Loquat Chicken

A fruity, tangy sauce made from loquats dresses up a simple loquat recipe with pan-fried chicken breasts. The sauce would work well with pork, too.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 401 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
• 6 large ripe loquats, peeled and pitted
• 0.5 cup orange juice
• 0.33333334326744 cup brown sugar
• 0.5 cup water
• 0.5 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 0.25 cup vinegar
• 0.5 teaspoon lemon pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place loquats into a saucepan and stir in water, orange juice, and brown sugar until sugar is dissolved. Bring mixture to a boil.

Step 2

Stir in ground ginger, cinnamon, lemon pepper, and smoked paprika; reduce heat to low. Simmer until sauce has thickened and loquats soften and begin to break apart, about 20 minutes, occasionally whisking vigorously to help break up fruit.

Step 3

Stir in vinegar and simmer for 3 more minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Step 4

Heat grapeseed oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken breasts in hot oil until golden brown and no longer pink in the center, 5 to 8 minutes per side. Remove chicken breasts from the skillet and cut them into bite-sized pieces.

Step 5

Return chicken pieces to the skillet and stir in 1/4 of the loquat sauce, scraping and dissolving any browned bits of food into sauce. Serve chicken with remaining loquat sauce on the side.