Chinese Chicken
Recipes - Chicken with Cashews Recipe
Ingredients
30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce
30 ml/2 tbsp corn-flour
(cornstarch)
15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry
sherry
350 g/ 12 oz chicken, cubed
45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut)
oil
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic, crushed
225 g/8 oz mushrooms, sliced
100 g/4 oz water chestnuts,
sliced
100 g/4 oz bamboo shoots
50 g/2 oz mange tout (snow peas)
225 g/8 oz/2 cups cashew nuts
300 ml/1 1/4 cups chicken
stock
Method:
Mix together the soy sauce, corn-flour and wine or
sherry, pour over the chicken, cover and leave to
marinate for at least 1 hour.
Heat 30 ml/2 tbsp of
oil with the salt and garlic and fry until the
garlic is lightly browned. Add the chicken with the
marinade and stir-fry for 2 minutes until the
chicken is lightly browned.
Add the mushrooms, water
chestnuts, bamboo shoots and mange tout and stir-fry
for 2 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in
a separate pan and fry the cashew nuts over a gentle
heat for a few minutes until golden brown.
Add them
to the pan with the stock, bring to the boil, cover
and simmer for 5 minutes.
If the sauce has not
thickened sufficiently, stir in a little corn-flour
blended with a spoonful of water and stir until the
sauce thickens and clears.
Chinese Recipes -
Chicken with Cashews Recipe
