Cran-Orange Chicken

I'm not sure what to say about this...I was surprised at how good it turned out! It has a sweet fruit, an acidic fruit, and aromatic onion. It's just good!

You need:

1. 4 chicken breasts (or 8 tenders)
2. 4 green onion stalks
3. 15 oz can whole cranberry sauce
4. 10 oz can mandarin oranges, drained
5. 1 tspn garlic salt
6. 1/4 tspn salt
7. 1/2 tspn black pepper

You do:

1. Preheat to 350F.
2. If using chicken breasts, cut them as if forming a butterfly, but continue the cut. If using tenders, no cutting is necessary since there are already 8 pieces.
3. Place the chicken between two pieces of saran wrap and beat with a mallet until each piece is about 1/4 inch thick and the thickness is even throughout.
4. Once thinned, sprinkle each piece of chicken with the garlic salt and pepper on both sides.
5. Cut 2 of the green onion stalks into 2 to 3 inch sections so that you get at least sections from each stalk.
6. Place a 2-inch section of the onion on the edge of a chicken piece and roll the chicken up (mush like a crescent roll) around the onion. Place the chicken roll on a lined cookie sheet or glass dish. Repeat this for all 8 pieces of chicken.
7. Place dish with chicken in oven for 15-18 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
8. While chicken is cooking, put oranges in medium bowl. Using a fork, break up the oranges into small pieces.
9. Add the cranberry sauce to the bowl with oranges. And, break up the cranberry sauce with the fork, mixing the oranges in.
10. Add about 1/8 cup of diced green onions to the cranberry-orange sauce if desired.
11. Mix in 1/4 tspn of salt with cran-orange sauce. Cover bowl and refrigerate until serving.
12. Cut the last green onion stalk into 1-2 inch pieces.
13. For the last 3 minutes of cooking the chicken, place the green onion pieces on the dish also so that they can get crispy.
14. When finished cooking, place chicken rolls side by side on a dish (preferrably rectangle). Remove cran-orange sauce from refrigerator and spoon onto the top of chicken. Serve immediately.

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