Bourbon Chicken

Source: May '08 Nest Cookbook

Another great find from my May Nestie Cookbook. An awesome recipe from Bella, who has her own food blog. I made this just before leaving for a weekend, so that H wouldn't starve. LOL! So I got like 2 bites before we had to leave. The bites I got were awesome!! Very good Chinese!!!

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces (used 2 large breasts, just over a lb.)
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed (used garlic powder)
• 1/4 tsp ginger (used ground ginger)
• 3/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 C apple juice
• 1/3 C light brown sugar
• 2 T ketchup
• 1 T cider vinegar
• 1/2 C water
• 1/3 C soy sauce
• 1 T corn starch

Preparation

• Heat oil in large skillet.
• Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.
• Remove chicken and set aside.
• Add remaining ingredients (mixing corn starch with water before adding to skillet), heating over medium heat until well mixed and dissolved.
• Return chicken and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Serve over hot rice and Enjoy.

Next Time- The flavor for this was awesome. The correct amount of chicken would be better. The flavor was a bit hot, so cutting down slightly on the red pepper flakes would be better.