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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 21^th 2015

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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

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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.

...then drain them and save the cooking oil for later.

Set aside.

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.

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.

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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,745 Kcal or 7,306 Kj	88 gr	50 gr	136 gr
87 %	34 %	5 %	21 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
212 Kcal or 888 Kj	11 gr	6 gr	16 gr
11 %	4 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
436 Kcal or 1,825 Kj	22 gr	13 gr	34 gr
22 %	8 %	1 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by 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 : 6.78 €
Per person : 1.70 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken pie, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, Taos hotpot, ... All
	Cashew nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Crispy spinach rolls, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Coriander and cashew nut pesto, ... All
	Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe", Pork Chops Champvallon style, Eggs Arsène, Julia salad, Hachis parmentier, ... All
	Soy sauce: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Marinated tuna and cabbage, Spaghetti with mushrooms, Sautéed chicken with leeks, Red sea bream fillets in a soy-sauce marinade, Pork sautéed with green beans, Asian style, ... All

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