Chicken with Cashew Nuts Recipe

Ingredients

* For frying Chicken

400g chicken breast (chopped in cubes)

1 tablespoon corn flour

An egg

Pinch of salt

Pinch of black pepper

1/2 tablesoon soy sauce (light)

1/3 cup canola oil for frying

*For Sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce (light)

1/2 tablespoon soy sauce (dark)

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

1 teaspoon vingear

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 cup water

1 tablespoon chilli sauce (optional)

1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce

*For Stir-Fry

1 onion

1/2 red capsicum

1/2 green capsicum

1 cup cashew nuts (roasted)

10 cloves of crushed garlic

1 cm crushed ginger

Pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

1/3 cup oil

Methods:

* For frying Chicken

1) In a mixing bowl, add chicken pieces. Then add and stir corn flour, egg, salt, black pepper and soy sauce.

2) In a heated frying pan/ wok add and fry chicken until light brown. Ensure to stir chicken, occasionally.

3) Once light brown, remove chicken and transfer into a bowl and set aside.

*For Sauce

4) Add soy sauce (light & dark), oyster sauce, vinegar, sugar, water, chilli and sweet & sour sauce. Stir all the ingredients, thoroughly and set aside.

*For Stir-Fry

5) In a heated frying pan/ wok add oil.

6) Once oil has heated add garlic, ginger and onions. Saute' until light brown.

7) Add both the capsicums and stir-fry until half cooked.

8) Then, add cashew nuts, chicken pieces and the prepared sauce. Top-up with spring onions.

9) Stir all the ingredients with chicken pieces and stand over heat for a minute.

*Serve warm with rice.

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