Chicken, Soy & Honey Parcels With Rice

Name: Chicken, Soy & Honey Parcels With Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 shallots, thinly sliced; 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 4 teaspoons clear honey; 4 tablespoons mirin or 4 tablespoons dry sherry; 5 cm gingerroot, fine shreds; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 4 spring onions, shredded; 200 g water chestnuts, chopped; 200 g rice

Submitted by Moor Driver

"A quick and easy weeknight dinner recipe. Cooked in foil parcels so there's hardly any cleanup either!"

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 shallots, thinly sliced
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 teaspoons clear honey
4 tablespoons mirin or 4 tablespoons dry sherry
5 cm gingerroot, fine shreds
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4 spring onions, shredded
200 g water chestnuts, chopped
200 g rice

directions

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Cook rice according to packet directions.
Meanwhile, cut out four 30cm foil squares.
Put a chicken breast onto each square and top with a sliced shallot each. Bring the foil sides up around each and seal at the short ends.
Put 1 tbsp of soysauce, 1 tsp honey, and 1 tbsp mirin into each packet. Divide the shredded ginger and minced garlic among the packets. Seal the packets.
Put the packets on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until cooked through.
Mix the spring onions and water chestnuts into the cooked rice and put onto 4 plates. Slice the chicken breasts and arrange on top of the rice and serve.