Crispy Pecan Chicken topped with Bourbon Maple Cream Sauce and Bacon Crumbles. Chicken doesn’t get any better than this y’all.

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying cooking from Southern Living Off the Eaten Path: Favorite Southern Dives and 150 Recipes that Made Them Famous which features recipes from “Favorite Southern Dives”. It’s like taking a road trip without leaving your kitchen. After having a huge winner with Chocolate Meringue Pie, I moved on to my second recipe from this book, Pecan Chicken in Woodford Reserve Maple Cream Sauce. It’s from Lynn’s Paradise Café in Louisville, Kentucky.

Cooking With Bourbon

I have been salivating over the picture for months. Any recipe with bourbon immediately catches my eye. Love the stuff. And how timely that my Pumpkin Pancakes with Bourbon Vanilla Maple Syrup were featured yesterday in Buzzfeed’s 23 Ways to Use Whiskey In Every Meal. Now I have a long list of Bourbon recipes to try including Chocolate, Whiskey, and Bacon Chili and Creamy Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie
Make It Spicy

I changed the proportions of the ingredients up a little and added some cayenne pepper and the end result was one of my favorite meals that I’ve cooked. Ever.

When it comes to telling you what I love about this dish I don’t know where to begin. Everything! I love everything about this.

I’ll start with the chicken. Coating a chicken breast in cho...