recipe: CHICKEN & RICE STIR FRY

First recipe on the blog, here it goes:

You will need (for about 3 people):
300g chicken cut into strips, 2/3 cup rice, 6 spring onions chopped, 2 carrots thinly sliced, 1 handful of snow peas trimmed, 1 handful english spinach, 1 garlic clove chopped, 1 teaspoon grated ginger, 1 tbs olive oil, 2 teaspoons sesame oil, 1 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs mirin, 1 tbs rice wine vinegar, salt & pepper


1. Boil the rice and season with salt (You can boil it in water or stock, as you like);
2. Heat the olive oil and half the sesame oil in a wok or large frying pan, add the garlic, ginger and cook the chicken until browned. Reserve the chicken.
3. Add the carrots and most of the spring onions to the wok and cook for about 5 minutes. Add soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and stir. When the carrots are soft, add the chicken, snow peas, spinach and stir for about 3 minutes. Add the cooked rice (make sure its dry of any water) and mix all the ingredients.
4. Season with salt and the rest of the sesame oil to taste. Serve, topped with black pepper and the remaining spring onions.