Chicken Recipe: Chicken and Cashew Nuts
Ingredients
- 12 oz chicken breast, sliced into 1-inch pieces
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- Oil for deep frying
- 1 cup cashew nuts
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1 small onion, peeled and cubed
- 1 inch fresh root ginger, peeled and sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 3 oz snow peas
- 2 oz bamboo shoots, thinly sliced
- #Sauce#
- 2 tsps cornstarch
- 1 tbsp Hoisin sauce
- 3/4 cup chicken stock
- Pinch monosodium glutamate (optional)
Instructions
- #A popular combination that works extremely well. Roll the chicken pieces in cornstarch. Discard the remaining cornstarch.# Roll the chicken pieces in cornstarch. Discard the remaining cornstarch.
- Mix the seasoning ingredients together and pour over chicken. Leave to stand for 10 minutes.
- Heat oil for deep frying and fry cashew nuts until golden brown. Remove the nuts and drain on paper towels.
- Heat 2 tbsps oil in a wok and stir-fry the onions, ginger and garlic for 2-3 minutes.
- Add snow peas and bamboo shoots and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Remove the fried ingredients.
- Add 1 tbsp oil to the wok and fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes. Remove the chicken.
- Clean the wok and add a further 2 tsps oil and return chicken, cashew nuts and fried onions etc. to the wok.
- Prepare the sauce by mixing the cornstarch, Hoisin sauce, chicken stock & and monosodium glutamate together.
- Pour over the chicken. Mix well and cook until the sauce thickens and becomes transparent. #VARIATION# A few chunks of pineapple will add extra zest to the dish.
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