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Chicken with Cashew Nuts

A delicious protein packed fakeaway recipe you'll want to make again and again.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, British, Chinese
Servings 4
Calories 402 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 100 grams Cashew Nuts Unsalted
  • 400 grams Chicken Breast
  • Sprinkle of Salt & Pepper
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Red Pepper
  • 3-4 Spring Onions
  • 4 Cloves Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Sesame Oil

For the Sauce

  • 2 tsp Cornflour
  • 5 tbsp Water
  • 4 tbsp Hoisin Sauce
  • 4 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 2 tsp Rice Vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Oven On
    Preheat the oven to 180°C.
    Whilst waiting we can chop veg.
  • Get Chopping
    Chop your veg, cut the Carrot into thin julienne strips, cut the Red Pepper into chunks, finely chop the white part of the Spring Onions and Garlic Cloves, slice the green part of the Spring Onions into thin rings.
    Dice your chicken and season with salt and pepper.
  • Ahhh Nuts
    Spread the Cashew Nuts on a baking tray and bake in the oven for 5-6 minutes once time is up remove and set aside.
    Whilst the nuts are roasting stir up that sauce.
  • Stir Up that Sauce
    Disolve the 2tsp Cornflour into the 5tbsp Water. In a bowl mix the Hoisin Sauce, Soy Sauce and 1tsp of Rice Vinegar. Then add the Cornflour and water slurry.
    (If you haven't already take the nuts out of the oven)
  • Let's Cook
    Heat a frying pan or wok and once hot add the Sesame Oil. Then tip in the chicken and get it cooking, once the outside has started to turn golden brown add the white part of the Spring Onions, Carrot, Garlic and Red Pepper stir all together and then tip in 1tsp Rice Vinegar.
    Once this has evaporated stir in the sauce and the Cashew Nuts. Allow the sauce to thicken and cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly.
    Serve piled on fluffy rice or noodle and enjoy.

Notes

Leftovers Tip

This Chicken with Cashew Nuts is truly tasty and leftovers are very rare in my house. However if you have some leftover why not add to fried rice. Or how about using it as a filling for spring rolls. Or fill rice pancakes with leftover chicken with cashew nuts in the place of crispy duck.