Sweet and Spicy Ginger Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 large chicken breasts, diced
• 1 large (5cm) piece of ginger, julienned
• 1 can Valcom bamboo shoots
• I carrot, julienned
• 1/2 an onion, diced
• I large red chilli, sliced (or 1 tblspn chilli flakes)
• 1 heaped tspn crushed garlic
• 3 tblspns lime juice
• 3 tblspn light soy sauce
• 1/2 cup ginger syrup
• 1/4 cup chicken stock
• 1 heaped tspn cornflour
• Sesame seeds, fried shallots , pickled ginger, and spring onion to garnish
• 2 tblspns sesame oil

Method

1. Cook onion in sesame oil over high heat till soft. Add chilli and garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
2. Add chicken and cook till browned. (5-7 minutes)
3. Add ginger, carrot and bamboo shoots. Stir fry for 2 minutes.
4. Combine lime juice, soy, ginger syrup, chicken stock to make sauce and add to pan.
5. Make a slurry using cornflour and a little water. Add to pan.
6. Cool until sauce has thickened (2 minutes).
7. Garnish with pickled ginger, spring onion and fried shallots. Serve with rice or noodles.

Product used in recipe

• Valcom - Bamboo Shoot Slices