Nectarine Relish for Chicken
"A fruity, sweet and sour relish that is great with grilled or pan-fried chicken breast and white rice. This might work with firm-fleshed peaches, too. You can substitute the dried ginger with fresh."
photo by Bayhill
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 medium nectarines
- 1⁄2 red bell pepper
- 2 small scallions, white and light green parts
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground ginger (sub with 1/4 t fresh ginger, peeled and minced)
- 1 teaspoon liquid honey
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 1⁄8 teaspoon sugar, to taste (or more)
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, minced
directions
- Note: If you sub fresh ginger for the dried, warm it together with the honey.
- Wash and dry nectarines and bell pepper, cut nectarines from pit. With a potato peeler thinly peel the pepper ( this works good only with fresh plump peppers, but it makes for a much nicer texture of the dish). Cut peppers and nectarines in 1/8-1/4 inch dice. Wash and trim scallions, cut into 1/8 inch rings.
- Warm honey in a small pot over medium low heat. Add nectarines, scallions and bell pepper and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add all the other ingredients, adjust taste and put in a serving bowl. Serve cold or slighly warm with chicken and rice.
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Reviews
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I thought it was okay. It my husband rated it, he would give it a one star. He seriously gagged on it and had to take it off of his chicken. I don't think I like the mixture of the tastes too well. I think I would have liked just a fruity relish better. The strong oniony, red peppery flavors were too much with the nectarines. -
I used white onion instead of scallions and used more honey and ginger than what this called for. It's delicious! I'll make it again. -
Delicious! I love the sweet/savory combination of flavors in fruit salsa, and this salsa is a definite winner. The ingredients work together very well and compliment each other perfectly. I served this cold over boneless chicken breasts which were grilled on the barbeque. I used white-fleshed nectarines and doubled the amount of fresh ginger. My family loved this and gave it 2-thumbs up. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe...it is definitely a keeper!! -
I had a bunch of fresh nectarines to use up and was looking for some different sort of way to use them. This turned out wonderful, much better than I had expected. It went very well with roasted chicken. Thanks for the recipe! -
I really enjoyed this. I also ended up using peaches, and didn't add any sugar. I doubled the ginger and the red pepper; next time, I think I'll roast the peppers to make peeling easier. Lovely dish!
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Tweaks
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I used white onion instead of scallions and used more honey and ginger than what this called for. It's delicious! I'll make it again.
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Hi,
I am German and I live with my husband Thorsten (Chef Thorsten)in the former German capital Bonn, a rather small town near Cologne at the river Rhine.
I work in a teashop (a TeaGschwendner franchise shop, see my web site link) situated in a quaint little old house in the center of Bonn and like it a lot. I enjoy to make myself comfortable with a cup of tea and a book (an old cookbook is good).
