Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 50 g cashew nuts
• 2 6 tablespoons oil
• 3 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 5 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 6 1 tablespoon Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam)
• 7 2 spring onions (scallions)
• 8 1 garlic clove
• 9 350 g chicken breast
• 10 herbs of your choice
• Total weight: 825 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
6 min.	18 min.	24 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Pour 6 tablespoons oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add 50 g cashew nuts.
2	Fry the cashew nuts until lightly browned, stirring frequently...
3	...then drain them and save the cooking oil for later. Set aside.
4	Prepare the sauce by mixing 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar and 1 tablespoon Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam). If you enjoy spicy flavours, add some chilli to suit your own taste.
5	Pour 2 tablespoonsful of the cooking oil from the cashew nuts back into the same pan on medium heat. Add the chopped 2 spring onions (scallions) and 1 garlic clove and cook for 1 or 2 minutes. Set aside.
6	Still using the same pan on medium heat, use 2 more tablespoonsful of the cashew nut cooking oil to fry 350 g chicken breast, cut into small dice.
7	When nicely browned, pour in the sauce...
8	...the cashew nuts, onion, garlic and the herbs of your choice. Try if possible to include some lemon balm, it's important for that "Thai" flavour).
9	Leave the sauce to reduce a little, stirring frequently.
10	Serve on a bed of plain white rice.

Remarks

If there is not enough oil left from cooking the cashew nuts, just use plain oil.

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