Owen's Chicken Rice

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces
• 8 ounces chinese-style sausages
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1/2 slice fresh ginger root, chopped
• 12 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked until soft
• 3 cups long-grain rice
• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion

Recipe

• marinate the chicken and sausages in the soy sauce and 1 teaspoon salt and set aside.
• heat sesame oil in a large, nonstick wok. stir fry the ginger until fragrant. add the sausages and chicken and stir fry until brown. add the mushrooms and fry for another 3 minutes. stir in the rice and season with salt and pepper.
• transfer the mixture to a rice cooker and add water. when rice is cooked, garnish with chopped coriander and spring onions. serve.