Chinese Bourbon Chicken

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 6 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 boneless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sweet soy sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 bourbon whiskey
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon peanut oil
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 trim the fat from the chicken, cut into 1 inch pieces.
• 2 in a large, non-porous container, mix together the soy sauce, the sweet soy sauce, the sugar, the bourbon, the ginger, and the garlic.
• 3 add the chicken, toss to coat evenly.
• 4 cover tightly and refrigerate over night.
• 5 remove the chicken from the marinade, do not discard the marinade, it will be used later.
• 6 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.
• 7 add the chicken to the pan, cook until the liquid has evaporated and the chicken is nicely browned.
• 8 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.
• 9 keeping the heat on high, add the marinade to the pan and cook until it thickens.
• 10 remove from heat, serve over rice, garnished with roughly chopped cilantro.