Bourbon Chicken

A flavorful chicken dish named after Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was a copycat recipe I found & modified of the Bourbon Chicken sold in most Chinese take-outs; which rarely use bourbon as a component. It's wonderfully sweet & spicy without being too hot. For kids that don't like hotstuffs, cut down on the pepper flakes!

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Chinese

1821 review 
Ready in 30 minutes
by Firebyrd

Ingredients

2 pounds boneless chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces

1 tablespoon olive oil (1-2)

1 garlic clove crushed

1/4 teaspoon ginger

3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1/4 cup apple juice

1/3 cup light brown sugar

2 tablespoons ketchup

1 tablespoon cider vinegar

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup soy sauce

1 tablespoon cornstarch (if thick sauce desired)


Directions

Heat oil in a large skillet. Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned. Remove chicken. Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium heat until well blended and dissolved. Add chicken and bring to a hard boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes uncovered. Serve over hot rice.

Reviews


This chicken is really good! I doubled the sauce so there was extra to drizzle over rice.

brettnleosmom

Pretty Good! Based on reviews, I lightened up on the soy. I also used 4 breasts, and recommend you double the sauce recipe. I also added a few veggies.

jck1225

So good

Aaron-2

Easy, but not impressive. Mostly tasted like soy sauce. Maybe I made it wrong.

Rawbacon

easy and yummy! i substituted the apple juice with wine.

Alcoamom

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