Poultry and Game Recipes - Chicken with Cashews Recipe

  
 

Poultry and Game Recipes - Chicken with Cashews Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 3-4

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

  • 1 bunch of spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally

  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed

  • 125 g/4 oz cashews pepper boiled rice, to serve 

Sauce:

  • 2 teaspoons corn flour

  • 6 tablespoons Chicken Stock or water

  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry

  • 2 teaspoons dark soft brown sugar

Method:

  1. First prepare the sauce. Place the corn flour in a bowl, add 1 tablespoon of the stock or water and work to a paste.

  2. Stir in the remaining stock or water, the soy sauce, rice wine or sherry and sugar. Set aside. Cut the chicken breasts into thin strips across the grain.

  3. Heat the oil in a preheated wok or frying pan over a moderate heat. Add the chicken strips, increase the heat to high and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until lightly colored on all sides.

  4. Add the spring onions and garlic and stir-fry for a further 1 minute. Stir the sauce to mix, then pour into the wok. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly.

  5. Add the cashews and toss to combine with the chicken and spring onions. Season with pepper to taste and serve immediately with rice.