Monday, May 5, 2008

Cashew Chicken

I came across this on Recipe Zaar. It looks intimidating because it has so many ingredients, but I just substituted whatever frozen or fresh veggies I had on hand.

1/2 cup ketchup
4 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 T worcestershire sauce
3 T sugar
1 1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (more to taste)
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 T cornstarch
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tspsalt
3 whole chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces (or chicken tenders)
1/4 cup cooking oil
2 T fresh gingerroot, minced (I used dry ginger)
1 T minced garlic
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, sliced thinly
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 cups snow peas
1 1/2 cups cashew
2 cups cooked white rice

Combine ketchup, soy sauce, salt, Worcestershire Sauce, sugar, sesame oil, cayenne pepper, and chicken broth and set aside. In a bowl, combine cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Toss the chicken with cornstarch mixture. Heat a wok or frying pan to a high heat and add cooking oil. When oil is hot add chicken. Add ginger, garlic and onion. Stir fry mixture until chicken is cooked through and opaque. Add bell pepper and carrots, stir fry until tender crisp about 2-3 minutes, then add snow peas. Continue to stir fry until tender crisp. Add ketchup/soysauce mixture to chicken and vegetables and cook until it comes to a boil. Add the cashews and serve immediately over a bed of white rice.

3 comments:

Chris said...

This sounds tastey! thanks nic!

brooke said...

Was it very spicy?

The Watkins said...

It can be a little spicy, but the reciep acutally calls for 1 cayenne pepper, but I put barely 1/4 tsp in. My kids are too crazy about spicy foods. So you can kick it up if you liker it hotter.