Bourbon chicken

From recipezaar

Ingredients

2 lbs boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces

1-2 tablespoon olive oil

1 garlic clove, crushed

1/4 teaspoon ginger

3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1/4 cup apple juice

1/3 cup light brown sugar

2 tablespoons ketchup

1 tablespoon cider vinegar

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup soy sauce

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large skillet.
2. Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.
3. Remove chicken.
4. Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium Heat until well mixed and dissolved.
5. Add chicken and bring to a hard boil.
6. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Serve over hot rice and ENJOY.

A message board I am on was raving about "the bourbon chicken recipe." I couldn't find theirs, so went in search of my own. I particularly liked this one because it doesn't call for bourbon, which I don't have on hand. I did, however, have everything THIS recipe calls for on hand. WAHOO!

I was out of brown rice, so I served this with jasmine rice, which worked out pretty well. This was pretty tasty, and while the sauce wasn't **just** like that of a Chinese food place, it was good enough for us.

I only used 2 chicken breasts and guessed on the rest of the ingredients; maybe measuring properly would make this more like a restaurant's, but I was still happy with how this turned out.