Chicken Cashew Nuts

Name: Chicken Cashew Nuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 Minutes
Yield: 5 servings

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5 people

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Ingredients 13 items

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
750 g boneless and skinned chicken breasts cut into cubes
1 teaspoon fresh ginger chopped
4 cups water or 1 liter
3 tablespoons MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder
2 cubes MAGGI Chicken Stock
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 cup fresh shiitake mushroom, soaked and drained, chopped
1 medium carrot, sliced
½ cup spring onions, sliced
1½ tablespoons corn flour, dissolved in 2 tablespoons water
1 cup unsalted roasted cashew nuts

How to prepare

Heat oil in a pan, add chicken and cook until light golden brown. Add ginger, water, MAGGI Coconut Milk powder, MAGGI Chicken Stock cubes, soy sauce and oyster sauce. Cook on low heat for 7 minutes.
Add shiitake mushrooms, carrots and spring onions. Pour dissolved corn flour and stir well. Cook for another 3 minutes then remove from heat.
Add the cashew nuts and serve.

By far the most popular chinese dish! Chicken cashew nuts is yummy and rich in nutrients; proteins from the chicken, vitamins and minerals from the veggies and healthy fats from the cashew nuts! What's missing? A source of carbohydrates that you can get by serving this dish with noodles or steamed rice. Bon appetit!

What's so special about shiitake mushrooms?

Known also as black mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms contain many vitamins and minerals, and they are especially rich in pantothenic acid and selenium.