From Marion, who doesn’t seem to put a food wrong. I came across this recipe when looking for inspiration of how to make chicken breasts exciting again. I’ve been trying to feed us more protein lately, there are eggs in the morning even mid week now, also trying to wave sugar goodbye as much as possible, with various results…..

This, however had to be tried, at least for science and research, as I have never marinated meat in mayo before. Eh? Oh yes, it does work.

So, before we went to school I sliced 2 chicken breasts sideways, in order to have 4 pieces and seasoned them with salt, before making a marinade out of some Heinz mayo, soy sauce, 2 grated garlic cloves and some vinegar. It sat in the fridge for nearly 3 hours ( Marion says even overnight would be awesome) . Once back home I got some plain rice ready and made the sauce. I had no dark soy sauce, so I used a tbsp of char siu sauce from the jar, also soy sauce, some brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil and more grated garlic.

Onto a very hot pan went the chicken, being turned around a couple of times, until evenly cooked, beautifully browned, it took around 8-10 minutes. Sauce in, quick action and then just to finish, a small piece of butter. The kitchen smelled Asian! Served with fresh chili and cucumber. 2 hours later I would have some more. But no such luck. 🙂