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You’ll love how easy it is to create gourmet appetizers, tapas and other entertaining fare with this stylish, award-winning collection of contemporary recipes by Company’s Coming. The first title in our Practical Gourmet Series, Small Plates for Sharing won Gold in the cookbook category of the 2009 Canadian Culinary Book Awards!
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Small Plates for Sharing
Bourbon Chicken Skewers

Bourbon Chicken Skewers      "Bourbon Chicken Skewers" is available in PDF format print friendly version

Drenched in a cayenne, citrus and bourbon marinade, these skewers are bound to evoke images of sultry southern nights.
 
Orange juice1 cup250 mL
Brown sugar, packed1/4 cup60 mL
Bourbon whiskey1/4 cup60 mL
Soy sauce2 tbsp.30 mL
Cayenne pepper1/4 tsp.1 mL
Boneless, skinless chicken thighs (about44
3 oz., 85 g, each), cut in half lengthwise
 
Bamboo skewers (8 inches, 20 cm, each),88
soaked in water for 10 minutes
 
Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium resealable freezer bag. Add chicken and marinate in refrigerator for at least 6 hours or overnight. Drain marinade into a saucepan. Boil gently on medium for about 20 minutes until thickened and syrupy.

Thread chicken onto skewers. Cook on a greased grill on medium for about 8 minutes, turning once and brushing with marinade, until no longer pink inside. Makes 8 skewers.
 
1 skewer: 119 Calories; 3.3 g Total Fat (1.2 g Mono, 0.8 g Poly, 0.9 g Sat); 28 mg Cholesterol; 10 g Carbohydrate; trace Fibre; 8 g Protein; 226 mg Sodium
 
Garnish
sprigs of fresh mint

 
 
Reprinted from Small Plates for Sharing © Company's Coming Publishing Limited

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