Bourbon-Orange Chicken

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Rachael Ray

Serves 4 people

Categories: Bourbon, Chicken, Main Dish

Ingredients

  • Chicken:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
  • salt
  • fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
  • 1/4 cup whole smoked almonds, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons bourbon
  • Butter and Bread:
  • 1 baguette or 3 french dinner rolls
  • 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 teaspoons hot sauce

Directions

  1. To make the chicken: preheat a nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in oil and butter.

  2. When the butter has melted and is hot, add in the chicken.

  3. Season with salt and pepper; brown for 3-4 minutes on each side.

  4. Decrease heat to medium low; add in juice concentrate and spoon over chicken as it melts down.

  5. Simmer 5 minutes; transfer chicken to dinner plates, leaving most of the sauce in the pan; top chicken with almonds.

  6. Increase heat on the sauce and add in bourbon; cook sauce until it is slightly browned, 2-3 minutes; spoon over chicken and serve.

  7. To make the butter: place bread in a warm oven or toaster oven to crisp the crust.

  8. In a small bowl, microwave the marmalade and butter 15 seconds on HIGH.

  9. Add in hot sauce and stir; spread or brush the sweet-hot butter on the crusty hot bread and serve alongside the chicken.

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