Thai Cashew Chicken Stir Fry
WITH Sarah McCarthy
Dinner/Lunch • 30 Minutes • Serves: 4 • Cost: $20.00 ($5.00 per Serve)
Packed with all fibres, including soluble fibre and insoluble fibre, beneficial for improving digestion! Including a ‘medley’ type of rice provides a variety of different nutrients from the combination of different rices, therefore improving your gut health.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup raw cashews, unsalted
- 2 garlic clove, finely minced
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 400g chicken breast, sliced
- 4 spring onion stems, sliced (split in to green/white parts)
- ½ red capsicum, chopped
- ¼ white cabbage, chopped
- Rice, for serving (ideally medley)
Sauce:
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp white sugar
- 6 tbsp water
METHOD
- Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- Heat oil over medium heat in a wok or large pan. Add cashews and cook for 5 minutes until they become a dark golden colour and crunchy. Remove from pan.
- Turn heat up to high. Add garlic and white parts of the spring onion. Cook for 30 seconds.
- Add chicken. Cook for 1 minute until almost cooked through. Remove from pan.
- Add red onion, cabbage and capsicum. Cook for 2 minutes or until softened.
- Add sauce and chicken back to the pan, cook for 1 minute until the sauce reduces down to a syrup, coating the chicken nicely.
- Add green part of spring onion and cashews. Toss for 30 seconds.
- Transfer to serving dish. Serve with rice.