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Easy Free-range Hoisin Chicken & Mushrooms with Rice
This traditional Chinese dish is utterly delicious and comforting. You'll sizzle flavourful free-range chicken breast with sticky-sweet hoisin, garlic, ginger and five-spice. Add earthy chestnut mushrooms. A pinch of chill paste for warmth, then serve with fluffy brown rice and sesame seeds.
Prep in 10
High protein
6 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 pepper
- 2 tsp sesame seeds (Sesame) (white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds)
- 80g brown rice (100% Brown Rice)
- 2 British Free Range chicken breasts
- 240g chestnut mushrooms
- 1 tbsp chilli paste (Red Chilli Puree, Olive oil, White wine vinegar, Sea salt)
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger puree IQF, Garlic puree IQF, Citric Acid, Water)
- 25g honey
- 1 tsp Chinese five-spice (use half) (Cassia, Fennel, Ginger, Star Anise, Clove)
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce (Soya) (Water, Miso Paste (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Date Syrup, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans Salt, Rice, Ethyl alcohol), Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Salt, Garlic, Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid, Chinese Five Spice (Fennel Seed, Cassia, Black Pepper, Star Anise, Cloves), Cayenne Pepper)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 532
Protein: 48g
Carbs: 54g
Fat: 14g
Ingredients
- 1 pepper (use half)
- 2 tsp sesame seeds (use half) (Sesame) (white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds)
- 80g brown rice (use half) (100% Brown Rice)
- 1 British Free Range chicken breast
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce (use half) (Soya) (Water, Miso Paste (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Date Syrup, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans Salt, Rice, Ethyl alcohol), Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Salt, Garlic, Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid, Chinese Five Spice (Fennel Seed, Cassia, Black Pepper, Star Anise, Cloves), Cayenne Pepper)
- 25g honey (use half)
- 240g chestnut mushrooms (use half)
- 1 tsp Chinese five-spice (use a quarter) (Cassia, Fennel, Ginger, Star Anise, Clove)
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (use half) (Ginger puree IQF, Garlic puree IQF, Citric Acid, Water)
- 1 tbsp chilli paste (use half) (Red Chilli Puree, Olive oil, White wine vinegar, Sea salt)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 532
Protein: 48g
Carbs: 54g
Fat: 14g
Easy Free-range Hoisin Chicken & Mushrooms with Rice
This traditional Chinese dish is utterly delicious and comforting. You'll sizzle flavourful free-range chicken breast with sticky-sweet hoisin, garlic, ginger and five-spice. Add earthy chestnut mushrooms. A pinch of chill paste for warmth, then serve with fluffy brown rice and sesame seeds.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a sieve, a large frying pan & a measuring jug
Get the rice on
- Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked, then drain
Build the dish
- Dice the pepper into 2cm chunks. Thinly slice the mushrooms. Dice the chicken into 3cm pieces
- Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken, mushrooms and pepper
- Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until golden brown
Combine the flavours
- Add the ginger & garlic paste and the half pack of five-spice to the pan. Add a splash of water and cook for 2 mins
- Stir in the chilli paste, hoisin, honey and 50ml water (25ml for 1 person)
- Cook for 3-4 mins, until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- Check your chicken is cooked through by cutting a large piece in half; the flesh should be white and the juices running clear
- Share the hoisin chicken between bowls, with the rice alongside. Scatter over the sesame seeds
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