with scallion greens and soy sauce to taste. Serve.
Slice chicken or beef against the grain.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165º.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the apricot balsamic glaze, calling it "amazing" and "delicious." Some found the ginger in the rice overpowering.
- Ease of prep: Several noted prep took longer than expected, with one saying it required about an hour total.
- Suggestions: Consider reducing sesame oil on green beans; some found it too strong. Try roasting green beans instead of microwaving for better texture.
- Portions: A few mentioned protein portions were small; one suggested adding more rice to the meal.
- Sauce: The apricot balsamic glaze was a highlight for many; some wanted more of it or found it needed thickening.
Reviews from our home cooks
We absolutely loved this! The apricot balsamic glaze was amazing. We made sure to have it reduced to the perfect consistency. It was one of those foods that we just wanted more of! Super delicious!
Got this with the chicken, as I am not a fan of pork. Absolutely WONDERFUL!!!! Would give it 5 stars if it were possible! Highly recommend. Took longer than other recipes to make, but well worth it. Think I would have preferred roasting green beans in the oven rather than "steaming" them in the bag in the microwave. Put leftover minced garlic on the green beans too.
We have just tried this and adding it to a definite repeat on our schedule. Did not know I would like it because I never eat apricots but wife wanted to try it and the sauce is really good added to the great rice and always good green beans.
Overall very good dish. The ginger included was not very fresh and a higher quantity would've added more flavor. Would add more apricot jam to the glaze. Everything else very tasty and no other recommended changes.
Swapped the pork for the chicken. The flavors for everything were great. BF did not care for the sesame oil on the green beans but I liked it. Prep took a little longer than expected. Overall great dish
This recipe was a pleasant surprise of flavor. I am not a jasmine rice girl but it came out great and the green beans were delicious as well! The meat was yummy and the glaze you make for the meat was probably the best part!
This was a great meal- we aren't big on sesame seeds, so I used toasted sesame oil instead- lots of flavor without the seeds.
This was quite tasty; but anytime we have a rice dish we never can tell when to start other dishes because it never seems to cook the same each time.
This surprised me. I didn't especially care for the smell or the first few bites, but it grew on me the more I ate. We added sesame seeds to the beans with a bit of oil--proved excellent! In the end we loved it!
Too much prep for such bland rice and chicken. Smelled fantastic, so was surprised at the blandness of the chicken. The apricot jam shined in our previous recipe with it. The highlight was the sesame green beans despite the bag exploding in the microwave (popped and looked nearly melted--thought it didn't actually melt). Luckily the plastic didn't get in our food. Very disappointed for all the work.
