This meal is always my go-to meal if we are getting Asian takeaways, it is a very popular dish in Chinese takeaway joints across the world. Now you can make this at home, and better yet, you can adapt it to your liking!
Sticky Cashew Chicken With Jasmine Rice & Asian Greens
Sticky Cashew Chicken With Jasmine Rice & Asian Greens
Equipment
Ingredients
For The Sticky Sauce
- 160 ml Hoisin sauce
- 80 ml Soya sauce
- 40 ml White vinegar
- 20 ml Sriracha sauce
- 60 g Butter beans
- 12 g Chopped garlic
- 8 g Minced ginger
For The Chicken
- 120 g Cake flour
- 120 g Corn flour
- 4 g Turmeric
- 2 g Fine pepper
- 240 ml Water
- 600 g Chicken breasts (cubed)
- 40 g Cashew nuts
For The Jasmine Rice
- 240 g Pumpkin seeds (cooked)
For The Asian Greens
- 160 g Pak choi
- 160 g White cabbage
- 120 g Baby spinach
- 40 g Sugar snaps peas
- 20 ml Olive oil
- 40 ml Lemon juice
- 2 g Turmeric
- 2 g Fine salt
Method
For The Sticky Sauce
- Combine all the ingredients together & mix well. Set aside.
For The Chicken
- Mix flour, corn flour, salt & paprika together. Divide in half.
- Combine one half of the flour mix with water to make a loose batter.
- Dust the chicken in dry flour mix then dip into batter. Shallow fry in hot oil for 3 minutes on each side.
- Remove from pan & drain excess oil on paper towel.
- Put the chicken back into the pan, add sauce & cashew nuts.
- Stir for about 1 min until coated.
For The Jasmine Rice
- Cook & serve with chicken.
For The Asian Greens
- Heat oil in a pan. Add veg & seasoning.
- Fry until wilted then add lemon juice. Cook until juice has evaporated.
Chefs Tips
Not only is this an amazingly easy and tasty dish, it can also be easily adapted to cater for your vegetarian friends. Simply replace the chicken with cubes of Aubergine and you have a vegetarian friendly version of this amazing dish. In all honesty, I prefer the Aubergine version.
Nutritional Information
Calories: 992kcalCarbohydrates: 86gProtein: 66gFat: 46gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 16gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 2433mgPotassium: 1853mgFiber: 12gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 5711IUVitamin C: 66mgCalcium: 213mgIron: 11mg
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