Chicken and Cashew Nut Stir Fry with a Chop Suey Style Sauce

Name: Chicken and Cashew Nut Stir Fry with a Chop Suey Style Sauce
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tsp five spice powder; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp runny honey; 2 tbsp water; For the Stir Fry; 1 skinless breast, cut into chunks; 1 small carrot, peeled and cut into baton’s; 1/2 red pepper, de seeded thinly sliced; 200g mushrooms, sliced; 50g sugar snap peas, sliced in half diagonally; For the Sauce; 200ml chicken stock; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp hoisin sauce; 1 tsp cornflour mixed with a splash of water; Click to print (Opens in new window)

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Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:02:09 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories500.1 kcal (25%)

Total Fat7.5 g (11%)

Carbs64.1 g (25%)

Sugars34.9 g (39%)

Protein44.9 g (90%)

Sodium2863.2 mg (143%)

Fiber6.5 g (23%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

1 tspfive spice powder

2 Tbspoyster sauce

1 Tbsphoisin sauce

1 Tbspcornflour

1 Tbsprunny honey

2 Tbspwater

1skinless chicken breast

cut into chunks

1carrot

small, peeled and cut into baton’s

0.5red pepper

de seeded thinly sliced

200gmushrooms

sliced

50gsugar snap peas

sliced in half diagonally

200mlchicken stock

2 Tbsplight soy sauce

2 Tbspoyster sauce

1 tsphoisin sauce

1 tspcornflour

mixed with a splash of water

Instructions

Step 1

Add all of the marinade into a bowl and mix well. Add the chicken chunks and fold through so all the chicken is coated. Cover and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Step 2

Next make the sauce by adding all of the apart from the cornflour, mix to combine.

Step 3

Prepare all your stir fry as the cooking is really quick.

Step 4

Heat a good splash of oil in a wok or large frying pan until smoking hot. Tip in the chicken and cashew nuts, fry for about 2 minutes moving it constantly. Remove and set aside.

Step 5

Add another splash of oil add the prepared vegetables and stir fry for a couple of minutes.

Step 6

Add the sauce, then tip in the chicken and cashew nuts. Turn the heat down and simmer for 3 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Depending on how thick you like your sauce add the cornflour a bit at a time until it’s the consistency you want.