Apricot Chicken With Almonds - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken, cut up
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1 cup apricot jam
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter

Preparation

Put oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Lightly oil a baking sheet.
Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper, then arrange on sheet at least 1/4 inch apart.
Bake for 20 minutes.
While chicken bakes, combine jam, soy sauce, mustard, margarine, and salt and pepper to taste.
Heat over moderate heat until jam is melted.
Pour sauce over chicken and continue to bake until chicken is cooked through, about another 20 minutes.
Turn on broiler and broil chicken 4 to 5 inches from heat, basting once, until chicken is glazed and browned in spots, about 5 minutes.
Serve sprinkled with toasted almonds.