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Cashew Chicken Recipe
Serves: 4
Keywords: Oriental, game, recipe, recipes, Cashew Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
3
Chicken breasts *
½
lb.
Chinese pea pods
½
lb.
Mushrooms
4
Green onions
2
c
Bamboo shoots, drained
1
c
Chicken broth **
¼
c
Soy sauce
2
tb
Corn starch
½
ts
Sugar
½
ts
Salt
4
tb
Salad oil
1
pk
Cashew nuts (about 4-oz)
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 tbls of oil in skillet over moderate heat, add all the nuts, and cook 1 min 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 mins.
- 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.