Chicken in Dark Sauce with Rice

Last Friday I had to eat dinner alone because my partner ate dinner without me! Well, it's not really his fault since i woke up from my nap at 8pm. Piggish, I know! :P

So since I'll be eating alone, I made do with the chicken wings I've defrosted in the fridge. I wanted a chicken meal cooked simply in soysauce and veggies on a nice bowl of rice. It was such comfort food, really. It doesn't come from any recipe. I just put in a blend of soy sauce and mushroom sauce and a dash of sesame seed oil into my chicken. It's a nice meal to end a friday night after bouts of work throughout the week.

Here's my chicken cooked in dark sauce recipe:

6 pieces of chicken
1 tablespoon light soysauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon mushroom sauce/oyster sauce
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon sugar

Veggies - you can use whatever you like but this is what I had in mine:
5 snap peas
3 baby corn, halved
4 rehydrated shitake mushrooms, halve if they're huge
4-6 florettes of broccoli
1/4 of red pepper, cut into large chunks

2 cloves of garlic minced

Method:
1. Marinate chicken with all the ingredients except the veggies in a bowl. Mix well until all is coated. Let it sit on the counter for about 5 mins.
2. Heat pan with some oil. Once oil is hot, put in chicken pieces in the pan and reserve the marinate. Do not let the chicken pieces overlap. Do not touch them, just leave them there for 4 minutes. You want one side of the chicken to caramelize and brown slightly.
3. After that, add your minced garlic in and now you can saute the garlic and chicken together.
4. Add your mushrooms and saute together for about 2-3 minutes.
5. Pour the marinate into the pan and add about 1 cup of water. When it starts to simmer, lower heat to medium and cover to cook for 10 mins.
6. After 10 mins, add your veggies in and cook for another 2 mins more. Serve with hot white rice :)