You don’t have to live in Indiana to enjoy this chicken masterpiece. For this bourbon chicken recipe, we marinate the chicken in a savory sauce infused with a bit of bourbon before baking it. The liquor gives it a distinct taste while the wine brings out the flavors of the marinade and the chicken.
How To Make Indiana Bourbon Chicken
Prep:
15 mins
Marinade:
2 hrs
Cook:
45 mins
Total:
3 hrs
Ingredients
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup bourbon
- ¼ cup brown sugar, light
- 4 medium garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp. ginger, powdered
- 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 3 tbsp. vegetable oil, we like peanut oil
- 1 ½ lb. chicken legs and thighs, trimmed (can substitute bone-in chicken breast with skin), skin-on bone-in
- 2 tbsp. white wine , or dry sherry
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except chicken and wine in a small mixing bowl until sugar is dissolved.
- Place chicken in a large plastic storage bag and pour marinade over it.
- Close tightly with a twist tie or a zip seal and turn bag over and over so all pieces are covered.
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Place in a large bowl in the refrigerator at least 2 hours or preferably longer (even overnight), turning occasionally.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place chicken pieces, skin-side-up, in a single layer in a baking pan.
- Bake about 45 minutes, basting occasionally with pan juices, until chicken is just cooked through.
- Remove to a warm serving platter.
- Scrape any pan juices and browned bits from bottom of pan into a non-reactive small saucepan and stir in wine or sherry.
- Heat through and drizzle over chicken.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 14g
- :
- Calcium: 17mg
- Calories: 438kcal
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fat: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 80mg
- Protein: 35g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Sodium: 1625mg
- Vitamin C: 2mg
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