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Ix-nay, Willy - Bravo might be reading, and actually green-light this idea!

China Hut serves Bourbon Chicken. I actually tried it as a lunch special. It is not bourbon-tasting in the least. Rather it is closer to orange chicken without the Orange flavor, breaded fried chicken in a sweet brown sauce. Having never eaten it before, I couldn't tell you if what I had was a good version of the dish. It was certainly edible, but not really my cup o'. However, the lunch specials at China Hut are a great deal, and they do make some decent Ameri-Chinese dishes.

China Hut
(773) 381-3838
7100 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL 60626

Almost every offering that the people are passing out on trays in front of their mall stands is various forms of Bourbon Chicken. I remember one time having three different samples and thought they were all the same.

d4v3 wrote:China Hut serves Bourbon Chicken. I actually tried it as a lunch special. It is not bourbon-tasting in the least. Rather it is closer to orange chicken without the Orange flavor, breaded fried chicken in a sweet brown sauce. Having never eaten it before, I couldn't tell you if what I had was a good version of the dish. It was certainly edible, but not really my cup o'. However, the lunch specials at China Hut are a great deal, and they do make some decent Ameri-Chinese dishes.

China Hut
(773) 381-3838
7100 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL 60626

HI,

Mall bourbon chicken has no breading. My typical order is Bourbon chicken, dirty rice with some extra beans spooned on top and fried ripe plantain. A picture of a typical plate can be seen here and how it looks when you see it in mall.

Regards,

I had never heard of Bourbon Chicken before today. Now after reading this, while I'm not sure I'll ever actually eat any, I am quite certain that I will never forget it. Would be nice, though, if someone did a Bourbon Chicken-a-thon and posted the subtle differences between the various ethnic/regional variations and can then answer that age-old question (OK, about 5 minutes and counting now for me) of which is better - Somalian or Asian?

We sure his bourbon chicken isn't a bottle of Beam and bucket of Brown's?

sundevilpeg wrote:

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Ix-nay, Willy - Bravo might be reading, and actually green-light this idea!

Swap out the Jersey shore for Staten Island and Vh1 for Bravo and it's been on for a year or two already.
Also, supposedly coming this spring is a Mob Wives: Chicago spinoff.

Cathy's link of the bourbon chicken picture is about typical of the bourbon chicken I have seen at Manchu Wok at Lincolnwood.

Also, I have been meaning to ask, any knowledgable Somalians out there know what wine goes with bourbon chicken?

Night Train homie.

blipsman wrote:We sure his bourbon chicken isn't a bottle of Beam and bucket of Brown's?

Not sure... but I wouldn't turn that meal down, mainly b/c of the Brown's!!

Willy Evans wrote:one of those somalian wine people

I keep wondering if the somalian wine person has any problems working with the Sioux chef....

I like that mall chicken at sakkio...I thought it was teriyaki chicken. small bits of chicken grilled until some are crispy served with rice and some vegetables. Never heard it refered to as bourbon chicken which to me would be fried chunks in a sweetish sauce. but I do not know bourbon chicken from.....

Wait, so Alpana is Indian and Somalian? WTTW is diverse!

PortPkPaul wrote:Wait, so Alpana is Indian and Somalian?

That can't be right...alpacas are indigenous to the Andes mountains in South America.

Real talk - this thread is amazing. If you are indeed from OKC sir, you have certainly become a Chicagoan with your pluralization / possessivization (real word?) of random nouns (e.g. barleycorns, lincolnwoods, sabarros). Keep it up!

Going to the Jewels on Kedzie
My favorite Jackson is Jesse.

Free samples of Bourbon Chicken at Costco in Glenview this morning. I almost laughed out loud when I heard the sample guy telling me to "come on over, get some Bourbon Chicken, no cooking, just heat it up"

It tasted like a bland version of orange chicken from Panda Express (which I've only had once about 8 years ago).

The Sarku Japan stall in the Westfield Vernon Hills Mall food court on Rte. 60 (Town Line Rd.) has this bourbon/teriyaki chicken of which you speak, almost identical to the pics shown upthread, and in slow times workers are out in force yelling 'tasty chicken!' & offering pieces on toothpicks. It is possible I'm getting it mixed up with the Cajun-style version down the way, past the Mickey D's and the 1-2-3 Potato, but this is worth sharing too because of its similarities in general.

Upon placing the order at the mini-cafeteria line, it looks like boneless, skinless, shards of thigh meat to me--griddled, pushed, cajoled in oil and then given a spurt of a thick soy mixture. Slammed into a styrofoam sarcophagus compartment, accompanied by braised cabbage & a plastic bowl of slightly glutenous rice. Costs around seven bucks, extra meat $1.00 more.

Tastes OK--very General Tzo-like--compared with the other dreck in that food court, but remember to order a big gulp-size soft drink because believe me, you'll need it. Amazing how something that starts out relatively healthy-like can make you tremendously thirsty from the salt content while simultaneously giving you a sugar buzz from the corn syrup in the sauce.

jnm123 wrote:
Tastes OK--very General Tzo-like--compared with the other dreck in that food court, but remember to order a big gulp-size soft drink because believe me, you'll need it. Amazing how something that starts out relatively healthy-like can make you tremendously thirsty from the salt content while simultaneously giving you a sugar buzz from the corn syrup in the sauce.

Precisely why it should just involve real bourbon.

more on this hot topic:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bon-appet ... on_Chicken

you guys?, hello?!?!?!?!?! i was told you were going to get me some damn bourboin chicken somewhere here, you guys whats going on here you guys, i had to go away for work and was stuck in michigan and now i know i might also move there because there was some good bourbon chicken over there, seriously guys, they also have conceal to carry and i do like the bars there too like those here, when the wifer allows me to go which these days which is more often now that we only have one working tv, i gotta secret you guys, i switched the input so that the directtv doesnt come on so she thinks its broken, muhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im screwed if she reads this site but since i know she dont like bourbin chicken i know she wont look on this part, anna i tried to sent a messaage to the idiots at huftington post who wrote that erresponsible garbage about bourbon chicken which they obviously never had, if it was so bad why do people like it you guys, its known because its good, people dont yearn for weird pork parts you guys, we the people demand bourbon chicken get more respect, either that or at least a place we can get some in chicago, guess what guys i got some bourbon chicken in michigsan!!!!!, where dining so i thought was dizmal, i will give some places to try, michigan detroit, the coney dogs arent real you guys, ive been to the coney island place in new york where the asian dude eats them up, hes really good and i love him but but old joey chestnuts brought the belt back home USA! USA, hes my guy!, some i know were saying it was like when usa hockey beat the butt outta the russians when he won, thats how good that asian dude is guys, these things they call coneys had weird meat sauce and mustard and were sloppy but not sloppy good like a chili dog, midwest has weird food, plus guys on top of that that place is a dump and even the places that are open look like theyve been closed forever, white castle held me over though for the three days i was there but i was sick of their burgers by the turd day i was trying chicken ring sliders, try those guys i like them now too, who wouldnt? rings of chicken ala onions? yes! yes! yes! so then travis city which i know is not that but thats what i always called it until i went and saw it was traverse but i still call it travis, hopefully we can go back here, the wife and daughter saw some guide i brought them which i picked up to see if i could find a mall where i could eat at and they think it looks great, me too you guys, they had a cajun grill!!!!! and the bourbon chicken was fantastic and just like those back home, i even asked the guy who was filling the tray up if it was made with bourbon and i had to ask a few times since he didnt understand me and then he said yes so that settles that argument you guys, hopefully the wife lets us vacation up there so i can go back and try them but i also remain hopeful someone from here will lead me to the promised land which should be in the 708 area code area, thanks agaian you guys, and your welcome for the michigan reviews, bourbon chicken me please, im out

willy e.

I really like this poster. I hope he sticks around.

I, for one, want to see the OP discuss other exciting things as well just for the sheer value of entertainment.

Spotted this past Friday on the menu at 527 Cafe in Evanston . . .






I'm sorry to say that we didn't order either of them.

=R=

527 Cafe
527 Davis St
Evanston, IL 60201
847 332-2233

Kinda like e e cummings with adhd...

I really do enjoy reading him though...

man was I wrong about bourbon chicken... I thought it and this thread was a joke until I tried some bourbon chix yesterday:

asian/bourbon trail fusion thing going on, skillfully prepared, truely cutting edge:



bourbon chicken source @ the Aurora Outlet Mall:

jimswside wrote:man was I wrong about bourbon chicken... I thought it and this thread was a joke until I tried some bourbon chix yesterday:

asian/bourbon trail fusion thing going on, skillfully prepared, truely cutting edge:

Who needs all that good fried chicken you've found when there's bourbon chicken?

At Festy in Nelson County, VA



-Dan

Here is a recipe for bourbon chicken so you can make your own. Does not seem hard.

http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/201809/Bo ... et-Chicken

Just noticed that 527 Cate in Evanston has "Bourbon Chicken Pasta" and a Bourbon Chicken Sandwich on the menu.

Sorry, see this was already noted upthread.