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Chinese Cashew Chicken Recipe
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 6 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts boned and skinned
- 1/2 lb Chinese pea pods 225 g
- 1/2 lb mushrooms 225 g
- 4 green onions
- 2 cups Bamboo shoots drained, 475 ml
- 1 cup chicken broth 240 ml
- 1/4 cup soy sauce 60 ml
- 2 tbsp. cornstarch 30 ml
- 1/2 tsp sugar 2.5 ml
- 1/2 tsp Salt 2.5 ml
- 4 Tbsp Salad oil 60 ml
- 4 oz Cashew nuts 115 g
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Instructions
- Slice breasts horizontally into very thin slices and cut into inch squares. Set aside.
- Prepare vegetables, removing ends and strings from pea pods, slicing mushrooms, green part of onions, and the bamboo shoots. Set aside.
- Mix soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, and salt together.
- Heat 1 Tbsp (15 ml) of oil in skillet over moderate-high heat, add all the nuts, and cook 1 minute, shaking the pan, toasting the nuts lightly. Remove and reserve.
- Pour remaining oil in pan, fry chicken quickly, turning often until it looks opaque.
- Add pea pods, mushrooms, and broth. Cover and cook on low heat for 2 minutes.
- Remove cover, add soy sauce mixture, bamboo shoots, and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
- Simmer uncovered a bit more. Add green onions and nuts and serve immediately.