Bourbon Street Chicken
Author: Launi
Ingredients
  • 2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed
  • 2-3 Tbsps olive oil
  • Sauce
  • 1-1/2 tsps ground ginger
  • 1-1/2 tsps garlic powder
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 C soy sauce
  • 1 C apple or cranberry sauce
  • 1-1/2 cups water
  • 3T rice or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 C brown sugar
  • 3 T corn starch
  • ½ c water
Instructions
  1. In a bowl stir together the ginger, pepper, soy sauce, apple juice, water, garlic, vinegar and brown sugar.
  2. Set sauce aside to allow sugar to disolve and spices to mix.
  3. In a separate small bowl stir cornstarch and water together until smooth.
  4. Set aside.
  5. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces and trim any excess fat, tendons and gristle.
  6. Heat olive oil in large skillet on medium high heat.
  7. Add chicken and cook until it begins to brown--about 8-10 minutes.
  8. Stir occasionally so that each piece browns evenly.
  9. Slowly add sauce to chicken and stir well.
  10. When mixture comes to a boil, lower heat and allow sauce to simmer about 15 minutes.
  11. With a spatula or whisk, push some of the chicken to side of the pan in order to make a little pool of sauce.
  12. Whisk cornstarch mixture briskly into the sauce. It will thicken quickly.
  13. Stir into chicken mixture evenly.
  14. Serve over rice.
Recipe by Gracious Rain at https://graciousrain.com/bourbon-street-chicken/