Food & Wine
Chicken and cashew nut stir-fry
This stir-fry is a quick dish to whip up that will smell so good cooking that you’ll be beating neighbours back with a stick. Who needs takeaway?
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- ¼ small onion, quartered
- 10 small snow peas (purple or green is fine)
- ¼ cup chopped red capsicum pieces
- 2 finger-length dried red chillies, seeded and halved
- ¼ cup roasted cashews
- 250g chicken breast, cut into thin pieces
- 1 green onion, chopped into 2cm lengths
Sauce
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 heaped tablespoon brown sugar
Method:
- Whisk the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a wok or large frying pan, heat the oil over a medium-high heat for five minutes.
- Add the cashew nuts and fry them until they turn a light brown then remove them from the oil using a slotted spoon. Leave them aside on a piece of paper towel.
- Add the garlic, onion, and chillies to the oil and stir-fry for one minute and then add the snow peas and capsicum. Continue to stir-fry for another three to four minutes.
- Add the chicken pieces and continue to cook until the chicken is cooked through (it should take four to five minutes). Return the cashews to the pan and stir through.
- Add the sauce to the pan and toss to coat everything (or give a vigorous stir if you’re not confident tossing). Turn off the heat and add the green onion.
- Serve hot with jasmine rice.
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