Sweet and Spicy Cashew Chicken

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Sweet and Spicy Cashew ChickenCrunchy cashews, sweet red peppers and succulent chicken make up this stir-fry that's ready in just 25 minutes. 5 user reviews.

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Sweet and Spicy Cashew Chicken
Photography by Edward Pond

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Total time : 10 minutes

This recipe makes 4 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	352352 cal
pro	30 g30g pro
total fat	17 g17g total fat
sat. fat	2 g2g sat. fat
carb	22 g22g carb
fibre	3 g3g fibre
chol	66 mg66mg chol
sodium	675 mg675mg sodium
potassium	643 mg643mg potassium
% RDI:	-
calcium	44 calcium
iron	1515 iron
vit A	2323 vit A
vit C	168168 vit C
folate	1515 folate

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Crunchy cashews, sweet red peppers and succulent chicken make up this stir-fry that's ready in just 25 minutes.

Ingredients

1/2 cup sodium-reduced chicken broth 1/2 1/2cup cupsodium-reduced chicken broth
3 tbsp oyster sauce 3 3tbsp tbspoyster sauce
1 tbsp granulated sugar 1 1tbsp tbspgranulated sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch 1 1tbsp tbspcornstarch
1 tbsp white vinegar 1 1tbsp tbspwhite vinegar
2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 2tbsp tbspvegetable oil
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts , cut in chunks1 1lb lbboneless skinless chicken breastboneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in chunks
1/4 tsp salt 1/4 1/4tsp tspsalt
1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 1/4tsp tsppepper
2 sweet red peppers , chopped2 2sweet red peppersweet red peppers, chopped
2 onions , chopped2 2oniononions, chopped
1 tsp Thai chili paste 1 1tsp tspThai chili pasteThai chili paste or sambal oelek
1/2 cup roasted unsalted cashews 1/2 1/2cup cuproasted unsalted cashews
3 green onions , chopped3 3green oniongreen onions, chopped

Preparation

Whisk together chicken broth, oyster sauce, sugar, cornstarch and vinegar; set aside.

In wok, heat half of the oil over medium-high heat; stir-fry chicken, salt and pepper until golden, about 4 minutes. Transfer to plate.

Add remaining oil to wok; stir-fry red peppers, onions and chili paste for 3 minutes. Return chicken and any juices to wok; stir-fry until no longer pink inside, about 1 minute.

Add cornstarch mixture; stir-fry for 1 minute. Add cashews and green onions; stir-fry for 1 minute.

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Source : Canadian Living Magazine: February 2011