Chicken & Roasted Red Pepper Bake with Bourbon Sauce

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Slice your boneless chicken breasts in half horizontally, giving you a piece of chicken half as thick. Then cut the chicken into 1″ cubes.

2. Next, put the bread crumbs in a bowl and add chicken pieces. Mix the chicken and breadcrumbs, making sure the chicken is well coated.

3. Pour a bit of olive oil onto the bottom of your oven safe dish so that the chicken does not stick to it. Pour chicken into the dish and drizzle with more olive oil. Place the uncovered dish into the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

4. While the chicken is baking make your sauce. Combine bourbon, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic powder and balsamic vinegar in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 10 minutes, whisking to combine. Sauce will thicken.

5. Slice your roasted red peppers into 1″ pieces. Once the 20 minutes is up, mix the roasted red peppers in with your chicken. Pour the bourbon sauce over the chicken and roasted red pepper mixture. Return to oven, and continue to cook uncovered for 20 minutes.

4. Sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired. Serve warm over rice.