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Chicken Hekka

This Chicken Hekka is a simply stir fry dish with a lot of flavor... so ono with rice!
Posted By: Sid Alapai
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Calories 1810 kcal

Ingredients
  

Marinade:

  • 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs cut into cubes
  • 1/4 cup Aloha shoyu*
  • 1/4 cup sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp mirin
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp minced ginger
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp sucanat (or cane sugar)

Sake Sauce:

  • 2 tbsp agave syrup
  • 1/2 cup Aloha shoyu*
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth*
  • 1/4 cup sake or Chinese cooking wine

Stir Fry:

  • marinated chicken (as above)
  • 1 tbsp sesame or peanut oil
  • 1 inch fresh ginger peeled and smashed
  • 1 can sliced bamboo shoots
  • 1 carrot julienned
  • 1 stalk celery julienned
  • 3 stalks green onion cut in 1 inch lengths
  • 1/2 onion sliced thin
  • 1 cup watercress leaves
  • 1 bundle (2 oz) thin rice noodles cooked, drained and cut into 1 inch lengths
  • prepared Sake Sauce (as above)
  • 1/2 block firm tofu drained and cut into 1" cubes (optional)

Instructions
 

Marinade:

  • Combine marinade ingredients in a shallow dish. Add chicken and toss well to coat. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.

Sake Sauce:

  • Mix everything together in a small bowl and set aside.
    Hawaiian cooking does not involve spice. You may wish to add a dash or two or Sriracha to spice things up, or leave as is for a mild flavor.

Stir Fry:

  • Heat oil over medium-high heat. Add ginger and chicken. Brown chicken.
  • Add bamboo shoots, carrot and celery. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes. Add onion and green onion and stir fry for another minute or two.
  • Add 1/2 cup Sake Sauce and rice noodles. Let simmer for 5-8 minutes. Sauce will absorb into noodles.
  • Gently stir in tofu and watercress. Mix everything together well. Remove from heat. Serve with rice, more rice noodles or as is.

Nutrition

Calories: 1810kcalCarbohydrates: 116gProtein: 141gFat: 81gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 33gMonounsaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 290mgSodium: 9181mgPotassium: 3310mgFiber: 13gSugar: 56gVitamin A: 11990IUVitamin B1: 1mgVitamin B5: 8mgVitamin C: 49mgCalcium: 568mgIron: 10mg
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