Cranberry Chicken is a super simple, four ingredient dinner recipe.
You know that a recipe is a keeper when your family asks you to make it over and over and over again. Ive been making this cranberry chicken recipe for a very long time. I believe my sister-in-law gave me the recipe before I was even married, so that means Ive been making it for close to 30 years.
Its probably a recipe that came from the back of a package. Or it might just be a super simple recipe that was shared from a home cook. Regardless, its incredibly simple, and my family enjoys it a lot.
Easy Chicken Recipe
Recipes with minimal ingredients are sometimes the best kinds of recipes. Theyre perfect for those busy days where you simply cant deal with making a complicated dinner (or making dinner at all!)
Im not one for making a lot of recipes with pre-packaged ingredients, but this recipe is good so I dont fret about that too much. No one is going to judge you for using a can of this or a jar of that. And if they do, then you shouldnt be feeding them!!
Here are the four ingredients needed for cranberry chicken:
- French Salad Dressing (sometimes referred to as Catalina). Yep, youre just going to buy a bottle of salad dressing- nothing fancy. You can even get the fat free variety, if youd like.
- Dried Onion Soup Mix you know like Lipton brand or something similar. Youll need one package of that mix. No substitutions.
- Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce Use canned. Its easy, and it works perfectly for this recipe!
- Chicken Breasts Youll need two pounds to feed about 6 people. You can certainly substitute boneless chicken thighs, if youd like (baking time will be less).
I like to serve this cranberry chicken over rice. There is plenty of sauce, so you can spoon it over and let the rice soak it up too. Leftovers of this chicken are good, so dont worry if you dont have six people to feed. Enjoy!
Here are a few more chicken recipes you might like to try:
- Swiss Chicken Casserole
- Easy Chicken Santa Fe
- Baked Cornflake Chicken
- One Pot Stove Top Chicken and Rice
- Crispy Chicken Schnitzel
- Tuscan Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
- Easy Kung Pao Chicken
- Skillet Lemon Chicken
Cranberry Chicken
Super simple four ingredient chicken recipe!
- 1 cup bottled French salad dressing
- One 1-ounce envelope dried onion soup mix
- One 16-ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a 913-inch casserole dish, combine the dressing, soup mix and cranberry sauce. Add the chicken and turn to coat.
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Cover the casserole dish either with a lid or with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the cover and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Check after 15 minutes to see if chicken is cooked through. Time depends on how thick your chicken breasts are. If not finished, bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes.
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The chicken can be served by itself or over rice with the sauce drizzled on top.
- *Use nonfat French dressing to cut down on fat.
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