Who doesn't like a quick and easy Bourbon Chicken? Make it even easier by using your slow cooker!
Ingredients (Chicken)
3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup sliced green onions (or more to taste)
Ingredients (Sauce)
1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
1/3 cup apple juice
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup ketchup
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup Bourbon
1/4 cup soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Place chicken in slow cooker, pour sauce over top. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours or on high 3 hours. Remove chicken and chop into bite sized pieces and cover to keep warm. Meanwhile, combine 3 tablespoons water with cornstarch. Turn slow cooker up to high. Whisk cornstarch slurry into the sauce. Cover and allow to thicken, stirring occasionally (about 10 minutes). Stir chicken back into the sauce and add in green onions. Serve over rice. Note: This recipe is best made with regular (not light) soy sauce. The sauce can also be thickened on the stove top. Create the slurry as above and whisk over medium heat until thickened. Return to slow cooker with chicken and stir in green onions.
Cheryl's Mixed Drink Corner
Lemonade Rum Punch
Ingredients
4 oz. lemonade
2 oz. pineapple juice
2 oz. coconut rum
1 oz. dark rum
Directions
Pour lemonade, pineapple juice and coconut rum into large glass filled with ice, using a spoon to gently stir the drink. (Or pour into a cocktail shaker, shake and pour into a glass filled with ice.) Top glass with the dark rum, so it floats on top and slowly blends into the rest of the drink, giving it an ombré effect. Serve.
Russ's Drink Corner
Blanton's Original Single Barrel Bourbon
Description
Taken from the center-cut or middle sections of the famous Warehouse H, Blanton’s Original Single Barrel was once designated for ambassadors, dignitaries, and Colonel Blanton’s family and friends. Today, everyone has access to the world’s first single barrel bourbon. Blanton’s Original set the standard for single barrel bourbons in 1984. Best served neat or on the rocks.
Taste: Butterscotch, rye spice, anise, toasted oak, black cherry, raisin
Finish: Medium length with an oily mouth feel, barrel spice, vanilla bean
Price: $60 (750 ml)
Rating: 90
Bill's Whatever Corner
Diplomotico Reserva Exclusiva
Description
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva is a blend of exclusive rum reserves aged for up to twelve years, carefully selected by our Master Blenders. Marrying a unique body with excellent balance has made this multi award-winning rum a reference for connoisseurs and fine spirits lovers throughout the world. Opening up with aromas of orange peel, toffee and licorice, it is smooth on the palate, and follows on with notes of toffee fudge that offers a seductive, long-lasting finish.
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Cheryl's Recipe Corner!
Coca-Cola Fudge Cake
Description
Valentine's Day is coming up, and what speaks love more than chocolate? I am not a huge fan of chocolate cake, but this cake was a favorite from my childhood
Ingredients (Cake)
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
1 cup Regular Coca-Cola
2 cups White Sugar
2 cups Flour
2 Eggs
3/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup Buttermilk or ½ cup Milk and 1 tsp Lemon Juice
2 tsp Vanilla
Ingredients (Frosting)
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup Softened Butter
1/4 cup Coca-Cola
1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Chocolate Syrup
1 tsp Vanilla
Directions (Cake)
Butter and flour a 13 x 9 inch sheet cake pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium saucepan combine butter, coke, and oil. Bring to boil. In a medium bowl, stir flour and sugar until combined. Add to sauce pan, stir. Remove from heat. Stir in eggs, cocoa powder, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla. Pour in greased pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Directions (Frosting)
In a large bowl cream butter and cocoa powder. Stir in coke, chocolate syrup, and vanilla. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Frost cake while it is still warm. Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.
Cheryl's Mixed Drink Corner
Strawberry Mimosa
Ingredients
1 c. chopped strawberries
1 tbsp. sugar
1 c. champagne, plus more for topping off flute
Directions
In a blender or food processor, blend strawberries, sugar, and champagne until fully combined, then pour into champagne flutes and top with more bubbly. Garnish with a strawberry slice and serve.
Russ's Drink Corner
Eagle Rare 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Description
Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is masterfully crafted and carefully aged for no less than ten years. The rareness of this great breed of bourbon is evident in its complex aroma, as well as the smooth and lingering taste. Eagle Rare is a bourbon that lives up to its name with its lofty, distinctive taste experience.
Details
Mashbill: Buffalo Trace Mashbill #1 (Less than 10% Rye)
Proof: 45% (90 Proof)
Region: Frankfort, Kentucky
Color: Medium amber
Nose: Chocolate, hints of orange peel, herbs, honey, vanilla, butterscotch, leather and oak
Finish: Medium length with vanilla sweetness, chocolate covered cherry, dune grass and oak
Price: $35 (750 ml)
Rating: 92
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