Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken cooked in a rich bourbon ginger sauce, served over rice, as well as shown in a slow cooker

Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken is easy and delicious! Tender juicy chicken is cooked in a rich bourbon ginger sauce for a delicious meal. The whole family will love it. Serve it over rice, with a side of steamed broccoli, or inside some dinner rolls for a delicious bourbon chicken sandwich!

This Crock Pot bourbon chicken recipe takes all the work out of making dinner, making it perfect for busy weeknights. We love coming home to fall-apart, flavorful and tender chicken. It’s great just about any way you serve it!

Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken in the slow cooker

Bourbon Chicken

Bourbon chicken received its name because it was created by a Chinese cook who worked in a restaurant on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Regardless of the name or how it came to be, this dish is absolutely delicious! This recipe creates a sweet and tender chicken that is perfect served over rice and it’s easy to make at home in the slow cooker!

The bourbon chicken sauce takes just a few minutes of prep the marinade and then it simmers in the slow cooker all day!  The result is insanely tender chicken with a sweet Asian inspired sauce and lots of flavor.

Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken on a plate

How To Make Bourbon Chicken

To make this Crock Pot bourbon chicken:

  1. Combine sauce ingredients together and pour over chicken thighs.
  2. Turn the Slow Cooker to HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6-7 hours.
  3. Shred the chicken and create a cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce.

A few notes about this recipe…  this dish is sweet as Bourbon chicken is a sweet dish (similar to sweet and sour).  Do not use light soy sauce, the results and flavor are not the same.  Chicken thighs are best in this recipe as they won’t dry out like slow cooked chicken breasts sometimes do!

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Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken

Crock Pot Bourbon Chicken is easy and delicious! Tender juicy chicken is cooked in a rich bourbon ginger sauce for a delicious meal. We love this Crock Pot meal served over rice with a side of steamed broccoli.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 servings
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Ingredients  

  • 3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ¼ cup sliced green onions (or more to taste)

Sauce

  • ½ teaspoon grated fresh ginger
  • 4 cloves garlic , minced
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • cup apple juice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons honey
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup Bourbon
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions 

  • 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.

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Notes

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.
Nutritional information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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Nutrition Information

Calories: 388 | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 215mg | Sodium: 840mg | Potassium: 653mg | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 195IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2.3mg

Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

Course Dinner
Cuisine American
A plate full of Crock Pot bourbon chicken over rice garnished with green onions.
A Crock Pot full of bourbon chicken topped with green onions.
A plate full of Crock Pot bourbon chicken over rice with fresh green onions and a Crock Pot filled with Bourbon Chicken garnished with green onions.

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  1. I usually love your recipes, but this one was not my favorite (there’s always a chance I messed things up). It was very mushy and lacked flavor. It’s possible I chopped the chicken too much vs. a coarse chop. I really thought with all the great ingredients in the sauce that it would be delicious, but it was just ok. I will keep using your site though because I really do usually love your recipes!3 stars

    1. the alcohol will cook off…one of the tiny bottles would be enough for flavor but if it’s the temptation that’s the issue then a substitute is understandable. I have actually thought of using Jack Daniels oak smoking chips found near the charcoal at stores to make a liquid flavoring by steeping them in boiling water and then straining to see if that would work.

  2. Can you freeze this recipe? Looks delicious.. but my family is hit or miss if they can all sit down and eat dinner. Trying to only make meals that the leftovers can be frozen to limit waste. Hoping this is a candidate!

  3. I am a hard sell when it comes to crock pot recipes. They usually either lack flavor, the meat is dry or rubbery, or it has a brick of cream cheese in it.

    This one is a winner! The whole family approved- even the picky ones.5 stars