This reminds me of some of the chicken dishes at the many Asian fast food places.  It is tasty!

Ingredients:

Sauce:

• 1 can apricots (13 oz)
• 1 piece ginger (½ inch) peeled and shredded (A micro-plane makes this easy)
• 1 Tab soy sauce
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 1 Tab cold water
• 1 green onion thinly sliced

Chicken:

• 3 lbs chicken tenders
• 4 Tab butter
• 2 Tab vegetable oil
• tooth picks

Directions:

Sauce:

1. Drain the apricots, reserving the syrup.
2. Combine 1/4 c syrup with the ginger and apricots in a food processor and blend until smooth.
3. Combine apricot purèe with soy sauce in a sauce pan.
4. Mix cornstarch and water.
5. Add to sauce pan.
6. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. (If too thick, thin with reserve juice)

Chicken:

1. Rinse and pat dry.
2. Cut chicken tender into 4 – 5 pieces – approximately ¾ inch cubes.
3. Sauté in butter and oil for 5 minutes until golden brown.
4. Place warm chicken in chaffing dish
5. Pour sauce over chicken and mix to coat
6. Sprinkle with green onion and serve with toothpicks

Serves: 100-120Pieces

Source: Idaho à la cARTe A Gallery of Treasures, Traditions and Tastes Beaux Arts Société