# Food Court Style Bourbon Chicken

A copycat recipe for the popular food court bourbon chicken, made with apple juice instead of bourbon.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- pepper
- salt
- sweet and smoky brown sugar (Kinder's)
- 0.25 cup soy sauce
- 0.25 cup hoisin sauce
- 0.5 cup apple juice
- 0.25 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- minced garlic
- minced ginger
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch

## Instructions

1. Season boneless, skinless chicken thighs with garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, salt, and sweet and smoky brown sugar on both sides.
2. Cook the seasoned chicken in a pan for about six or seven minutes until cooked through.
3. Remove the cooked chicken from the pan and place it on a cutting board.
4. Cut up all the chicken into smaller pieces.
5. While the chicken is being cut, prepare the sauce by combining a quarter cup soy sauce, a quarter cup hoisin sauce, half a cup of apple juice, a quarter cup brown sugar, two tablespoons of rice vinegar (or apple cider vinegar), two tablespoons of ketchup, some minced garlic, and some minced ginger in a pan.
6. Whisk the sauce ingredients together and stir over medium heat until it starts to bubble.
7. Once the sauce is bubbling, add a slurry made of three tablespoons water and one tablespoon cornstarch.
8. Stir the slurry into the sauce until it thickens up.
9. Add the cut-up chicken back into the thickened sauce.
10. Cover the pan with aluminum foil or a lid and let it sit and cook until the sugar pieces burn and create crispy bits.

## Equipment

- pan
- cutting board
- whisk
- aluminum foil
- lid

## Tips

- Season both sides of the chicken.
- Let the chicken cook long enough for the sugar pieces to burn for crispy bits.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1515435436133140
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8077cfb5-844c-4577-9148-ee4a1c1d8ea6
- Extracted: 2026-01-23

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