Bourbon Chicken

This bourbon chicken recipe is named after Bourbon Street in NOLA! There's actually no bourbon in the recipe at all!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4

Total Time 4 10

Servings

Calories 552kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Ingredients

1 sweet onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons sriracha
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons corn starch
4 cups hot cooked rice for serving
green onions for serving

Instructions

Add the onion, garlic, honey, soy sauce, ketchup, sriracha, and salt to a slow cooker. Stir well to combine.
Add the chicken breasts to the sauce and stir to coat both sides.
Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 1/2 hours.
Shred the chicken with two forks and stir well.
Dissolve the corn starch in the water and add to the slow cooker. Return slow cooker to high heat for 20 minutes or remove to a pan on the stove over medium heat and cook until sauce has thickened over medium heat, about 5 minutes.
Serve over rice with green onions.

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Notes

Using low sodium soy sauce helps keep this dish from being overly salty. It's easy to add additional salt in at the end, if you feel it needs it, but we find it perfectly seasoned using low sodium sauce.

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