Tasty Chicken with Mushrooms

Name: Tasty Chicken with Mushrooms
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons finely chopped spring onions; 2 teaspoons sugar; 225g (8 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, minced; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 2 fresh green chillies, seeded and shredded; 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped garlic; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon groundnut (peanut) oil; 450g (1 lb) button mushrooms

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Ken Hom's Quick Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 2002

About

Chef Ban Yun Long of the Chinese Embassy in London is the inspiration behind this delicious recipe. If you don’t like dishes to be too spicy, substitute milder red chillies. And if you can’t find chicken ready-minced, you can either mince it in a food processor or chop it with a cleaver - which takes no time at all.

Ingredients

450g (1 lb) button mushrooms
1 tablespoon groundnut (p

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth and slice finely.
Heat a wok over a high heat until it is hot. Add the groundnut and sesame oils, and when they are very hot and slightly smoking, add the garlic and chillies. Stir-fry for about 20 seconds.
Add the mushrooms and stir-fry for about 3 Minutes.
Add the rice wine or sherry, salt, pepper and s