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Baked Chicken With Peach Sauce

ByMaureen

I think you are going to enjoy this delicious recipe for baked chicken with peach sauce! Chicken breasts baked to perfection and then smothered in a delicious sauce made with fresh peaches! You can easily sub canned peaches if fresh aren’t available!

Chicken with peach sauce served with rice and corn on the cob.
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It is this time of year when I remember how blessed I am to live where I do! The fresh produce is abundant, and peach season has officially begun!

Usually bake things like this Peach Upside Down Cake or this Peach and Almond Tart, but this time I decided on a savoury dish. This baked peach chicken is getting rave reviews here at home! Juicy baked chicken smothered in a delicious peach sauce.

The chicken is seared to seal in all the juices, and this is a step I don’t recommend that you skip!

This Easy Grilled Chicken with Fresh Strawberry Balsamic Salsa is another delicious recipe that combines chicken with fresh fruit.

Ingredients You Will Need

  • boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • flour
  • salt and pepper
  • butter
  • onion
  • fresh peaches
  • bell pepper
  • soya sauce
  • cornstarch
  • vinegar
Ingredients to make Chicken with Peach Sauce.

How to Make Baked Chicken With Peach Sauce

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Fresh chicken breast being dredged in a flour, salt and pepper mixture.
Chicken breasts that have been floured are being browned in a frying pan with butter.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast that has been brown in butter and ready to be baked in the oven.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a pie plate mix flour, salt and pepper and dredge chicken until fully coated. Brown chicken in melted butter in a frying pan, and then place in a casserole dish.

Peeled and sliced fresh peaches on a cutting board.
Peach slices in a high speed blender before blending.
Pureed fresh peach slices in a blender.

While chicken is cooking, peel and slice peaches. Place one quarter of the slices in blender container along with a 1/4 to 1/2 cup water and blend until smooth. Set aside.

Onion slices and pepper slices being fried in butter in a frying pan.
Soya sauce, cornstarch, vinegar, and peach puree whisked together in a glass bowl.
Soya and cornstarch mixture added to fried onions and peppers to make a thickened sauce.

Fry onions and pepper over low heat until soft. Whisk together soya sauce, cornstarch, vinegar and peach puree, add to softened onions and peppers, stirring until thickened.

Fresh peach slices added to the peach puree sauces.
Peach sauce for chicken made with fresh peaches.
Baked chicken with a fresh peach sauce in a glass baking dish.

Add peach slices to sauce and simmer for about 3 minutes. Remove chicken from oven and spoon sauce over top to completely cover.

Can I use canned peaches?

Yes, if fresh peaches aren’t available by all means you can substitute canned peaches in syrup. Instead of pureeing any of the slices, simply drain and reserve juice, and add this juice into the soya sauce mixture in place of the puree.

Baked peach chicken served with rice and corn on the cob.

How to store leftovers

Place leftovers in an airtight container as soon as possible, and place in the refrigerator for up to two days. Reheat in an oven safe dish for 15-20 minutes in an ovenproof dish.

Peach chicken in a ceramic casserole dish.

With sweet juicy peaches and a hint of soya sauce and vinegar, this delicious peach chicken is the perfect blend of sweet and savoury! It’s an easy any day recipe that pairs well with rice, Crispy Dijon Roasted Potatoes, roasted veggies, Cashew Vegetable Fried Rice or a green salad.

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Chicken with peach sauce served with rice and corn on the cob.

Baked Chicken With Peach Sauce

Maureen Reynolds
This Baked Chicken with Peach Sauce is the perfect blend of savory and sweet, and is easy enough to make any day of the week!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people

Equipment

  • 1 Pie plate or shallow dish
  • 1 Mixing bowl
  • 1 blender
  • 1 casserole dish
  • 1 frying pan

Ingredients
  

For Chicken

  • 6 skinless chicken breasts (I used boneless)
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons butter

For Peach Sauce

  • 4 medium peaches, skinned and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 large onion, halved and sliced
  • ½ large sweet bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon soya sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons white vinegar

Instructions

For Chicken

  • Preheat oven to 350℉
  • Mix flour, salt in pepper in a pie plate. Dredge chicken to throughly coat and place in a large casserole dish. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until meat thermometer inserted I thickest part of each breast reads 165℉.
  • While chicken is baking, prepare peach sauce.

Peach Sauce

  • Place ¼ of the peach slices into a blender with about 1/4 to 1/2 cup water and blend until a smooth puree. In a small bowl whisk together puree, soya sauce, cornstarch and vinegar and set aside.
  • In a frying pan on the stove top, melt butter. Add onion and pepper slices and cook over low heat until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add peach puree mixture, stir and cook until thickened. Add remaining peach slices and allow to simmer for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Pour peach sauce over cooked chicken and spread to thoroughly cover.

Notes

To store leftovers place in an airtight container as quickly as possible and place in refrigerator for up to 2 days.
You can substitute fresh peaches with a can of peaches in syrup.  Simply drain, reserving syrup.  Add the reserved syrup to the soya sauce, cornstarch and vinegar instead of puree, and cook as above.
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  1. This looks amazing. I am going to try it for sure. I’ve had a chicken peach pie at a restaurant in Niagara-on-the-Lake once and it was delicious. Thanks!!!!!!

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