cashew chicken

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44 Pinches
Albany, NY
Updated on Feb 15, 2011
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Ingredients

  • 3 pounds chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
  • 1/2 pound chinese pea pods
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms
  • 4 - green onions
  • 2 cups bamboo shoots, drained
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons salad oil
  • 1 package cashews

How To Make cashew chicken

  • Step 1
    Slice breasts horizontally into very thin slices and cut into inch squares.
  • Step 2
    Place on tray.
  • Step 3
    Prepare vegetables, removing ends and strings from pea pods, slicing mushrooms, green part of onions and the bamboo shoots.
  • Step 4
    Add to tray.
  • Step 5
    Mix soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar and salt.
  • Step 6
    Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in skillet over moderate heat, add all the nuts and cook 1 minute shaking the pan, toasting the nuts lightly.
  • Step 7
    Remove and reserve.
  • Step 8
    Pour remaining oil in pan, fry chicken quickly, turning often until it looks opaque.
  • Step 9
    Lower heat to low.
  • Step 10
    Add pea pods, mushrooms and broth.
  • Step 11
    Cover and cook slowly for 2 minutes.
  • Step 12
    Remove cover, add soy sauce mixture, bamboo shoots and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
  • Step 13
    Simmer uncovered a bit more and add green onions and nuts and serve immediately.

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