Chinese Style Bourbon Chicken Food

THE BEST BOURBON CHICKEN!

Steps:

• 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.

CHINESE BOURBON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Trim the fat from the chicken, cut into 1 inch pieces.
• In a large, non-porous container, mix together the soy sauce, the sweet soy sauce, the sugar, the bourbon, the ginger, and the garlic.
• Add the chicken, toss to coat evenly.
• Cover tightly and refrigerate over night.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade, do not discard the marinade, it will be used later.
• Heat the oil in a large saute pan or wok. Make sure the pan is nice and hot before continuing. A sure fire way of ruining a stir-fry is starting cooking in a less-than-blazing-hot pan.
• Add the chicken to the pan, cook until the liquid has evaporated and the chicken is nicely browned.
• While the chicken is cooking, mix the cornstarch with a little water, add the slurry (a mixture of cornstarch and water) to the marinating liquid.
• Keeping the heat on high, add the marinade to the pan and cook until it thickens.
• Remove from heat, serve over rice, garnished with roughly chopped cilantro.

BOURBON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Editor's Note: Named Bourbon Chicken because it was supposedly created by a Chinese cook who worked in a restaurant on Bourbon Street.
• 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 mixed and dissolved.
• Add chicken and bring to a hard boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Serve over hot rice and ENJOY.

CHINESE STYLE BOURBON CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Grill Chicken over medium coals, 8 minutes per side, or bake in oven 25 minutes at 375 degrees. Set aside; keep warm in 170 degree oven.
• 2. Heat peanut oil in a shallow sauce pan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and ginger saute over medium high heat for 30 seconds until aromatic!
• 3. Stir in, rice vinegar, bourbon, red chili sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar and cornstarch into saucepan. Bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until thickened.
• 4. While sauce is cooking, Slice the grilled chicken into strips and return to oven to keep warm.
• 5. Toss chicken into the the sauce until well coated.
• 6. Serve over white rice and garnish with sliced green onion.

BOURBON STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Add chicken to a large pot heated with oil.
• Slightly brown the chicken.
• Remove chicken and set aside, drain the pot.
• Add garlic, ginger, crushed red pepper flakes, apple juice, brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, water and soy sauce to the pot over medium heat. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
• To thicken the sauce, add corn starch and water.
• Add chicken to the sauce just long enough to reheat the chicken.
• Serve over rice.