Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nut Bliss
Enjoy your own magical night of cooking and eating this nutty, sweet, spicy Thai dish.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 cup of flour
- 3-4 chicken breasts, thinly sliced into bite-sized pieces
- 5 garlic cloves minced, or lightly smashed in your mortar and pestle
- 6-8 dried red chilies (depending on heat tolerance) chopped into 1 in. pieces
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper, sliced into strips
- 2 cups of sliced, fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup of cashew nuts
- 5 green onion stalks, cut into 2 in. pieces
- 2-3 tbsp. of Thai chili paste
- 3-4 tbsp. of oyster sauce
- 2 tsp. of Thai soy sauce
- 2-3 tbsp. of sugar
Instructions
- 1
Mix the flour with the chicken. Add more if needed until all chicken has been floured 🙂
- 2
Heat cooking oil of your choice in your wok or pan until hot. Add chicken and cook until light brown. Remove chicken and place on plate.
- 3
Add more oil if needed, throw in the garlic, red pepper, chilies and onion.
- 4
Stir until fragrant and red pepper is soft.
- 5
Toss in the chicken again, mushrooms and cashews.
- 6
Add the chili paste, sauces and sugar to taste. Remember, just add a little at at time of each until you reach your preferred flavor.
- 7
Once taste is the perfect blend of sweet, savory and spicy, and mushrooms are cooked, add in green onion and turn off heat.
- 8
Stir and enjoy!