Creamy Chinese-Style Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken

• 500 g chicken breast, cut into strips
• 1/4 tsp each of the five spices (black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom)
• 2 large carrots, cut into strips
• 3 bell peppers, cut into strips
• 200 g mushrooms, sliced
• 200 g broccoli
• 1/2 cup spring onions, chopped
• 2 tbsp paprika
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 4 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil or butter
• 1/2 tsp MSG
• 2 cups milk
• 1 liter cooking cream

Rice

• 2 cups Abu Bint white rice, soaked
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• Salt
• 1 chicken stock cube

Method

1. Heat the sesame and vegetable oil in a large pan, add the chicken with the five spices and paprika. Add the carrots and stir, then the peppers and mushrooms and let them soften. Add the stock cube, MSG and soy sauce and let it reduce, then finally add the milk and cream and bring to a boil.
2. For the rice: use 1 1/2 cups water per cup of rice with the salt, oil and stock cube. When the water boils, add the rice and cook until done.