Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
This Thai-inspired recipe combines diced chicken with cashew nuts, spring onions, herbs and a lime-soy sauce.
43,6954.9/5 for 18 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: June 21th 2015
For 4 people, you will need:
- 0
50 g cashew nuts - 1
6 tablespoons oil - 2
2 tablespoons soy sauce - 3
1 tablespoon lime juice - 4
1 tablespoon rice vinegar - 5
1 tablespoon Vietnamese fish sauce (nuoc mam) - 6
2 spring onions (scallions) - 7
1 garlic clove - 8
350 g chicken breast - 9
herbs of your choice - Total weight: 825 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 6 min. | 18 min. | 24 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 1 min.
Pour 6 tablespoons oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add 50 g cashew nuts.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Fry the cashew nuts until lightly browned, stirring frequently...
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
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.
If you enjoy spicy flavours, add some chilli to suit your own taste.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
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.
Set aside.
Stage 6 - 7 min.
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.
When nicely browned, pour in the sauce...
Stage 8 - 1 min.
...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.
Leave the sauce to reduce a little, stirring frequently.
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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,765 Kcal or 7,390 Kj | 86 gr | 50 gr | 136 gr |
| 88 % | 33 % | 5 % | 21 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 214 Kcal or 896 Kj | 10 gr | 6 gr | 16 gr |
| 11 % | 4 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 441 Kcal or 1,846 Kj | 22 gr | 13 gr | 34 gr |
| 22 % | 8 % | 1 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 6.78 €
- Per person : 1.70 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken nems, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Chorba, Paella, Coq au vin, ... All |
| Cashew nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower curry, Crispy spinach rolls, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Coriander and cashew nut pesto, ... All |
| Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sesame fried scampi, Crab Cakes, Rémoulette dressing, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", ... All |
| Soy sauce: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chinese style chicken, Sushi, Scandinavian cocktail, Chicken nems, Vietnamese prawns, ... All |
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