Bourbon Chicken

Bourbon Chicken

from allrecipes.com
Dinner
30 min
543 kcal / serving

Bourbon chicken is a delicious dish of tender chicken thigh pieces coated in a sweet brown sugar, ginger, soy, and bourbon glaze for a New Orleans favorite.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ poundsskinless, boneless chicken thighs
  • 2 tablespoonscornstarch
  • 2 tablespoonsolive oil
  • 2 tablespoonsdried minced onion
  • ½ teaspoongarlic powder
  • 1 teaspoonground ginger
  • ⅓ cupreduced sodium soy sauce
  • ⅓ cupreduced-sodium chicken broth
  • ¼ cupbourbon
  • ½ cuppacked brown sugar
  • 1 tablespooncider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspooncrushed red pepper
  • 2 cupshot cooked rice
  • 2green onions, sliced

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather Ingredients.

  2. 2

    Toss chicken with 1 tablespoon cornstarch in a medium bowl.

  3. 3

    Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat; add chicken. Cook and stir until browned; transfer to a plate using a slotted spoon.

  4. 4

    Heat  remaining 1 tablespoon oil in same skillet. Add onion, garlic, and ginger; cook and stir until softened and fragrant, 1 to 3 minutes.

  5. 5

    Stir remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch, soy sauce, broth, bourbon, brown sugar, vinegar, and crushed red pepper together in a small bowl.

  6. 6

    Add sauce mixture to skillet; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.

  7. 7

    Return chicken to skillet. Cook and stir until coated in sauce and heated through, about 2 minutes.

  8. 8

    Serve over rice. Top with green onions.