Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts


Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
This Thai-inspired recipe combines diced chicken with cashew nuts, spring onions, herbs and a lime-soy sauce.
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Last modified on: June 21th 2015
For 4 people, you will need:
  • 1 cashew nuts 50 g cashew nuts
  • 2 oil 6 tablespoons oil
  • 3 soy sauce 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 4 lime juice 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 5 rice vinegar 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 6 Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam) 1 tablespoon Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam)
  • 7 spring onion (scallion) 2 spring onions (scallions)
  • 8 garlic clove 1 garlic clove
  • 9 chicken breast 350 g chicken breast
  • 10 herbs of your choice herbs of your choice
  • Total weight: 825 grams

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 6 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 25 min.
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Stage 1 - 1 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 1
Pour 6 tablespoons oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add 50 g cashew nuts.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 2
Fry the cashew nuts until lightly browned, stirring frequently...

Stage 3 - 1 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 3
...then drain them and save the cooking oil for later.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 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.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 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.

Stage 6 - 7 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 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.

Stage 7 - 1 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 7
When nicely browned, pour in the sauce...

Stage 8 - 1 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 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).

Stage 9 - 5 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 9
Leave the sauce to reduce a little, stirring frequently.

Stage 10
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts : Stage 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.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe90 RDI=30 %60 RDI=5 %140 RDI=20 %1,770 RDI=90 %7,390 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g10 RDI=4 %6 RDI=1 %20 RDI=2 %210 RDI=10 %900 RDI: 10 %
Per person20 RDI=8 %10 RDI=1 %30 RDI=5 %440 RDI=20 %1,850 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, Soybeans, Sulfites, Fish
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 6.80 €
  • Per person : 1.70 €

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