Best Bourbon Chicken

My family is picky to say the least and this was the first thing I have ever made that everyone went back for seconds on. I only made two small changes to cut back on the sweetness. I substituted Jim Beam for the Southern Comfort, and I substituted chicken stock for the fruit juice during the thicken stage at the very end. All in all, this recipe is great!

Excellent! Like many of the other reviews, I substituted chicken stock for the juice. I didn't have minced onion so I put in about half a chopped onion. The other thing I did was just to throw all of the ingredients in the crockpot, except the cornstarch. When the chicken pieces were cooked, I took them out temporarily and whisked in the corn starch. Then I added the chicken back in and let it simmer for a few hours more. I think that cooking it in the crockpot keeps the chicken moist. So easy and I normally keep all the ingredients on hand.

Very good. I didn't use soy sauce and didn't have enough brown sugar, so I substituted a cup of brown sugar and 2 tbsp of molasses. The sauce was pretty sweet, but I also didn't have crushed red pepper flakes. Some spicy Mrs. Dash at the end didn't punch it up enough, but I am sure some spice will cut the sweetness nicely. My own personal twist: with about 5 minutes of cook time left, I diced a peach into fairly large chunks and threw them in. They came out soft and delicious. Served over rice.

Very good, but definitely too sweet. And, I only used 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Next time, I'll use chicken broth instead of fruit juice.

This recipe is fantastic. I was unable to find the exact juice combination on the recpe so I used an apple/cranberry juice. I have made this recipe twice, the first time with chicken breasts and felt the chicken got too dry. The second time I used boneless skinless chicken thighs and that made the recipe!

I had all ingredients on hand except bourbon! But it still tasted like the bourbon chicken you can get at the food court which I really like.

There is a reason this is called "Best". It is!!!! Easy to follow directions and the chicken is not breaded! I did take the advice of others and omitted the juice altogether. I used the same measurement, but used chicken broth! My entire family loved this! This will easily be in the rotation at my house! Thanks for such a great recipe!!!!

The flavoring of the sauce was excellent however I would recommend using skinless thighs since the white meat got too dry.

I substituted chicken broth for the apple-grape-cherry juice right off the bat... and it seemed plenty sweet to me. I also used boneless, skinless chicken thighs and it came out tasting just like the Bourbon chicken at the mall! Used Jack Daniels instead of Southern Comfort because that's what we had. After letting the chicken chunks simmer in the sauce for 20 minutes, I took out the chicken and cranked up the heat to med-high and boiled for a few minutes to help cook off some of the alcohol smell and reduce the sauce even more before whisking in the slurry mixture. In the future I may also reduce the amount of soy sauce. But overall this recipe, with the changes, was fantastic. Definitely a keeper!

This was an excellent recipe! My husband and children loved it and have asked for it several times since finding the recipe. I was unable to locate the apple/grape/cherry juice so I just used regular old apple juice and it was phenomenal!

Substituted Grand Marnier for Southern Comfort and replaced the second amount of juice for broth - used it as a marninade for Ribs, SO TASTY! I'll definetly use it again :)

Very good Recipe. I used chicken thighs in place of breast. I seasoned the chicken with 1 teaspoon of creole seasoning and cajun seasoning each. I added 1/2 cup of cooking wine to the chicken after it browned and let it cook for additional 5 minutes.

A little too sweet in my opinion. I will use less sugar next time.

Delicious!!! Very tasty and simple to make. Wouldn't change a thing!! My family of four loved it and we had no leftovers!!

Very good flavor i add a little extra bourbon but i will def make again. bf loved it.

Excellent flavor. It didn't start out with a sweet smell more of a soy sauce smell but let me tell you it sweetened up perfectly. Made exactly as directed except I did not remove chicken for the thickening step I just thickened it with the chicken in the pot saving a step. Yum yum

My entire family like this dish, two of them are the pickyest of eaters. I did make a few changes based on the fact I wanted a dish more like at the food court and I didn't have all ingredients on had. To start with I used 1/2 inch pieces of chicken to decrease cooking time. Before browning the chicken I tossed the pieces in a 50/50 mixture of corn starch and AP flour. You do need a bit more oil when browning,(u used veg oil with a couple tbs of sesame oil to add that real oriental flavor) I did it in three seperate batches so as not to crowd my pot. You'll have some nice brown bits on the bottom to add to the flavor of your sauce. Instead of the fruit juice I used juice from one can of fruit coctail and another can of peaches and about 1/2 cup of grape jelly. I put in 4 diced scallions for added onion flavor. I also used dark brown sugar and a full tsp of ginger and 2 tbs of serachi sauce. Make sure to scape the bottom to get those browned bits up that will help thicken your sauce(you will still need to corn starch to thicken a bit). I seved with home made fried rice....will be making this agian.

Argh. Did not care for this. Too salty, too sweet, too garlicky, too SOMETHING. My kids and husband ate it, but I did not enjoy it. I had to keep mixing more rice with mine to dilute the flavor. Nothing like bourbon chicken in the food court... I followed the recipe to a T.

I would give it five, but that I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I had to sub a couple of ingredients (primarily the bourbon) but it still tasted delightful, and even my picky husband ate it.

I just made this for dinner. Took the advice of other reviewers and substituted chicken stock for the juice. Yum!

This was fantastic! After reading the reviews from people who thought it was too dry, I cut the simmer time down from 20 minutes to 10 minutes and thought it turned out great. Served it over rice and can't wait to eat the leftovers!

Absolutly fabulous!! I made this for my family with the bourbon slush drink, since I had leftover bourbon. As for the receipe I followed it to a tee except that I used cranapple juice instead of the apple-grape-cherry juice. We eat it with pork fried rice and spring rolls from our favorite chinese restuarant.

This was good, didn't taste like the bourbon chicken from the Cajun Grill Restaurant, but it was good. Will make again.

Delish! We have this now about once a wk. We make a lot of chicken so it was nice to find another way to prepare it. I have always used "cran-grape" juice in place of the apple-grape-cherry juice and chicken broth instead of bourbon.

This is awesome. It tastes like a combination Orange Chicken and Bourbon chicken. I just used plain Bourbon (Maker's Mark) and it was still great.

It was OK a bit too sweet for my likings, next time I'll actually try this with bourbon and play with it from there

This dish is really good! The only thing I changed was I omit the ketchup. It is just as good as what we order at our favorite restaurant. Thanks so much for sharing!

This recipe was great. Tasted fantastic. Very sweet but I preferred it this way just left the rice plain.

OMG this was delicious! I didn't have bourbon on hand but it didn't matter! It was so good and will definately become a reccuring guest at our dinner table.

This was a very good dish! I took the advice from other reviewers, and used reduced sodium chicken broth instead of the juice. I made a few other changes, due to the ingredients I had on hand--regular bourbon instead of the liqueur, 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder, 1Tbsp onion powder, 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, and 2 Tbsp molasses. I cooked the chicken until it was no longer pink, then removed it from the skillet & set it aside. I had combined the sauce ingredients in a bowl, then added it to the skillet and brought it to a boil. I cooked it at a rolling boil for about 10 minutes, then added the cornstarch mixed with chicken broth and let it boil until thickened. I reduced the heat to a simmer, then added the chicken to the sauce and simmered it while I finished the rest of the meal. I thought it was still a bit sweet, so next time I will reduce the molasses to 1 Tbsp. I served it over quinoa, with green beans and roasted cauliflower. Delicious!!

Based on reviews, I decreased the sugar to 1/2 cup. Other than that I made the recipe as stated. I served this with jasmine rice, steamed broccoli and egg rolls. It is an easy and tasty recipe .... however, I was hoping for the stuff like they sell at the mall :/ All in all, not a bad recipe ... I would make this again. But I will continue my hunt for the "mall-type" bourbon chicken ....

What a dish! I always go for this at Golden Corral, but this beats it by far. Thanks for the recipe!

This was really tasty, it was a bit on the sweet side but all 5 of my kids and the husband loved it. I used apple juice but will probably do half apple and half chicken bouillon next time. YUM!

I loved this one! I only cooked two chicken breasts so there was lots of sauce left over. I froze it to use again. It tastes like it would be really good on the grill, or even with ham instead of chicken.

Chicken was great!

I tried this lastnight for my family. I used half the sugar. i also used chicken broth instead of the juice and it came out really good. My family ate allof if and asked when we were having it again!!!

Délicieux! Parfait pour un tailgate de Superbowl! ;-)

Used Cherry Whiskey and boneless Chicken Thighs. I might cut back on the sugar a bit, like 1/4 c or so. But that's a maybe.

Oh my gosh so yummy I loved it

Delicious!!!! It was devoured in minutes. The flavor is perfect. It's sweet with a little heat. I will continue to make this one.

Excellent! I made it just as the ingredients are written, but marinaded whole skinless chicken pieces overnight in the fridge, before putting them into my crockpot to slowly simmer. Delicious!!!

Fantastic. I used 2 frozen packs of skinless boneless thighs... About 12-18 of them. When done doing initial cooking of chicken, perhaps I had more broth than I was supposed to, since I ended up with a lot of sauce. had to add more thickener (corn starch mixed in tiny bit of cold water). I also cut up some green peppers and sauteed them separately in some of the sauce then added them to it, was great! Hubby said def. A keeper. Oh, juice- Mott's tot juice fruit punch: look at back- its apple grape &cherry!

The bourbon was a little strong in my thoughts. I am a type of person whom loves to cook with it and beers, however, I do not like to smell of it strong. Baked in the oven on 350, for about 3 hours, and the sauce thickens as it cooks, but you can still smell the bourbon.

My boyfriend asked for Bourbon Chicken a year and a half ago for his birthday, and this is what I fixed. I've made it about a dozen times since then, following the recipe more closely sometimes than others. I think I finally got it perfect tonight! I use a 2.5 lb bag of frozen chicken defrosted in the microwave and then diced, but this generates a lot of water, so I cut the cup of water out entirely. I've used one packed cup of dark brown sugar before, and that tasted pretty good, but lately I've been sticking with the light brown sugar (which is what the recipe calls for). I only use a loose cup, though, maybe a third of the sugar in a packed cup. I used straight diet cherry juice and cherry SoCo, too, and that added an amazing rich flavor. This recipe is definitely a favorite in our house!

I only used 2lbs of chicken instead of 3 (we like things fairly saucy, so I left the sauce ingredients as written). We all realllly liked this dish. It was a little on the "hot" side for me (just barely - self proclaimed spice wimp here) - and just right for my sister. Will definitely make again. Served this over pecan rice and it was perfect together.

I made this tonight, and it was fantastic. I had grape/cherry juice, and added a little pineapple juice.

was amazing

This sauce was so flavorful and fun to make. How do you keep the chicken from drying out as it is set aside during the last simmer of the sauce?

Only added a tiny bit of red pepper flake just for flavor not everybody likes the heat in my family will add extra to the top of mine and my sons once it is plated whole family loved it best bourbon chicken I've tried so far

Used thighs, 1/4 cup less water and 1 tbsp extra of corn starch. Family loves it. I made these minor changes.

Overall, it was good. I used half of the sugar called for and it came out too sweet. I would use a quarter of the sugar, orange juice for the juice cocktail, and up the vinegar to double the amount.

This turned out just ok. The only change I made was to replace the juice with chicken broth as I thought it would be too sweet with juice. I actually found the soy sauce flavor to be too strong, which maybe the juice would have helped with. My kids wouldn't touch it. I wasn't able to get the sauce to thicken up very much either. Not likely to make this again, but you never know.

Turned out great! Much better than take out!

Awesome recipe!!!! Followed exactly except used boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of breast meat. Will definitely make again!

Great. Used a berry-blend juice for this chicken. I was amazed at how good it was. The chicken unfortunately got overcooked, so I'd quicken the sauce time and definitely keep an eye on that.

Delicious! I also substituted chicken broth for the juice, cut back on the red pepper flakes, as my kids don't like spicy. But I did add green and red peppers and then some green onions at the end.

My 3 teenage boys and husband thoroughly enjoyed this - I used a whole cut up chicken plus a package of thighs and doubled the ingredients. I only had orange juice on hand and I think that would only alter the flavour slightly. I will be making this again, but adding more heat to offset the sweet.

This was really rich and yummy. Too rich to go over rice, so I put it over fresh broccoli. Be careful with the crushed pepper flakes, you can add more later, but I overdid it and it sort of wrecked it. The heat overpowered the flavor. I would definitely try again sometime. I was disappointed a picture I took on my iPhone would not post here. Odd pixel dimension rules.

This recipe was my first attempt. I didn't have the exact ingredients, so I did some substituting: I used Jack Daniels bourbon rather than Southern Comfort, whole berry cranberry sauce to replace the fruit juice. My family gave this a thumbs up, as well as the folks in our Sunday school class.

I went with some of the other reviews and used chicken broth instead of juice to cut down on the sugar and I lowered the red pepper flakes to 1/4 teaspoon and we loved it. Will be making this on a regular basis. The recipe makes a lot of sauce so you can either cut it down or freeze the leftover sauce to use in sautéed chicken another night.

Very tasty. We didn't have the fruit concentrate on hand and we don't drink, so we didn't have the Bourbon either. Just left out the Bourbon and blended whole black seedless grapes with some blueberry pancake syrup and chockcherry jam. Still had a nice fruity flavor. Didn't need to use the full 3 pounds of chicken. We just used 3 large chicken breast halves and let simmer uncovered. I imagine that if you do the whole three pounds, you may want to simmer covered if you like your dish more saucy (which we do). Best eaten when warm as the spicy kick is much more apparent. We have little kids, and when we munched on some of their left overs (I just couldn't let it go to waste), the spicy kick was less pronounced.

Made exactly as written. Outstanding! second time around, I traded the juice for chicken stock, cut the red pepper flakes to 1/2 tsp., and added a bit more ketchup. That was just to our taste, but the original was great. As a side note, I use chicken breasts and found, as other reviewers did, that the meat was a bit dry. The second time, I seared the breasts on each side on a well preheated surface first, then cut into 1" segments before adding back in. That seemed to help a bit.

Really didn't change anything I did add the juices and chicken stock which cut down the sweetness. Didn't need to use cornstarch because I used season flour and browned the chicken pieces and then everything into the crock pot. All I can say is delish!!

Very tasty! Seemed like lots of ingredients but putting it together wasn't actually bad. Came out tender and served it with jasmine rice.

It turned out fantastic but I didn’t get pictures of it. The next time I make it I’ll get pictures and send them. I would highly recommend this recipe. The red pepper is pretty hot so you might want to use a little less.

Followed directions exactly as posted and the family loved it! Served it over rice with broccoli on the side...

I love it. I didn't have apple-grape-cherry juice so I used some cherry drink and some apple and I used chili powder as red pepper flakes. The rest of ingredients were according to the recipe. Turned out great, exactly how my family likes. Thank you for sharing

My husband asked for bourbon chicken out of the blue. I’ve never made it before and used this recipe. I’m a vegetarian so I couldn’t taste test this at all while making it. So I followed the recipe hoping I was making it right. When my husband tried it he said it was perfect and exactly what he wanted, my son loved it too. So thanks for the recipe, it was prefect. It was pretty simple to make and that is always a bonus in my book.

Thank you Rikster for sharing this recipe. It is a keeper. The flavor is really tasty. I looked at other recipes for this and reading them they didn't compare to this one. I am not suggesting that the recipes would have tasted bad, they are most likely good. The peach flavored bourbon is what got my attention on this recipe, I like peach flavors. I followed the recipe exactly, and it turned out great.

Some may think it excessive, but I added some pineapple pieces to the sauce as a garnish and for colour. Great dish. Will try it again.

Best bourbon chicken is an understatement. My family loves this dish!

my family just love it

We listened to the comments!! The chicken broth made this fabulous!! Thank you!

The recipe was great as written. There were a few things I tweet for my liking. I think that everyone should give it a coat will give it a shot and not try to change the recipe.Thank you for sharing.

Used Straight Kentucky Bourbon. Doubled the quantity of the Bourbon...still could not get a real sense of the 'Bourbon' so I am not sure that using the Bourbon is necessary. Overall a simple and yummy quick dish. Would recommend it for a last minute easy dish if you have the ingredients. I added sliced cooked green Peppers and sliced Onions to get more bang for the Buck which was delicious on Brown Rice.

The soy sauce is overpowering in this dish, and once the sauce was reduced it then became way too salty (this is also my husband's opinion who likes a heavy amount of salt). At the very least I would recommend using a low sodium soy sauce, but even then I think the flavor would not be right. This did NOT taste anything like the delicious bourbon chicken at a festival or the mall. I felt like the chicken turned out dry, despite being returned to the sauce and simmered together as the recipe instructed. I would look elsewhere for a bourbon chicken recipe, if I were you, since this one was very disappointing.

This was phenomenal. I forgot to pick up the Southern Comfort at the store, so we did without, and the sauce was so tasty 3/3 deemed this recipe should replace my old recipe I was using for Bourbon Chicken. The sauce was the perfect thickness and very flavorful. I think that letting the chicken simmer in the sauce as the sauce reduces really does a lot for this dish. Thanks for sharing.

Not even thinking it’s just a sweet and sour sauce for ribs but it has bourbon ! This is not bourbon chicken even close but it’s still ok

I really liked this yet felt it was a little too sweet so next time I will add more heat seasoning....but overall the flavor blend was wonderful. I had extra sauce so I put it in a jar for another meal. thanks for a great recipe.

I altered this a bit otherwise would've given a 5 star. I used less oil in my frying pan that only needed a little for cooking the chicken. For the sauce I made these changes: used less about 1/4 c. less of the brown sugar, used regular apple juice (not the multi fruit blend), used original Southern Comfort, and didn't add the garlic or minced onion to the sauce-- instead I added some fresh chopped onion and the garlic with a little bit of the sauce and cooked a bit then added the rest of the sauce with some carrots and some broccoli then chicken back in with the sauce. Cooked 15-20 minutes and added the cornstarch with some chicken broth instead of the juice like others have done. Served with brown rice and topped with chopped scallions. This was so good will definitely make again.

I substituted alcohol for juice and it was amazing!

I’m trying to make it, but I can’t find the recipe on this app!! Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!!!

I would use chicken thighs next time. Breasts were slightly dry. Very tasty will try again.

This was so so good! Now I didn’t use any bourbon but otherwise followed the directions. I would recommend dredging the chicken pieces in flour when browning as the sauce will stick even better. Any I actually used a large wok

Good recipe, I used dark meat and it came out good too.

Absolutely fantastic!

I made it as the recipe states. It was too salty for me and I will be reducing the soy sauce the next time I make it.

It was a little too sweet even with Honest Kids juice and 1/2 the brown sugar (and I like sweet). 2 tbsp of cornstarch gave the sauce a weird texture and flavor. I tried adding more juice and spices as I tried to cook it out but it just wouldn't recover.

Even though I reduced the brown sugar, it was still way too sweet. Will reduce sugar considerably and add more bourbon just before serving next time as bourbon flavor gets lost.

I always tweak recipes, mainly using them for inspiration. My main tweak was..just orange juice, not others, teriyaki sauce not soy,brown sugar splenda not sugar. Made quinoa and stir fry veggies using my chicken sauce very good!

Really good go to bourbon chicken. I did decrease the sugar and increased the ketchup for my families tastes --- but no real need to. This sauce would be an awesome BBQ sauce. Can't wait to try it - once Wisconsin thaws out.

This was so good!!! I fed 5 adults. Will definitely put this on my dinner rotation.

Delicious, I will make it again. I added a splash of bourbon---plain old Jack Daniels bourbon at the end. A guest thought it was a little too sweet. I might use a little less brown sugar next time.

Labelled toxic by the EPA on sugar content alone. Its instant diabetes at first bite.

This was marvelous. I didn't have any liqueur (I think several readers misinterpreted that ingredient as "liquor") nor juice so didn't use either; as suggested by other cooks I used chicken broth. It turned out great! I will definitely make again!

I made it exactly like the recipe. it was way too salty and the soy completely masked any bourbon flavor. if I were to try it again, which is doubtful, I would greatly reduce the soy sauce.

Very good recipe, my chicken came out delicious and family loved it. Small change... I used twice the amount of the chicken and used only half of the sugar and it was just the right amount.

A crowd pleaser. Family of 7 finicky diners loved it with not a morsel left on their plates. Used straight Bourbon but otherwise prepared as directed. Might halve the brown sugar or possibly cut back on the 2nd dose of juice and add another 1/8 cup of Bourbon but will go with the Southern Comfort the next time we prepare...

Absolutely delicious! I WILL be making this again. I think peanuts would be great in it.