Chicken Cashew

Ingredients

• 500g chicken thigh
• 2 tbsp peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 225g tin bamboo shoot slices
• 1/2 onion chopped (yellow, brown or white)
• 1 floret of broccoli, cauliflower or both
• 6 tbsp water
• 3/4 cup roasted cashews , unsalted
• 1 sprinkle of salt and pepper
• 2-3 spring onions chopped (white part only) to garnish
• Sauce ingredients:1 tbsp cornflour
• 3 tbsp soy sauce , all purpose or light
• 1 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine or Mirin
• 3 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tsp sesame oil

Method

1. Sauce: Mix cornflour and soy sauce until there’s no lumps. Then add remaining Sauce ingredients and mix.
2. Marinate: Transfer 2 tbsp Sauce to chicken, mix to coat. Set aside for 10 minutes+.Cook: Heat oil over high heat in a wok or heavy based skillet. Add the garlic and onion, cook for 1 minute.
3. Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes. Add broccoli, cauliflower, bamboo shoots and cook for a further 1 minute.
4. Add Sauce and water. Bring to simmer and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until Sauce thickens.
5. Stir through cashews, remove from stove. Serve immediately with rice.Enjoy 😊

Product used in recipe

• VALCOM - VALCOM BAMBOO SHOOT SLICES