Peach Whisky Chicken

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 55 min
  • Active: 25 min
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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons olive oil 

12 chicken legs or thighs, bone in, skin on 

1 yellow onion, diced 

1 1/2 cups whisky 

4 cups barbecue sauce 

1 cup peach preserves 

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 

4 peaches, pitted and sliced into 8 slices each 

Mashed potatoes, for serving

3 green onions, sliced thin, for serving

Chopped fresh parsley, for serving

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
  2. Heat the butter and olive oil in a large skillet or pot over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
  3. Add the onions to the skillet and stir and cook over medium heat until translucent, about 3 minutes. Pour in the whisky, taking care if you are cooking over an open flame. Cook for 3 minutes or so, allowing the whisky to cook and reduce.
  4. Grab your favorite bottled barbecue sauce and pour it into the pan. Add the peach preserves, Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 cup water to the sauce, then whisk to combine. Add the chicken back to the pan. Then throw in the peaches.
  5. Cover the skillet with a lid or aluminium foil, and then roast in the oven until the chicken is tender and falling off the bone¿ the sauce is beautiful and rich¿ and the peaches are soft (about 1 1/2 hours). That's how you know it's done!
  6. Serve the chicken over a big mound of mashed potatoes, spooning the sauce over the whole thing. Sprinkle with green onions and parsley, then watch your loved ones gobble it up.

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keilholzj

The sauce is great as a BBQ sauce. It makes a lot!! I would half the recipe even for the amount of chicken used in this recipe. The chicken adds a lot of juice while cooking without giving the chicken much of the sauce flavor. I suggest cooking the chicken most of the way through and then baste with sauce like you would if you were grilling. I also, personally, do not like the peach slices. The peach jam is enough. Definitely recommend the sauce.

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