Bourbon-orange Chicken - Rachael Ray

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1/4 cup whole smoked almonds, chopped
• 3 tablespoons bourbon
• 1 baguette or 3 french dinner rolls
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce

Recipe

• 1 to make the chicken: preheat a nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in oil and butter.
• 2 when the butter has melted and is hot, add in the chicken.
• 3 season with salt and pepper; brown for 3-4 minutes on each side.
• 4 decrease heat to medium low; add in juice concentrate and spoon over chicken as it melts down.
• 5 simmer 5 minutes; transfer chicken to dinner plates, leaving most of the sauce in the pan; top chicken with almonds.
• 6 increase heat on the sauce and add in bourbon; cook sauce until it is slightly browned, 2-3 minutes; spoon over chicken and serve.
• 7 to make the butter: place bread in a warm oven or toaster oven to crisp the crust.
• 8 in a small bowl, microwave the marmalade and butter 15 seconds on high.
• 9 add in hot sauce and stir; spread or brush the sweet-hot butter on the crusty hot bread and serve alongside the chicken.