Cashew Chicken

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Chinese

2 reviews 
Ready in 45 minutes

Ingredients

2 tb Cornstarch

1/2 lb Chinese pea pods

3 Chicken breasts *

1/2 lb Mushrooms

4 x Green onions

1/4 c Soy sauce

1 c Chicken broth **

4 tb Salad oil

2 c Bamboo shoots drained

1/2 ts Sugar

1 4-oz pk Cashew nuts

1/2 ts Salt


Directions

* Boned and skinned ** Or bouillon cube dissolved in water Slice breasts horizontally into very thin slices and cut into inch squares. Place on tray. Prepare vegetables, removing ends and strings from pea pods, slicing mushrooms, green part of onions, and the bamboo shoots. Add to tray. Mix soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Heat 1 tb of oil in skillet over moderate heat, add all the nuts, and cook 1 minutes shaking the pan, toasting the nuts lightly. Remove and reserve. Pour remaining oil in pan, fry chicken quickly, turning often until it looks opaque. Lower heat to low. Add pea pods, mushrooms, and broth. Cover and cook slowly for 2 minutes. Remove cover, add soy sauce mixture, bamboo shoots, and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Simmer uncovered a bit more and add green onions and nuts and serve immediately.

Reviews


Quick and easy, but needed extra spices added for flavor. I also added a few green veggies. Was good with coriander, chilli and cumin.

nicolajade

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