chicken with cashews

How to make chicken with cashews recipe

Serves 2

Total cooking time 10 minutes

Ingredients:
50 g (2 oz) unsalted cashew nuts
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into strips
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 cm (½ inch) piece fresh root ginger, grated
125 g (4 oz) oyster mushrooms, sliced
4 spring onions, thickly sliced diagonally
125 g (4 oz) frozen soya beans
6 tablespoons oyster sauce

Method:
Heat a wok or large frying pan until hot, add the cashew nuts and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until golden, taking care not to let them burn. Tip them out of the pan on to a plate and set
aside.

Place the oil in the pan along with the chicken strips and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until browned and cooked through.

Add the garlic, ginger, mushrooms and spring onions and cook for 2 minutes or until the mushrooms and onions are just tender. Add the soya beans and oyster sauce, bring to the boil and simmer for 2 minutes, adding a little water if the mixture is too dry. Sprinkle over the toasted cashew nuts before serving.

For ginger chicken & rice stir-fry, cook 2 chopped skinless chicken breast fillets in a large frying pan with 1 teaspoon sunflower oil, 1 teaspoon garlic paste, 1 teaspoon ginger paste, 4 sliced spring onions and 125 g (4 oz) frozen soya beans.

Add 250 g (8 oz) ready-cooked egg-fried rice and a dash of sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Stir-fry until hot. Total cooking time 10 minutes.

chicken with cashews