Cashew Chicken

A deliciously easy recipe to make for the whole family. Serve with rice or rainbow rice & stir-fried greens.

Thai style cashew chicken with healthy stir-fried greens and rainbow vegetable rice.

Thai Style Cashew Chicken
Yield 4
Author
Prep time
10 Min
Cook time
10 Min
Inactive time
20 Min
Total time
40 Min

Thai Style Cashew Chicken

Tender pieces of juicy chicken thigh, with a slightly sweet, yet salty sauce that is full of umami. The addition of cashew nuts, gives it a beautiful crunch. If you like a bit of heat, you can spice this up with chilli powder and garnish of freshly chopped red chillies.

Ingredients

Instructions

Prepare the chicken
  1. Dice the chicken into bitesize pieces
  2. Coat with the baking powder, garlic powder & black pepper.
  3. Live to sit for a few minutes.
Stir-fry
  1. In a wok, heat your oil
  2. Add in the chicken and cook until beautifully brown
  3. Remove the chicken from the wok and add in the diced onions.
  4. Once caramelized, add in your sliced peppers.
  5. After 2 minutes, place the chicken back into the wok and sprinkle over the chilli powder. (Optional)
  6. Next pour over the sauces and thoroughly coat your chicken.
  7. Add in the spring onion, followed by the cashew nuts.
  8. Garnish with fresh red chillies and more spring onion.
  9. Enjoy with cauliflower, vegetable or jasmine rice.

Notes

For this recipe, I have used a sugar-free oyster sauce. If you are unable to get your hands on this one, please feel free to use regular oyster sauce.


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Nutrition Facts

Calories

509.78

Fat (grams)

39.16 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

8.84 g

Carbs (grams)

12.8 g

Fiber (grams)

1.92 g

Net carbs

10.91 g

Sugar (grams)

3.5 g

Protein (grams)

27.7 g

Sodium (milligrams)

1637.78 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

147 mg

The information is provided as an approximation only. The information comes from online calculators and nutritional labels of certain prepackaged items. Although eatwithjasmin.com will try its best to provide the most accurate nutritional information, the figures provided are estimations.


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Chicken, Dinner, Easy, Quick, Family Friendly, Keto, Low Carb, Asian
Dinner, Stir-fry
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Jasmin Dhillon

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