East-West Chicken

I had copied this onto a card and had it in my box. It has rum and some other nice ingredients. Marinate, brown and bake recipe.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 5  lbs chicken parts
• 1⁄4 cup rum
• 1⁄2 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 3  scallions, chopped
• 3  garlic cloves, minced
• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 2  tablespoons brown sugar
• 1  cup water, hot
• 1  cup mushroom, diced
•  salt
•  pepper
•  cornstarch, for thickening

Directions

1. Generously sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper to taste. Mix the first 5 ingredient after the chicken and marinate the chicken in them in the refrigerator, covered for at least 1 1/2 hours.
2. Remove the chicken, reserving marinade. Brown the chicken lightly in the oil and add the brown sugar and hot water and simmer briefly.
3. Transfer to a roasting pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper and add marinade and bake uncovered at 350 degrees F. for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Add the mushrooms the last 15 minutes of cooking.
4. Drain off juice and thinken it on stove top with a paste of some cornstarch and cold water. Serve with rice.