I just found out that a son of Igor Sikorski once proposed to my grandmother. Instead, she chose an engineer from Corning Glass.

Good choice, from my perspective.

General Tso has his delicious chicken, and Colonel Sanders has his. I thought Colonel Tigh should have his own delicious chicken, too.

Given that he's a drunk, and that the actor who plays him is Canadian, I figured the two main non-chicken ingredients should be alcohol, probably Canadian whiskey, and maple syrup. So, a little Googling turned up this recipe for "Maple Bourbon Barbecued Chicken". An excellent starting point!

4 chicken breasts (boneless or bone-in. doesn't matter)

Marinade:
1/2 cup bourbon Canadian whiskey
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 heaping tbsp whole grain mustard
1-2 cloves garlic (minced, smashed, etc.)
1 tsp each salt and pepper

And because Col Tigh is a little exotic, and a lot angry, I added the following:

A pinch of ground cumin
A pinch of ground cinnamon
A pinch of cayenne pepper

Really, just a pinch of each. 1/4 teaspoon, tops.

Because I didn't have any Canadian whiskey handy, I used Jim Beam. But authentic Col. Tigh chicken should always use Canadian whiskey; the Canadian whiskey and the spices are what separates it from all other maple/whiskey chicken dishes. Also I used real Canadian maple syrup. I have no idea what you'd get if you used Aunt Jemima; cancer, probably.

Mix the marinade ingredients, pour em in a big bowl. Marinate the chicken for at least 2 hours (though overnight would be best).

Cooking the chicken is a little tricky. The original recipe says this is BBQ chicken; but if you just throw it on the grill and walk away, that sugar-filled marinade will burn up in no time at all, leaving you with poulet de carbone. And that's not good eats. So, I did the cooking in two stages. First, I preheated the oven to 400deg. Then I took out my handy grill-pan and grilled the chicken just enough to get some decent grill marks - trying hard to keep them from getting too black. After that, into a baking dish with a small splash of the marinade on top of the chicken, and into the oven for 20 minutes (these were boneless breasts - will take longer for bone-in).

It was delicious - a touch of sweetness, a little spice, a tiny bit of heat. Somehow it came out tasting a little like coconut, of all things. Yum.

The original recipe says you can do this with pork, too. Maybe I'll try.

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