Chutney Chicken

Total Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons dried apples
• 7 ounces chicken drumsticks
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 ounces tomato sauce with onion
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 1/4 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon orange rind, finely shredded
• 1 dash clove, ground
• 1 dash bottled hot pepper sauce
• rice, hot cooked (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a 1-cup measure, microwave the 1/4 cup water, uncovered, on 100% power for 45 seconds or till boiling.
• 2 stir in dried apple.
• 3 let stand for 5 minutes.
• 4 drain off excess water.
• 5 meanwhile, place chicken drumsticks in a shallow baking dish.
• 6 pour the 2 t water over the drumsticks.
• 7 cover with vented clear plastic wrap.
• 8 micro-cook, covered, on 100% power for 3 to 4 minutes or till chicken is tender, rotating the dish a quarter-turn every minute.
• 9 drain off liquid.
• 10 transfer chicken drumsticks to a plate.
• 11 cover and keep warm while preparing tomato sauce.
• 12 for tomato sauce, in a 2-cup measure combine tomato sauce with chopped onion, raisins, cornstarch, shredded orange peel, ground cloves, bottled hot pepper sauce and drained apple.
• 13 micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes or till thickened and bubbly. stirring every 30 seconds.
• 14 spoon over chicken drumsticks.
• 15 if desired, serve with hot cooked rice.