Recipe: Off topic: Sweet Isreal Chicken

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From: Patti/Dnvr

Sweet Isreal Chicken

3 lbs chicken, cut up
25 dried apricots, or apricots and prunes, quartered
4 ozs orange or apricot preserves or marmalade
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup heavy grape juice, or sweet concord or blackberry kosher wine
1 1/2 tbls vinegar
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, sliced thin
1/3 cup honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse chicken and lay pieces in a large glass pan. Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl; make sure they're well mixed. Pour mixture evenly over chicken. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is golden brown. Baste every 15 minutes while baking. Add water or stock if becomes dry.