Recipe: Pan Grilled Chicken (3 - 4)

Ingredients...

3 tbsps japanese dark soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsps sugar
2 cloves garlic,peeled & crushed
1" peice ginger,peeled & grated
2 spring onions cit in thin rounds
1 tbsp roasted & lightly crushed sesame seeds
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsps sesame oil
2 tbsps dry sherry or sake
12 oz boned free range chicken breast
1 tbsp vegetable oil
4 large mushrooms, thickly sliced
2 fresh hot green chillies,deseeded & cut in 1/2 " segments

Instructions...

1) Combine the soy sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger,spring onions,sesame seeds , black pepper, sesame oil and dry sherry in a bowl and mix well.

2) Cut the chicken breasts at an angle crossways to get wide 1/8 " thick slices. Use a meat pounder to flatten the slices a little more.Put in a flat layer on the bottom of a shallow bowl. Cover the peices with some of the sauce. Do all the chicken peices in this way and set aside for at least an hour.

3) When ready to eat heat the il in a wide non-stick frying pan over a high heat. When the oil is hot put in the chicken in a single layer, laying them out flat. Reserve the marinade.Cook for about a minute on each side until lightly browned. Remove and keep warm.

4) Put the mushrooms and chillies into the frying pan and pour over the marinade. Stir and cook for one minute. Pour over the chicken and serve immedietely with rice or noodles.
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