Chicken, Soy & Honey Parcels With Rice

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

• Ready In: 30 mins
• 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

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Cook rice according to packet directions.
3. Meanwhile, cut out four 30cm foil squares.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Put the packets on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until cooked through.
7. 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.