Chicken, Soy & Honey Parcels With Rice - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C.
Cook rice according to packet directions.
Meanwhile, cut out four 30cm foil squares.
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.
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.
Put the packets on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until cooked through.
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.