The Best Bourbon Chicken!

"This chicken tastes just like the stuff that the food court guys are trying to get you to sample all the time!! Its really easy to prepare if you can get boneless chicken thighs and make sure that you use a good bourbon! Remember--if you wouldn't drink it, do not cook with it!"
 
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photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez
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photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Coarsely chop the scallion and mix all but the chicken and peanut oil together in a bowl and whisk until well blended. set aside.
  • Dice chicken thighs into bite sized pieces and sauté in very hot pan or WOK with the peanut oil until lightly browned on the outside.
  • Add liquid mixture to the chicken and reduce heat to medium.
  • Cook this UNCOVERED until liquid is reduced to a glaze on the chicken bites and chicken is fully cooked.
  • Serve with your choice of side dish. Fried rice or Lo Mein noodles work well.

Questions & Replies

  1. What can you substitute for the Bourbon?
     
  2. Could you substitute walnut oil instead of peanut oil? I dont have any at hand.
     
  3. Can I substitute peanut oil with vegetable oil instead?
     
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Reviews

  1. Boy are you right on by calling this the BEST Bourbon Chicken! YUMMY! The only thing I changed was to use chicken breast instead of thighs (that's all I had) And a little bit of crushed red pepper and fresh ginger (which by the way keeps in the freezer forever!). I can't wait to make this again next week! Thanks Bryan
     
  2. I added a splash of apple juice while the sauce was simmering to cancel out the bourbon taste and it worked out great! We loved it and will certainly make it again!
     
  3. My husband and I both enjoy Chinese. This is the best recipe I have tried. I doubled the sauce for extra to put on the rice. Just delicious!
     
  4. Nice recipe. I used fresh grated ginger, but I'm sure powdered ginger would be good as well. For dinner I served it over rice. The next day for lunch I warmed the leftover chicken, and served as a salad over romaine lettuce hearts and fresh baby spinach. The sauce was just as good, if not better, the next day.
     
  5. Forgot to add the vinegar and used fresh ginger not powdered and it still came out wonderful!! Thank you!!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I added 4 extra cloves of garlic just because you should! And I also used some corn starch to thicken the sauce up the way I like it! So yum
     
    • Review photo by natasha.nairne
  2. Recipe makes an awesome dinner. But since we are not drinkers in this house I substitute the Bourbon with orange juice. My kids love it so much they constantly ask me to make it!
     
  3. Boy are you right on by calling this the BEST Bourbon Chicken! YUMMY! The only thing I changed was to use chicken breast instead of thighs (that's all I had) And a little bit of crushed red pepper and fresh ginger (which by the way keeps in the freezer forever!). I can't wait to make this again next week! Thanks Bryan
     
  4. This wasn't exactly what I was looking for but my boyfriend loved it! He told me to never lose this recipe. I used olive oil instead of peanut oil.
     

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I am married to a great woman, and have two wonderful children, and I love to cook!! I work in management, and I get home early enough in the day that I get to do all the household cooking.
 
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