Ingredients
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (Dunedin Poultry)
- 3-4 Tbsp sweet sherry
- 3 Tbsp muscovado sugar
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 juice of a lime
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger or 1 tbsp fresh ginger
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic - crushed (Te Mahanga)
- 4 spring onions -finely cut (Janefield Hydroponics)
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil (Dunford Grove)
- Salt & pepper
- To serve:
- 2 bunches of greens -I used silverbeet (Oamaru Organics)
- 1 cup brown rice
Vendors
Tags
Poultry
Silverbeet
Sherry & Ginger Chicken
Method
- Preheat the oven to just around 150 degrees C
- Using a medium size bowl mix all the ingredients except the chicken
- Cut the chicken into strips and put into the bowl, cover and sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours
- Keeping the spring onion ends for garnish
- Wash the silverbeet then shred and drain well
- Cook the rice to the packet
- You will need a heavy fry pan to fry off the chicken, preheat the pan to a medium heat
- Add the oil, and cook the chicken in batches so as not to lose the heat
- The internal heat of the chicken should be around 75 degrees
- Rest the chicken in the pre-warmed oven, while cooking the greens
- Using the same pan, add a splash of water to the silverbeet, they will only take 2 to 3 minutes to cook
- Let the pan juice heat and thicken
- To serve: Lay out the rice, then the wilted silverbeet and spread the chicken out on top, pour the pan juice over and garnish with the green ends of the spring onions
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Recipe by: Amy Dougherty
