Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons japanese dark soya sauce
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
  • 1 inch gingerroot, peeled and mashed
  • 2 spring onions, sliced fine right upto the green section (scallions)
  • 1 tablespoon roasted and then lightly crushed sesame seeds
  • ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil (Iuse only 1 with a non-stick pan)
  • 2 tablespoons sake (rice wine or dry sherry should also do fine - I infact use a trick my aunt taught me of soaking ging)
  • 350 g boneless skinless chicken breasts, slice into 1/8 inch thick slices and pounded
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 4 large mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 fresh hot green chili peppers, cut crossways into 1 cm segments (you can deseed and use 1)

Method

  • Mix the soya sauce, sugar, garlic, ginger, spring onions, sesame seeds, black pepper (I use lots of it), sesame oil and sake in a bowl.
  • Spread the chicken slices in a dish and pour this marinade over it.
  • Keep for an hour atleast.
  • When ready to eat heat oil in a fry pan over med-high heat and when really hot put in as many of the chicken pcs the pan can take.
  • Cook till lightly browned on both sides.
  • Remove to a warm serving dish.
  • Now add the mushrooms and green chilli to the pan and pour the remaining marinade to the pan and stir for one minute.
  • Pour over the chicken pcs.
  • and serve hot.