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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.
98 K 4.9/5 (20 reviews)512548
Last modified on: June 21th 2015
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 for this recipe
Preparation
6 min.
Cooking
20 min.
All in all
25 min.
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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.
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.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
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Nutritional information
| Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats | Calories | Energy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 10 g RDI=16 % | 6 g RDI=3 % | 16 g RDI=22 % | 213 kcal RDI=11 % | 896 kJ RDI=11 % |
| Per person | 21 g RDI=34 % | 13 g RDI=5 % | 33 g RDI=46 % | 441 kcal RDI=22 % | 1,848 kJ RDI=22 % |
| Whole recipe | 87 g RDI=135 % | 55 g RDI=21 % | 135 g RDI=186 % | 1,765 kcal RDI=88 % | 7,390 kJ RDI=88 % |
How much will it cost?
For 4 people
6.80 €
Per person
1.70 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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