Ginger Chicken en Papillote

Chicken breast with mushroom and leek topping.

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5 from 1 vote

Ginger Chicken en Papillote is cooked in a parchment paper pouch so the breasts come out moist and flavourful!

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time55

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: servings

Calories: 170kcal

Author: Carolyn Hetke

Ingredients

6 chicken breasts boneless, skinless
2 tsps soy sauce
⅓ cup rice wine (Mirin) or sub 3 Tbsps white wine + 2 Tbsps rice vinegar
1 ½ tsps oyster sauce
1 ½ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 ½ teaspoon oil
¾ lb shitake mushrooms or mushrooms of your choice, chopped coarsely
2 bunches green onions white and light green parts shredded
6 inches fresh ginger root peeled and finely julienned
1-2 tsps sesame oil
6 squares parchment paper about 15" X 15"

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Coat chicken breasts with soy sauce. Let them rest while you prep the rest of the recipe.
Peel the ginger root and cut into 6 one inch pieces. Julienne each piece into very fine lengths.
Mix rice wine, oyster sauce, sugar, salt and pepper together in a cup.
Heat oil in a sauce pan or wok. Add mushrooms and rice wine mixture. Saute until liquid has evaporated substantially - about 10 minutes. Add the green onions and cook another minute.
Brush one half of the square of parchment paper with sesame oil, leaving an edge of a couple of inches. Position the chicken breast on the far edge of the oiled area.
Top with ⅙ of the mushroom mixture and ⅙ of the ginger. Wrap the paper around the chicken breast on the long side of the breast. It should make one full round plus half a second round, so the edge ends up on the underside of the breast. Carefully crease the 2 ends of the paper closed and tuck under the breast. Be sure the wrapped chicken has no openings or it will not cook properly.
Repeat with the remaining breasts.
Place packets on a sheet pan. Do not crowd the packets. Bake at 375 degrees about 30 minutes.
When chicken is done, transfer breasts and toppings to a serving platter. (See Note 1)

Notes

Note 1: You can plate the closed packet and allow each diner to cut open their packet at the table. You will need to provide scissors for them to cut an X opening on the top of the packet.

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