Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  cup           apricot nectar
     1/4  cup           dry sherry
   2      tablespoons   soy sauce
   1      tablespoon    lemon juice
   1      tablespoon    prepared mustard
     1/2  teaspoon      ground ginger
                        chicken thighs -- (2 lb),skinned
                        dried apricot halves

Preparation:

Combine all but chicken and dried apricots. Mix well, set aside. Trim excess fat from chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water, pat dry. Place chicken in a 12x8x2" baking dish. Pour reserved apricot nectar mixture over chicken. Cover and bake at 350 deg F for 45 minutes. Uncover, and place aproicot halves in apricot nectar mixture. Continue baking, uncovered, 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to a warmed serving platter, discarding apricot nectar mixture. Garnish each thigh with 2 apricot halves. Serve immediately.

Nutritional Information:

192 calories, 18 g protein, 7.7 g fat, 8.5 g carbohydrates, 65 g cholesterol, 1.3 mg iron, 290 mg sodium, 16 mg calcium.