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DinnerCrockpot Bourbon Chicken
Sweet, savory bourbon-glazed chicken thighs slow-cooked until fork-tender — the most-saved crockpot recipe on Pepper.
Matthew BoundsIngredients
- 2lbs Chicken Thigh (Boneless Skinless)
- 1/3 cup Bourbon (whiskey Apple juice or broth)
- 3/4 cup Brown sugar
- 3/4 cup Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Minced garlic
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch
- 3 tbsp Cold water
- to taste Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- 1Season the chicken thighs with salt & pepper on both sides and place them in the bottom of the crockpot.
- 2In a medium bowl add the bourbon, brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic. Stir well to combine. Pour over the chicken in the crockpot.
- 3Cover with the lid and cook on low for 4 hours or high for 3 hours.
- 4Add the cornstarch and water in a small bowl and whisk until combined. Whisk the cornstarch slurry into the sauce 30 minutes before the chicken is done cooking. This will thicken the sauce.
- 5Enjoy the chicken over rice and garnish with green onions.
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Matthew Bounds has built a following on Pepper for one reason: his recipes are the kind of set-it-and-forget-it dinners real families actually cook on weeknights. Crockpot bourbon chicken, cheesy chicken and rice, lasagna soup — the shortlist of dishes that turn a slow cooker into the most-used appliance in the kitchen.
Home cooks on Pepper have saved his crockpot bourbon chicken more than four thousand times, making it one of the most-saved slow cooker recipes on the entire app. His casseroles land in the same territory: taco casserole, reuben casserole, cheesy Brussels sprouts casserole — dinners built to feed a table without hovering over the stove.
The through-line across every Matthew Bounds recipe is restraint. Short ingredient lists. Pantry staples. Clear instructions. It is the reason his collection keeps growing in save counts week over week.
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