BOURBON-ORANGE CHICKEN

By curly

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsps olive or vegetable oil
• 3 Tbsps butter, cut into small pieces
• 4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1/4 cup whole smoked or roasted and salted almonds, chopped
• 2 shots (3 ounces) bourbon

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat a medium to large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil and butter. The oil will allow the butter to come to a higher temperature without burning the milk solids in the butter.

When butter has melted, add chicken. Season with salt and pepper and brown, 3 or 4 minutes on each side.

Reduce heat to medium low. Add the juice concentrate and spoon over chicken as it melts down. Simmer 5 minutes.

Transfer chicken to dinner plates, leaving most of the sauce in the pan. Top chicken with the almonds.

Raise the heat on the sauce and add bourbon. Cook sauce until is slightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Spoon over chicken and serve.