Country Captain Chicken

I love the flavors of this dish. The house smells so good while it's baking. My favorite part is the dried cranberries. The original recipe calls for raisins or currants but once all I had was cranberries and they add such great color and flavor. Lately I've been using my favorite dried cranberries, Trader Joe's orange flavored dried cranberries. I can't tell you how good they are. I snack on them all the time but they are also wonderful in this dish. The orange flavor makes the dish even more tasty! In the picture, you can hardly see the chicken because it's just covered with the delicious vegetable mixture. Yum!

Country Captain Chicken
(adapted from a recipe in The Ulitmate Southern Living Cookbook)

6 chicken breasts
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
4 Tbsp Vegetable oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1/2 clove garlic, minced
1 14.5-oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinammon
1/2 tsp dried thyme

Combine first 3 ingredients. Dredge chicken in flour mixture. Heat oil in skillet and fry chicken in hot oil, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Drain chicken and arrange in baking dish. Saute onion, green pepper, and garlic in skillet (with pan drippings) until tender, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and next 6 ingredients. Stir well and spoon over chicken. Bake for 30 minutes at 350, or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with rice.