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 ml 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 416.5 ml chicken breast
  • 10 herbs of your choice herbs of your choice

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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.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
Pour 6 tablespoons oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add 50 ml cashew nuts.

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

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

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
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
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
Still using the same pan on medium heat, use 2 more tablespoonsful of the cashew nut cooking oil to fry 416.5 ml chicken breast, cut into small dice.

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

Stage 8 - 1 min.
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
...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
Leave the sauce to reduce a little, stirring frequently.

Stage 10
Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts
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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