Chicken with Cashew Nuts- Warm & Fuzzy dish for Winters
Winter makes your crave for Nuts-almonds, peanuts , cashew nuts, pine nuts, walnuts- all kinds! They make you warm and fuzzy inside. They are a great source of low calorie and high energy too. If you planning on dieting any soon, keep these nuts handy and take them between meals.
Chicken with Cashew Nut
This Thai dish is a great winter dish and yes it tastes very Chinese as its originated from China. One of the top 10 Thai dishes for foreigners. It needs a variety of sauces and oils to be used to get that rich and authentic flavour. In thai its called ‘Gai Phad Met Ma-Muang’
You would need
- 400g Boneless Chicken (thinly sliced)
- 1/2 Medium sized Onion (cut it in square small pieces)
- 2 spring onions
- 10-12 Cashew nut (roasted)
- 4 whole dried chillies
- 200g Mushrooms (Fresh and cut into squares)
- 3 tbsp Corn Flour
- 3 tbsp Water
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Soya sauce
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Chilli oil
Take a bowl and quote the chicken with corn flour, add water.
Take a pan and put 1 cup oil. Heat oil to medium heat and fry the chicken until the color changes.
Take out the fried chicken out on an oil absorbent paper.
In a fry pan (or wok) heat 1 tbsp oil. Add onions and cook till the onions become transparent.
Now add mushrooms, oyster sauce, chilli oil, soya sauce, sesame oil and stir fry for 5 minutes.
Now add chicken, spring onions, cashew nut and toss for another 2 minutes.
At the end mix dried chillies.
Serve it with boiled rice.
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Categorised as: Chicken, Thai Cuisine