Chinese Chicken Hakka

Ingredients

• 675g skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 140g caster sugar
• 7 tablespoons soy sauce
• 175ml mirin (Japanese sweet wine) or chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger

• 3 carrots, julienned
• 2 onions, thinly sliced
• 225g tin bamboo shoots
• 225g mushrooms, sliced
• 30g watercress, coarsely chopped
• 250g rice noodles, soaked and cut into 5cm (2 in) pieces

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Directions

1. Cut chicken into bite size pieces. In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, soy sauce and mirin wine or stock. Mix well, and set aside.
2. In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium high heat. Squeeze juice from grated ginger into pan, then add grated ginger and stir-fry until brown. Increase heat to high, and stir in chicken. Season with soy sauce mixture, and cook for 2 more minutes.
3. One at a time add the carrots, onions, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and watercress. Stir after each addition. Add rice noodles; cook, stirring, for about 3 more minutes, or until done.