This is the cashew chicken dish I served when I owned my restaurant. It's adapted from "The Chinese Menu Cookbook" by Hush and Wong.
Provided by tgobbi
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 35m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- *Hoisin sauce is available in Asian markets.
- It's made with beans, flour, garlic, etc.
- This is the stuff they serve with mu shu pork that they call plum sauce.
- It is, in fact not plum sauce and doesn't look or taste anything like plum sauce.
- Marinade (10- 20 minutes).
- Sub other vegetables if you want.
- Heat the oil in wok; carefully add chicken and stir unti just cooked.
- (This shouldn't take more than 90 seconds to two minutes).
- Remove to a sieve and let the oil drain into a bowl.
- Reheat the wok and add a tablespoon or two of the oil.
- Stir fry the vegetables until just cooked.
- Return chicken; stir in hoisin adding a little chicken stock if too dry.
- Stir in nuts& sesame oil.
- Serve immediately with steamed rice.
- Note: this dish doesn't have a lot of gravy, just the hoisin that coats the chicken and vegetables.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1543.2, Fat 144, SaturatedFat 22, Cholesterol 166.1, Sodium 1675.8, Carbohydrate 32.5, Fiber 3.3, Sugar 9.1, Protein 34.8
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