BASIL CHICKEN AND CASHEW NUTS

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This recipe comes from Easy Chinese cookbook by Elizabeth Chong. I will add more vegies & omit the sugar.

Provided by Heydarl

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 tablespoons peanut oil
100 g unsalted dry-roasted cashews
1/2 onion, sliced
1 red chili pepper, chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 cup fresh basil leaf
500 g chicken fillets, sliced
1 tablespoon palm sugar
1 pinch salt
1 limes, juice of (1 squeeze) or 1 lemon, juice of (1 squeeze)
fish sauce, to taste

Steps:

  • Heat peanut oil in a pre-heated wok. Fry the cashew nuts until they are a light golden brown. Remove nuts onto absorbent paper.
  • Heat oil again in the wok. Stirfry onion and chili pepper and garlic until it is light brown.
  • Add 3/4 cup basil leaves and saute until the mixture is fragrant.
  • Add chicken slices and continue to stirfry all ingredients over moderate heat for approximately 2 minutes until the colour of the meat changes.
  • Add cashew nuts, remaining basil leaves.
  • Stir in the palm sugar, squeeze of lime or lemon and pinch of salt and sprinkle in the fish sauce.
  • Serve with rice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 431.4, Fat 26.8, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 72.5, Sodium 126.4, Carbohydrate 15.7, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 5.8, Protein 33.5

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