How To Make Grilled Bourbon Chicken
Upgrade your BBQ game with this recipe for grilled bourbon chicken. Chicken breasts sit in a marinade of bourbon, soy sauce, sugar & spices before grilling.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2lbschicken breasts,boneless, skinless
- ½cupsoy sauce,(low sodium or gluten-free)
- ½cupapple sauce,unsweetened
- ½cupyellow onion,finely chopped
- 2tspginger,grated
- 4clovesgarlic,minced
- 1tbspcanola oil
- ¼cupbourbon
- ¼cupBBQ sauce
- 2tbspapple cider vinegar
- 2tbspbrown sugar
- pinchred pepper flakes
- ½cupchicken broth,low sodium
- scallions,sliced for garnish
Instructions
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Place the chicken breasts, 1 at a time, in a Ziploc bag. Pound the chicken breast to an even thickness, being careful not to puncture the bag. Put breasts in the bag.
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In a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, apple sauce, onion, ginger, garlic, oil, bourbon, BBQ sauce, vinegar, brown sugar and red pepper flakes.
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Reserve and refrigerate ⅓ cup of the marinade and transfer the remainder to the Ziploc bag with the chicken. Refrigerate and marinate for at least 30 minutes or as long as overnight.
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Preheat outdoor grill over medium high heat. Discard the marinade in the bag and grill the chicken for 4 minutes per side, or until chicken is cooked through.
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Transfer chicken to a plate, tent with foil and allow to rest while making the sauce.
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Put reserved ⅓ cup marinade in a small saucepan. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Once boiling, reduced heat to medium-low for 5 to 6 minutes, until sauce has thickened slightly.
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Slice chicken breast, top with sauce, scallions and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 559.33kcal
- Fat: 25.21g
- Saturated Fat: 6.43g
- Trans Fat: 0.25g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.10g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.61g
- Carbohydrates: 20.92g
- Fiber: 1.17g
- Sugar: 14.74g
- Protein: 51.27g
- Cholesterol: 146.05mg
- Sodium: 2123.94mg
- Calcium: 57.96mg
- Potassium: 790.13mg
- Iron: 2.54mg
- Vitamin A: 57.00µg
- Vitamin C: 9.10mg
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