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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.

83 K 4.9/5 (19 reviews)

25 min.

Easy

£5.80

4 people

10 Ingredients

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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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.

...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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	90 RDI=30 %	60 RDI=5 %	140 RDI=20 %	1,770 RDI=90 %	7,390 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=4 %	6 RDI=1 %	20 RDI=2 %	210 RDI=10 %	900 RDI: 10 %
Per person	20 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 : £5.80
Per person : £1.45

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