Japanese Chicken

• 4 medium dried Chinese mushrooms
• 2 large chicken breasts
• 2 medium carrots
• 1 can bamboo shoot
• 3 tablespoons chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons sake or 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
• 12 cup lightly cooked green peas
• rice

1. Wash mushrooms, soak in warm water for 20 minutes, rinse, squeeze dry, remove stalks and cut the caps into quarters.
2. Skin the chicken breasts, cut lengthwise into halves, carefully remove the bones, cut flesh into 1/2 inch squares.
3. Dice the carrots and drained bamboo shoots.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil.
5. add chicken, carrots, mushrooms and bamboo shoots, cook over high heat, stirring for 2 minutes.
6. Add the stock, sake and sugar, cook over moderate heat, stirring frequently, for another 7 minutes.
7. Stir in the soy sauce and cook gently until chicken is tender, stir in the green peas and reheat.
8. Serve with rice.

dried chinese mushrooms, chicken breasts, carrots, bamboo shoot, chicken stock, sake, sugar, shoyu, lightly cooked green peas, rice

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/japanese-chicken-32414 (may not work)