This classic recipe for apricot chicken originates ... it stays the exact same simple formula made from chicken thighs, apricot nectar, French onion soup mix and toasted cashews.

This slow cooker apricot chicken is the perfect blend of a sweet and savory sauce over tender juicy chicken. It is a super easy recipe ... jam, French dressing and dry onion soup mix.

One popular dish that made its way to our table when I was growing up was chicken ... a jar of apricot preserves, a bottle of French-style dressing and a packet of dry onion soup mix.

My mother's apricot chicken recipe was very simple; fry chicken in a pan, add a packet of homebrand French onion soup, mix into a tin of apricot nectar and pour over unsuspecting chicken.