Thai Cashew Chicken
A quick 30-minute Thai stir fry dish which combines pan-fried chicken and roasted cashew nuts in a flavourful sweet and spicy sauce.
Ingredients
- 500 g boneless chicken cut in 3cm cubes
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch)
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger sliced
- 1 stalk lemongrass white part chopped *see notes
- 1 fresh red chili sliced *see notes
- 4-5 dried red chilies
- 2 spring onion white part sliced and green part cut in 1 cm lengths
- 1 yellow onion cut in thick slices
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ¾ cup roasted cashew nuts unsalted
SAUCE
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 cup chicken stock *see notes
- 1 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch)
Instructions
- Stir all the sauce ingredients together and set aside.
- Add the salt, soy sauce and cornflour (cornstarch) to the chicken. Mix and let sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan and on high heat fry the chicken till it is cooked and golden. Remove on a plate and keep aside.
- In the remaining oil on medium high heat, saute the ginger and garlic for 1 minute.
- Then throw in the dried red chili, sliced fresh red chili, lemongrass, slices of onion and white part of spring onion. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes.
- Mix in the fried chicken and pour the sauce. On low heat let the sauce thicken and bubble.
- Turn off heat and toss in the cashew nuts and green part of spring onion.
- Garnish with some extra sliced red chili and serve with rice.
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Notes
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You can substitute lemongrass with ½ teaspoon lemon zest.
- If you can handle spice use fresh Thai Bird's Eye Chili otherwise use a large Cayenne or Serrano Pepper.
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Mix 1 chicken stock cube in 1 cup warm water if ready-made chicken stock not available.
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Increase the amount of chicken stock to 1 ½ or 2 cups if you prefer more sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 417kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 28gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 1194mgPotassium: 754mgFiber: 2gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 423IUVitamin C: 56mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 3mg
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