Spicy Cashew Chicken
Spicy Cashew Chicken – easy and delicious chicken with cashew nuts with just the right amount of heat. Takes 20 mins to make and much better than takeout.
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 474kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 small onion cut into halves
- 6-8 finger-length dried red chilies seeded and cut into halves
- 1/2 cup roasted cashew nuts rinsed and drained
- 8 oz (230g) chicken, cut into small cubes
- 1 scallion trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-in (4cm) lengths
Sauce:
- 1 teaspoon regular soy sauce or Maggi seasoning sauce / Golden Mountain sauce
- 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar or to taste
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Heat up a wok and add the oil. When the oil is heated, add the garlic, onion, dried red chilies and stir-fry until fragrant or when you smell the spicy aroma of the chilies. Add the cashew nuts and follow with the chicken.
- Stir-fry the chicken until the surface turns opaque. Add all the ingredients for the Sauce into the wok and continue to stir-fry until the chicken is cooked. Stir-in the scallion, dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice.
Notes
To learn more about the different soy sauces used in Thai cooking, please check out this great post by She Simmers.
Nutrition
Serving: 2people | Calories: 474kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 585mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g