Salt Chicken

I've never learned something so easy and tasty as this dish in my life!  I learned from my mother the other day when I was back to Japan, which apparently she had learned this dish from Japanese TV program the other day.

This is called "Salt Chicken" but actually, it's "Salt and Sugar Chicken".  First to cut only the one side of the breast to make half the thickness and enlarge the size.  Then marinade the chicken breast in tea spoon of salt and sugar the exactly same amount.  One tea spoon for two pieces of chicken breasts.  In Japanese method, then add 50ml of sake to marinade the chicken breast but you can use white wine or chinese wine or if you don't have anything, you don't have to use them.

Then saute the marinated chicken in the pan with cover.  You will be amazed how juicy the chicken breast can be!  Don't be afraid to use sugar in cooking if you're not used to, because it doesn't make the taste sweet with this amount.

「塩鶏」これは先日帰国した時に母から習った目から鱗の仰天料理！母は「はなまる」というテレビ番組を見て知ったらしい。テレビで紹介されて全国的に大評判だったとか。鶏胸肉のパサパサ感が嫌いな方には是非おすすめ。元々鶏胸肉大好き派の方にも嬉しいバリエーション料理。

先ず胸肉を片側から開く。塩、砂糖をそれぞれ小さじ１（胸肉２枚分）を均等にミックスして胸肉にすりこんで揉む。酒５０ミリに浸してしばらくマリネする。その後はフライパンでクッキングペーパーでおとし蓋をしながら焼いていくだけ。

これは本当に驚きの美味しさなので、是非作ってみてほしい。この日の付け合わせはインゲンの豆豉炒め。