thai cashew chicken

ingredients

chicken

• 200 grams chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1 tablespoon cassava flour or all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup natural taste cooking oil (sunflower oil for frying)

vegetables

• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 small yellow onion
• ⅓ cup dry Thai birds eye red chilies, deep fried -> I used serrano peppers as a replacement
• ½ cup raw cashew nuts
• ⅓ cup fresh long red chili peppers, thinly julienned
• ⅓ cup fresh banana chili peppers, cut in thin strips
• ⅓ cup spring onions, cut into 2.5 cm pieces

seasoning sauce

• 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
• ½ tbsp. dark soy sauce (sweet dark soy sauce)
• ½ tbsp. oyster sauce
• ¼ tsp. ground white pepper
• pinch of salt
• pinch of sugar
• 3 tbsp. stock or water

instructions

1. mix all the seasoning sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
2. add about ⅓ cup of oil to a wok or frying pan and heat it up.
3. fry the raw cashew nuts in hot oil for about 1 minute until golden brown, then drain and set aside.
4. in the same oil, fry the Thai dry chilies for about 1 minute until crispy, drain, and set aside.
5. dice the chicken, coat it with flour, and fry in the oil for about 5 minutes until golden and crispy. drain and set aside on a plate.
6. stir fry garlic in ½ tbsp. of oil, then add onions and stir fry until translucent. add red and green chilies and stir fry for a minute.
7. add the seasoning sauce mixture and stir fry until the sauce thickens and becomes sticky.
8. add chicken, cashew nuts, and dry chilies, and stir fry until coated in the sticky sauce. add water if it gets too dry.
9. add green onions, stir fry for a few seconds, then turn off the heat.
10. serve with hot steamed rice.

source

• eatingthaifood.com