Three Mushroom Ginger Chicken

Three Mushroom Ginger Chicken

(tweaked from Commonsense Quick & Easy Meals – More than 300 Speedy Everyday Recipe)

What you’ll need for 4 servings:-

• 500g chicken thigh fillets, sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled & grated
• 1/2 tbsp (in stir fry) + 1/2  tsp (to marinate) grated ginger (about  5cm/2 inches thick ginger)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground white pepper
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp cooking oil
• 100g/3.5 oz shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 150g/5 oz oyster mushrooms, sliced
• 100g/ 3.5 oz swiss brown mushrooms, sliced
• 1 small red capsicum (pepper), deseeded & sliced
• 2 x spring onions plus extra for garnish
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp Indonesian kecap manis
• 1/2 tbsp soy sauce (or to taste)

Method:-

To marinate the chicken: Combine chicken, grated garlic, 1 tsp grated ginger, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp ground white pepper and 1/2 tsp sesame in a bowl. Mix until well combined and set aside for 15 to 20 minutes or you can set aside while you move on to slice the capsicum and mushrooms.

Stir fry: Heat the cooking oil in a large pan. When the oil is hot add all the chicken and cook until both sides are slightly golden brown over high heat. Don’t flip the chicken slices until they are 3/4 cooked on the pan side down. Cook the other side until cook through. Remove from pan and set aside on a plate. In the same pan, add spring onions, 1/2 tbsp grated ginger, mushrooms and red capsicum, saute over high heat until slightly soften (you can the mixture has shrunk about 25% less than before).  Return the chicken and the juices into the pan, add oyster sauce, Indonesian kecap manis and soy sauce. Toss to mix everything until well combine. Taste to check for seasoning. Add more soy sauce if necessary.

To serve: Garnish with some chopped spring onion just before serving. Serve immediately with rice.