Hoisin Chicken

Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 large chicken breasts (500 g)
1 tablespoon cornflour
oil
1 teaspoon chopped ginger
2 onions
250g mushrooms
100g snow peas (mange tout)
1 green pepper
2 tablespoons Hoi Sin sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine
1 tablespoon soy
1 tablespoon vinegar
salt
1 cup (250 ml) chicken stock

Method

1. Cut the chicken into strips or bite size chunks.
2. Cut the mushrooms, pepper and onion into chiunks and top and tail the snow peas if necessary.
3. Heat some oil in a wok or frying pan, then add the chicken and cook until golden brown, drain well.
4. Add extra oil to the pan and heat, add the ginger and onion and cook for one minute, then add the mushroom and pepper and cook for a further two mintutes.
5. Add the Hoi Sin sauce, rice wine, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, stock cubes and cornflour-water mixture. Cook for 30 seconds.
6. Return the chicken to the pan, and heat until the sauce thickens.
7. Serve immediately over rice or noodles.

Result

This is a really great dish, but watch how much vinegar you put into the food.