Sticky Chicken

The one recipe, everyone likes.....

For the chicken, you will need:

1 large chicken breast cut into strips

2 x medium size cloves garlic chopped or minced

1 x table spoon honey, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, chicken marinate (available in your local Asian supermarket)

1 x ½ teaspoon salt, white pepper, coarse black pepper, sugar

A dash of red/white wine vinegar and sesame oil (not necessary but if you do have it, great!)

*mix all the above in a big bowl and marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes*

For the Vegetables:

6 x strips of Chinese cabbage (torn into bite size pieces) and blanched into hot boiling water for 5 mins – or you can use bak choi, lettuce, green beans or whatever greens you have. Harder greens should be blanched longer in cooking boiling water

10 x dried/fresh mushrooms (Shitake or 2 or 3 x Portobello mushroom) sautéed in a hot pan with no oil and set it on the bottom of a nice dish with the green vegetables

For the Stir Frying:

1 x cm ginger sliced/diced - whatever you prefer

1 x table spoon oil

1 teaspoon corn flour with 4 table spoon room temperature water for thickening

So take a hot, hot wok/pan and dash your oil into it and wait until it is nice and hot. Once the oil is hot slide in the ginger and fry for 15 seconds until you can spell ginger awesomeness. After 15 seconds, slide in slowly the marinated chicken and leave for 20 seconds (you want to get some colour or browning on every side of the chicken strips). Keep stirring, but not too often, because you want the side to brown a little and create the caramel effect. If it looks dry, do add a dash of water to keep it from burning.

Cook for 10 minutes and add the cornflour + water and let it cook for another 2 minute.

Once cooked dish sticky chicken onto the bed of mushroom and greens

Sserve with steamed rice, tortilla wraps or noodles and for extra kick, slice some Red Chilies and spring onions and garnish

*Note: Marinate can be used on chicken thighs, drumstick, wings etc. for barbecues/oven cooking – for veggie option, substitute chicken with potatoes (skin on)