Bourbon Chicken

I should be heading off to bed! I’ve been moving in so many directions lately and not sleeping much and I think it’s catching up with me. But I was tending to my Facebook Page(pleaaaaaaase like me on there! I need likes! ) and I started to feel guilty for not posting again. I decided I needed to come do that before I go to bed! So here is just a quick post with a recipe, I really do enjoy feeding people so want to include some of that on this blog(too bad I couldn’t actually feed you through my blog!). I’ve spent the past couple of weeks doing some canning as I said before….in the past 2 weeks or so I have made and canned Plum Jam, Orange Jam, Apple Butter, Apple Jam, Apple Jelly and Apple Pie Filling(can you guess I got a good deal on Apples? LOL). There is more I want to make and can too, I’m really enjoying doing it, but had to give myself a bit of a break because my feet are still swollen and back is hurting like hell still from so much standing in the kitchen.

This is sort of a cheat post because I’m just going to copy and paste from a recipe blog I started and sort of abandoned…..but it doesn’t change how yummy the recipe is! LOL! Please let me know if you try any recipes I post and what you think of them! They are not all my recipes, some are from other sources, most are recipes I have changed to make my own…..I rarely follow someone else’s recipe exactly, I love recipes but usually use them as a starting point or inspiration and then change it to make it my own. Hope you enjoy!

Ok, so this doesn't have any Bourbon in it, but it has sort of a Bourbon or Asian type chicken flavor. I found this recipe on www.recipezaar.com then made my own changes, although I don't think I changed much on this one from the original posted one as it was excellent to begin with.

This is probably my husbands favorite meal that I make.

4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

2 Clove Garlic

1/2 tsp Ginger

1 1/4 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

1/2 cup Juice*

2/3 cup Brown Sugar

4 tbsp Ketchup

1 tbsp Cider Vinegar**

1 cup Water

2/3 cup Soy Sauce***

corn starch

1. Heat about 2 tbsp of Olive Oil in a large pot. Cut chicken breast into bite sized pieces and cook in pot until nicely browned and cooked through. Remove chicken from the pot and set aside.

2. Mix all remaining ingredients together and heat over medium heat until well mixed, add about a tbsp of cornstarch to help the sauce to start thickening a bit..

3. Add chicken back in and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes. Add more corn starch if needed for a nice sauce.

4. Serve over rice or pasta. I usually serve it over Linguine then top with Sesame Seeds and Green Onion if I have it. And while very time consuming, I have made homemade pasta to serve it over before and it’s amazing!! If you have the time and the equipment to do so give it a try!

*(I have tried this with Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Lemonade and even Apple Sauce...so use what you have, all tasted great, I think the Lemonade tasted best but there was a very subtle difference between all of them)

**(the recipe called for Cider Vinegar which I used to use, but when I ran out I couldn't find it anywhere so have been using Apple Cider Vinegar since and it works fine, I'll be honest I don't know the difference between these vinegars LOL)

***(I've made it both with regular Soy Sauce and with Low Sodium Soy Sauce, it actually tastes different both ways, better with Low Sodium)

Jolene