Bourbon Chicken
Author: Valerie@Snap-Peas
Bourbon Brine for Chicken
Ingredients
  • 9 Tablespoons bourbon, dived
  • ¼ Cup dark brown sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons kosher salt
  • 2 quarts ice water
  • 1 Tablespoon black peppercorns
  • 1 Tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled
  • 1 small onion, quartered
  • 1 small Fuji apple cored and quartered
  • 1 lemon, quartered
  • 1 4lb chicken
Instructions
  1. Combine 2 quarts of water , ½ Cup bourbon,, sugar, and salt in a large Dutch oven.
  2. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve.
  3. Add ice water and remaining ingredients (not the chicken)
  4. Cool to room temperature.
  5. Add chicken and refrigerate for 18 hours.
Notes
Because I never follow a recipe exactly....and because I forgot about this until bedtime, I cooked the bourbon, salt, and sugar in less water so it would cool faster and it worked just fine.
Recipe by snap-peas at https://www.snap-peas.com/2012/11/13/bourbon-chicken/