Brown Sugar Bourbon Chicken
with Apple Pan Sauce, Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Zesty Green Beans
- Milk
Winner winner chicken dinner! Chicken cutlets are satisfying, speedy, and so versatile, which is why our chefs are always thinking up new ways to take them to the next level. This week, they amped up the flavors... big time. Sweet and savory is the name of the game here. Coated in brown sugar bourbon spice, these chicken cutlets are seared and topped with a buttery apple pan sauce. Zesty green beans and garlic mashed potatoes pair perfectly with the main event. Prepare yourself for a flavor explosion.
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
6 ounce
Green Beans
12 ounce
Potatoes
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning
1 unit
Lemon
1 clove
Garlic
1 unit
Apple
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
2 unit
Scallions
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
½ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Peel garlic. Place potatoes and whole garlic in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain and return potatoes and garlic to pot. • Keep covered off heat until ready to mash.
• Meanwhile, halve, core, and dice apple into ¼-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Zest and quarter lemon.
• Trim green beans if necessary. Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. • Roast on top rack until browned and tender, 12-15 minutes.
• While green beans roast, pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Season lightly with salt and pepper, then rub all over with Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 5-7 minutes per side. • Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• Heat 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) and a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add apple and scallion whites; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, 4-6 minutes. • Stir in stock concentrate, ½ cup water, and ½ tsp sugar. (For 4, use ¾ cup water and 1 tsp sugar.) Cook until apple is tender and sauce has thickened, 5-7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. • In the last 2 minutes of cooking, return chicken to pan; turn a few times to coat.
• While sauce cooks, mash potatoes and garlic with sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If necessary, rewarm over low heat.
• Toss green beans with lemon zest. • Divide chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans between plates. Spoon remaining pan sauce over chicken and garnish with scallion greens. Serve with lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the apple pan sauce, calling it "delicious" and a "game changer" that perfectly complemented the chicken 🍎.
- Ease of prep: Some found it time-consuming with multiple steps, while others said it was easy and fun to make.
- Suggestions: Consider cooking chicken on lower heat to prevent burning; some preferred steaming green beans instead of roasting.
- Portions: Several mentioned chicken pieces were smaller than expected; a few wished for more green beans.
- Leftovers: The dish keeps well, with some saying it tasted even better the next day.
Reviews from our home cooks
Surprisingly delicious! Who would have thought lemony green beans, garlic mashed potatoes, and bourbon brown sugared chicken with an apple onion sauce would go well together?! But it did and it was very filling and worth the wait to prepare.
The apple pan sauce was a revelation! The brown sugar bourbon chicken was so flavorful and tender. We are definitely going to make this again and again!
The apple pan sauce was delicious and went well with the brown sugar bourbon spice. I would have liked for the chicken cutlets to be a bit bigger because they shrank during cooking.
Very delicious! My family really loved it. The chicken was tender, the brown sugar bourbon rub was very savory and the lemon zest on the roasted green beans - yum!
I made it without the apple. I could tell it would be plenty sweet enough with the brown sugar bourbon spice mix and no additional added sugar, and I was right. It was very good that way. It would be too sweet and sugary if prepared per the recipe! Mashed potatoes were pretty good, not mind-blowing, but good. I love green beans, but these were pretty bland and not worth the hassle of zesting a lemon. I love lemon, but for green beans, I definitely prefer simple garlic green beans (easier and tastier).
I was pleased with the apple pan sauce. It added a nice sweetness to the chicken. I steamed the green beans with sautéed garlic and added just a little milk to the mashed potatoes. Added to my favorites!
One of my favorites! The brown sugar bourbon smelt amazing the whole time I was cooking it and tasted just as good! I love the fresh green beans and potatoes to pair. 😍
The chicken was outstanding. Bourbon rub with the apple was crazy great. The green beans were a bit old and brown. Not enough garlic. What was sent was teeny tiny. We added more garlic to the potatoes.
None of the foods completed near the same time. Green Beans should be added to the oven once the chicken starts. The potatoes were amazing without added water. The chicken was the best part of the dish! A great mix with the apples! Not sure why it's called a bourbon chicken, no bourbon?
Loved the bourbon seasoning on chicken. Mashed potatoes with the skins, sour cream, boil water, and butter are all things I have forgotten when I do mashed. Good! Easy, tasty green beans!
