Cranberry Chicken

November 11, 2019

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. I’ve 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 I’ve been making it for close to 30 years.

It’s 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, it’s incredibly simple, and my family enjoys it a lot.

Easy Chicken Recipe

Recipes with minimal ingredients are sometimes the best kinds of recipes. They’re perfect for those busy days where you simply can’t deal with making a complicated dinner (or making dinner at all!)

I’m not one for making a lot of recipes with pre-packaged ingredients, but this recipe is good so I don’t 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 shouldn’t be feeding them!!

Here are the four ingredients needed for cranberry chicken:

French Salad Dressing (sometimes referred to as “Catalina”). Yep, you’re just going to buy a bottle of salad dressing- nothing fancy. You can even get the “fat free” variety, if you’d like.
Dried Onion Soup Mix – you know… like Lipton brand or something similar. You’ll need one package of that mix. No substitutions.
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce – Use canned. It’s easy, and it works perfectly for this recipe!
Chicken Breasts – You’ll need two pounds to feed about 6 people. You can certainly substitute boneless chicken thighs, if you’d 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 don’t worry if you don’t have six people to feed. Enjoy!

Here are a few more chicken recipes you might like to try: