Thai Chicken with Cashew Nuts

8 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 30 min

“A spicy, Thai style chicken dish with flavours of cashews, spring onions, and soy sauce. Serve over rice.” - by Shane Faz

Ingredients

2 tablespoons sesame oil
4 ounces raw cashew nuts
2 fresh hot chile peppers, seeded and chopped
1 1/8 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into cubes
salt and pepper to taste
5 tablespoons light soy sauce
5 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 bunch green onions, chopped

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Directions

Heat sesame oil in a wok, and add cashews. Once brown, transfer cashews to a bowl. Set aside.
Add chile peppers to wok, and sir fry for 20 seconds. Stir in chicken, and season with pepper and salt to taste. Cook chicken until no longer pink. Stir in soy sauce, fish sauce, and sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
Stir in cashews and green onions, and stir fry for 2 minutes.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
443 cal
22%

Fat
25 g
38%

Carbs
20 g
6%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Reviews (8)

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MEGHEN

Jun. 22, 2003

"I thought this dish had potential but was way too salty. Next time I will cut back on the fish sauce and add more sugar. Also I think I will add some rice vinegar...." See more"

laura.j

Jul. 17, 2007

"This was absolutely spectacular it tasted great and we all loved it. The problem that people have been having is that they follow the recipe directly. So here's what we did: added vegetable such as ba..." See moreby corn, bell peppers and ccarrots, added 2 extra spoons of soy sauce and on top of all this we did a little less fish sauce. Bon appetit. P.s If ur not to strickt on calories you can always at a tea spoon of cream which gives it that extra bit of texture."

LISASNOW

Dec. 17, 2003

"I thought this was going to be so good as I was making it, but it was incredibly salty. In fact, we had to throw out most of it. I didn't use light soy sauce either and now I know why the recipe cal..." See morels for it. Also, it wasn't spicy enough. If I made this again, I would cut way back on the soy sauce and up the spice. Very disappointed."

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