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CASHEW NUT CHICKEN HOW TO

broccoli (chopped into small pieces and stir-fried until tender).

You can however very easily make it with different vegetables.Īll of these possibilities would work well: I love making this recipe with the crunchy, colourful peppers. Somehow I also think it tastes better eaten with chopsticks, but no judgement if you prefer a knife and fork! Variations I prefer to serve it in bowls over rice but noodles go really well too. This chicken and cashew nut stir-fry is best served immediately.

CASHEW NUT CHICKEN HOW TO

Once you’ve added the sauce and tossed everything together, your kitchen will even smell like you’ve just brought takeout home! How to serve it I prefer rice, but noodles would be delicious too. Step 4: Briefly toss through the spring onions / salad onions and cashew nuts. Pour over the sauce and let cook for a few more minutes. Step 3: Add the chicken back into the pan. Step 2: Stir-fry the rest of the veggies. Step 1: Stir-fry the chicken until just cooked through. Just use what you have in the cupboard!Ĭashew nuts: Stir them through at the end so that they get coated in the sauce but stay crisp and delicious. But I find it’s delicious with rice wine vinegar (Japanese mirin) too if that’s all I have. Strictly speaking, use Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing Wine) in this dish. Plus… can you guess what the ‘magic’ ingredient is? It’s Chinese 5 spice! I call it ‘magic’ because to me it’s what gives your cashew chicken its distinctive (and very delicious) Chinese flavour.ĭon’t skip the rice wine, either. You’ll need oyster sauce, soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil, sugar, salt and water. Sauce: I keep the sauce for my cashew chicken simple but with a good balance of flavours. Finally, slice a few spring onions / salad onions, ready to stir through at the end. Then slice 2 peppers (I like 1 red and 1 green) into bite-sized chunks. Vegetables: Crush or slice some ginger and garlic. pop the bits of chicken into a bowl and stir through a teaspoon of corn flour / corn starch and a teaspoon of rice wine vinegar. I like to chop the chicken into small bite-sized pieces. You can even do this earlier in the day to get ahead.Ĭhicken: You can use either chicken breast or thigh. When making any stir-fry, I always prepare everything first.

There are 4 simple components to this stir-fry: chicken, vegetables, sauce, and of course the all-important cashew nuts. Just marinate the chicken in a little corn starch / corn flour and rice wine vinegar while you’re preparing all the other ingredients.

Another simple trick gives you super tender and tasty chicken.Well, not so secret really, but it takes the dish from good to delicious. Speaking of the sauce, it contains a ‘ secret ingredient‘.This recipe contains generous amounts of all the major components – chicken, peppers, onions, crunchy cashew nuts, and of course the yummy sauce.

And did I mention it’s on the table in just 20 minutes? Less time than you could order a takeout, right? But hey, so what? It’s delicious, colourful and healthy. I don’t claim that this is a completely authentic chicken and cashew nut recipe.Why it’s better than takeout (or at least as good!) Why it’s better than takeout (or at least as good!).