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Best Bourbon Chicken

Name: Best Bourbon Chicken
Prep time: 33 min
Cook time: 73 min
Total time: 106 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil; 3 pounds skinless , boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1 inch pieces; 1 cup water; 1 cup packed light brown sugar; 0.75 cups apple-grape-cherry juice; 0.67 cups soy sauce; 0.25 cups ketchup; 0.25 cups peach-flavored bourbon liqueur , such as Southern Comfort ®; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 2 cloves garlic , minced; 1 tablespoon dried minced onion; 0.75 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes , or to taste; 0.5 teaspoons ground ginger; 0.25 cups apple-grape-cherry juice; 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Total Time

1h 46m

33m prep · 73m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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Difficulty

Hard

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Bourbon chicken is traditionally a Southern dish, and after moving to Pennsylvania from Oklahoma, I really missed it. I searched for a recipe I liked but couldn't find one, so this is my delicious version, spiced up with ginger, fruit juice, red pepper, and a little Southern Comfort! Serve over rice.

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
3 pounds skinless , boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1 inch pieces
1 cup water
1 cup packed light brown sugar
0.75 cups apple-grape-cherry juice
0.67 cups soy sauce
0.25 cups ketchup
0.25 cups peach-flavored bourbon liqueur , such as Southern Comfort ®
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic , minced
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
0.75 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes , or to taste
0.5 teaspoons ground ginger
0.25 cups apple-grape-cherry juice
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions

1

Heat oil in a Dutch oven or large, heavy pan. Cook and stir chicken pieces in hot oil until lightly golden on all sides, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a bowl and set aside.
2

Whisk together water, brown sugar, 3/4 cup fruit juice, soy sauce, ketchup, bourbon liqueur, vinegar, garlic, onion, red pepper flakes, and ginger in the Dutch oven. Bring sauce to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon.
3

Stir chicken into sauce, then bring to a full boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until sauce is reduced and thickened and chicken pieces are no longer pink in the middle, about 20 minutes.
4

Remove chicken pieces to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Stir together 1/4 cup fruit juice with cornstarch in a small bowl until smooth; whisk into sauce, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Bring to a simmer; cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Return chicken pieces to sauce and stir to combine.