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Cashew Chicken

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This is the cashew chicken dish I served when I owned my restaurant. It's adapted from "The Chinese Menu Cookbook" by Hush and Wong.

by tgobbi·published 2002-08-06

Chicken Breast

Servings

(2–4)

Total time

35 min

prep 25 min

Calories / serving

1543 kcal

Ingredients (14)

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Instructions (15 steps)

04It is, in fact not plum sauce and doesn't look or taste anything like plum sauce.

05Marinade (10- 20 minutes).

06Sub other vegetables if you want.

07Heat the oil in wok; carefully add chicken and stir unti just cooked.

08(This shouldn't take more than 90 seconds to two minutes).

09Remove to a sieve and let the oil drain into a bowl.

10Reheat the wok and add a tablespoon or two of the oil.

11Stir fry the vegetables until just cooked.

12Return chicken; stir in hoisin adding a little chicken stock if too dry.

13Stir in nuts& sesame oil.

14Serve immediately with steamed rice.

15Note: this dish doesn't have a lot of gravy, just the hoisin that coats the chicken and vegetables.

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