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Cajun Cafe's Bourbon Chicken

Source of Recipe

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Recipe Introduction

Source: "CopyKat Recipes at http://www.copykat.com" ......This emulates the Bourbon Chicken at the Cajun Cafe in Houston, Texas only.

List of Ingredients

Plan ahead...needs to marinate at least 3 hours or overnight.


Recipe

Exchanges
Yield: 6 servings.

1-1/2 pounds chicken thighs without skin -- boneless, cut in bite-sized chunks
2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
1/2 teaspoons powdered ginger
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 cup white grape juice
1/2 cup bourbon
1/4 cup water

Mix teriyaki sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, ginger, brown sugar, 1/2 cup white grape juice and bourbon. Stir until thoroughly blended. Pour 1/3 sauce on chicken pieces and mix. Refrigerate for 3 hours, or best overnight. Save remainder sauce and refrigerate.

Braise chicken with marinade on medium-low heat until cooked. Remove from frying pan.

In a 2-quart sauce pan heat remainder of bourbon sauce and add 1/2 cup of white grape juice and 1 tablespoon of sugar with 1/4 cup water. Bring to a simmer and stir until sugar is devolved. Add chicken to sauce and stir until chicken is coated and its ready to serve.


Per Serving: 182 Calories; 3g Fat (17.0% calories from fat); 13g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 54mg Cholesterol; 466mg Sodium. ++++ Exchanges: 2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.