# Creamy Bourbon Chicken

A creamy and nostalgic homemade bourbon chicken recipe inspired by food court favorites.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.5 lbs boneless chicken thighs, chopped
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup bourbon
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 0.25 cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsp butter
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- paprika
- salt
- pepper
- chopped green onions
- 1 to 2 cups Jim Beam
- garlic paste
- ginger
- hot chili oil flakes
- couple of dashes soy sauce

## Instructions

1. Season your chicken thighs with onion, garlic powder, paprika, and salt.
2. Cut your chicken up.
3. Sear chicken in oil until golden and cooked through. Remove and set aside.
4. In the same pan, sauté garlic for 1 min.
5. Pour in bourbon (Jim Beam) and simmer 2
T3 mins to burn off the alcohol.
6. Add butter and heavy cream 
Tmdash stir until it turns smooth and creamy.
7. Stir in brown sugar, vanilla, ketchup, hot sauce, and vinegar. Let it cook down 5
T7 mins.
8. Season with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and pepper.
9. Drop some salt, paprika, and garlic in a couple of dashes of soy sauce, some apple cider vinegar, one tablespoon, two tablespoons of ketchup, a dash of hot sauce and vanilla.
10. Add some garlic paste and some ginger.
11. And some hot chili oil flakes.
12. Return chicken to the pan and let it simmer in that sauce.
13. Plate it up and hit it with chopped green onions on top for that fresh pop.

## Equipment

- pot
- pan

## Tips

- Let the alcohol sizzle out when adding bourbon.
- Stir butter and heavy cream until smooth and creamy.
- Adjust hot sauce to taste.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1455079912743938/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8b003d76-f43d-4c8d-b3c7-09ca07ebde90
- Extracted: 2026-05-08

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