Bourbon Chicken
Source: You’re Gonna Bake It After All, originally from RecipeZaar
Ingredients:
2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
Olive Oil Cooking Spray (or 1 tbsp. olive oil)
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon dried ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup light brown sugar
2 Tablespoons ketchup
1 Tablespoon cider vinegar
1/3 cup reduce sodium soy sauce
1 Tablespooon cornstarch/1 Tablespoon water (optional)
Directions:
Spray a large skillet with olive oil cooking spray (or use the 1 tbsp. olive oil). Add chicken and cook over medium heat until lightly browned. Remove chicken from skillet.
Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium heat until well mixed and dissolved.
Add chicken and bring to a hard boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
If you prefer a thicker sauce, combine 1 tbsp. water and 1 tbsp. cornstarch in a separate bowl and add a little at at time to reach desired consistency.
Serve over hot rice, if desired.
*Notes: Even though it says it in the name, this particular recipe doesn’t call for actual bourbon but you can definitely add it if desired. Add it where it says to add all remaining ingredients. I would start with 1/4 cup or so and add more to taste if necessary.
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Definitely bookmarking this! I love bourbon chicken!!
Thanks for posting this! I love bourbon chicken 🙂
Just made this – very good! Thanks for sharing.
You are so sweet! I'm so glad you liked this! It's one of our favorite at-home Chinese dishes 🙂
I made this tonight and it was great. I added a package of frozen stir fried veggies and it was great with the sauce.
This sounds super! I'm trying to eat more chicken and sometimes it gets boring, nice way to spice it up!
love bourbon chicken!!
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Love this! Just made it and this will def. be added to our rotation! Thanks!
I just made this and absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED it!!!! I'm so glad I found it on your blog!
Amanda
Made this last night finally and it was so yummy! Had more kick than I thought it would. I am going to try to add veggies to it next time.
I made this last night and while it was so super yummy (i just finished it for lunch too) mine wasnt as sticky and dark looking as yours even after the corn starch? Any thoughts?
hmm…I am not sure. Maybe try an additional slurry of corn starch or simmer it for longer until the sauce reduces and thickens. Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey, I just wanted to let you all know! This is one of the best recipes I’ve ever had!!!! My husband is very hard to please when I’m trying new things to eat, but he LOVED IT!!!! Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you all love it!:)
Where is the bourbon? I don’t see it included in this recipe….
It doesn’t actually have bourbon in it. Not sure why its called that…that’s just what they call it at the restaurants.
I’m so bookmarking this delish, boubon chicken!
It is actually named for Bourbon St. In New Orleans, not because it has bourbon in it.
Oh that makes more sense now why it doesn’t contain bourbon. Thanks so much for the info!:)
Made this tonight for a dinner party and WOW everyone was blown away! Great recipe!
Yeah!! I’m so glad everyone loved it!
After having bourbon chicken at a local Chinese restaurant and decided to give this recipe a try. I was surprised that this recipe and most online Bourbon chicken recipes didn’t contain actual Bourbon. I made the recipe according the directions, and while the dish was good it didn’t deliver on the Bourbon chicken expectation. The sauce ended up tasting more like a teriyaki style sauce. Good flavors, but not what I had in mind. Based on that, don’t think I would make again.
I’m sorry it wasn’t what you were expecting but glad it still tasted good. Maybe if you play around with some of the ingredients and increments you can get more of the flavor you were looking for. Thanks for trying the recipe out and visiting the blog!:)
AWESOME recipe. I made it for my parents and little brother, and they all loved it. I’m not the best cook, so everyone was quite impressed with my creation! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Oh yeah! So glad you all enjoyed it and glad you impressed them!:)
My family loved this recipe, thanks for sharing it!
So glad your family love it!
Where’s the bourbon??????? Might I suggest Makers Mark Bourbon! Sounds easy but still don’t understand the name of it.
This particular recipe doesn’t have bourbon in it, but you definitely can add some if you would like! I’ll add that in as an option in the ingredients above.
LOVE this recipe! I’ve made it twice and it’s been perfect both times. I never seem to have apple juice, but I’ve always used apple sauce. It works just as well and helps the sauce to thicken up and stick to the chicken. YUM =]
I’m so glad you enjoy it! That is a fabulous idea to use apple sauce! I will have to remember that because I don’t keep apple juice on hand either. Thanks for the tip!:)
This is a STAPLE in my house…thanks so much for the recipe, I LOVE your blog!!
Emily
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Aww thank you so much!! That means a lot!
Just made this for my family tonight and we couldn’t get enough!! This recipe is absolutely fantastic!! New family fave!! Thank you so much :))
I made this recipe for dinner this week and it was great. My husband said yes!! you need to make this at least once a week. The only thing I would change is to make more sauce to slop up the rice. Great recipe!!
I’m so glad you all loved it!
Love love love this!!! I tripled the recipe (we were feeding a lot of people) I made extra sauce, added 2 bags of stir fry veggies and about 4 cups of brown rice. Made a complete meal! Everyone loved it! Even the three year olds. I added a little Asian hot sauce to my own bowl.( I like spicy) I also had to add cornstarch to thicken up the sauce. Overall a super delicious recipe. We will be making this frequently. Thanks!!!5 people found this helpful. Was it helpful to you?
That sounds great! so glad you enjoyed it Maria!