Chicken Stir Fry With Asparagus And Cashews Food And Wine Recipes

ASPARAGUS AND CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Freeze the chicken breasts for 20 to 30 minutes and then thinly slice the chicken against the grain into strips. Toss the strips with about half the garlic and ginger, the soy sauce, sugar, 1 teaspoon of the cornstarch, 1 teaspoon of the salt, and the sherry in a bowl. Marinate at room temperature for 15 minutes. Mix the remaining cornstarch with the broth.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the asparagus, scallions, remaining garlic, ginger, 1/4 cup of water, and season with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir-fry until the asparagus is bright green but still crisp, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
• Heat the same skillet until very hot, then add remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Add the chicken and stir-fry until it loses its raw color and gets a little brown, about 3 minutes. Return the asparagus to the pan and toss to heat through. Stir in the reserved cornstarch mixture and bring to a full boil to thicken. Mound the stir-fry on a serving platter or divide among 4 plates; serve with rice.

CASHEW CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken pieces with Cajun seasoning.
• Whisk chicken broth, cornstarch, and 3 teaspoons soy sauce together in a bowl until completely blended.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a deep frying pan or wok over high heat. Cook and stir chicken in hot oil until cooked through, 6 to 10 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and drain any accumulated liquids.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in the frying pan or wok over high heat. Stir fry cabbage, snap peas, asparagus, celery, red bell pepper, green onions, and bamboo shoots for 1 minute. Stir in 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender but still crisp, about 3 minutes.
• Stir chicken into cabbage mixture. Pour chicken broth mixture over chicken mixture, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until sauce thickens, about 1 minute. Reduce heat to low; add cashews and cook until heated through, 1 minute. Sprinkle with paprika.

ASPARAGUS CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Place asparagus in a steamer basket; place in a saucepan over 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 5-7 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and keep warm. , In a small bowl, combine 1 teaspoon cornstarch and egg white until smooth; add chicken and toss to coat. In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry chicken in oil for 4-5 minutes or until no longer pink. , Place the remaining cornstarch in a small bowl; stir in the sherry or broth, soy sauce and sugar until smooth. Gradually add to the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Stir in the cashews, onions and asparagus. Serve over rice.

ASPARAGUS CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Cut asparagus into 1-inch pieces, discarding tough bottoms of spears.
• In a small bowl, mix together the hoisin sauce and brown sugar and set aside.
• Heat wok or large skillet over medium high heat.
• When hot, add 2 tablespoons of oil.
• Stir fry asparagus for approximately 2 minutes.
• Remove from the wok and keep warm.
• Heat wok to high heat.
• Add remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and the chicken pieces and stir fry until the chicken is no longer pink.
• Add the reserved asparagus and hoisin/sugar sauce and stir fry all together until pieces are well-coated with sauce.
• Serve over the hot rice.

ASPARAGUS CASHEW STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Cook or reheat brown rice according to package directions.
• In small bowl, combine soy sauce and cornstarch. Stir in remaining sauce ingredients; set aside.
• Heat a wok or large heavy skillet over high temperature; when very hot, add the oil ("Hot wok, cold oil, food won't stick!").
• Add the asparagus, scallions, pepper, and garlic and stirfy until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Stir the sauce mixture again, then pour it over the vegetables and stir until it is thickened and bubbly.
• Reduce heat; add cashews and stir.
• Cover and cook 1 minute, until cashews are heated through.
• Garnish with mandarin orange sections and/or toasted sesame seeds, and serve over cooked rice.
• Note: 3-4 cups broccoli florets may be substituted for asparagus, if desired.

ASPARAGUS CASHEW STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute the asparagus, onions and red pepper in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Combine the cornstarch, broth, soy sauce and ginger until blended; gradually stir into the skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Reduce heat; add cashews and sesame oil. Cook 2 minutes longer or until heated through. Serve with rice.

CASHEW CHICKEN AND ASPARAGUS STIR FRY

Steps:

• In a bowl, stir together the first three ingredients and add chicken; coat well and set aside.
• In another small bowl, mix the cooking sauce ingredients and set aside.
• Place a wok over medium-high heat; when wok is hot, add 2 tablespoons of the oil. When oil is hot, add the cashews and stir until browned (about 1 minute). Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add the chicken mixture and stir-fry until meat is no longer pink in the center (about 3 minutes). Remove from wok and set aside.
• Pour the remaining tablespoon oil into the wok. When the oil is hot, add the bell peppers, onion, asparagus and ginger; stir-fry until the pepper is crisp-tender to the bite (about 4 minutes).
• Return the chicken to the wok. Stir cooking sauce to blend and add to wok; stir until bubbly and sauce has thickened. Stir in the cashews and immediately serve over the rice.

ASPARAGUS AND CASHEWS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and sesame oil in a wok over low to medium heat. Add ginger, and stir-fry until slightly brown. Add asparagus, and stir-fry for a few minutes before adding soy sauce and cashews. Cook until asparagus is tender but still crisp and bright green, stirring frequently.

CHICKEN AND CASHEW STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Chop scallions, separating white and green parts.
• Pat chicken dry, then cut into 3/4-inch pieces and toss with salt and pepper.
• Heat a wok or 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over moderately high heat until a drop of water evaporates immediately.
• Add oil, swirling to coat, then stir-fry chicken until golden in places and just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add bell pepper, garlic, ginger, red-pepper flakes, and scallion whites to wok and stir-fry until peppers are just tender, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Stir together broth, soy sauce, cornstarch, and sugar, then stir into vegetables in wok. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in cashews, scallion greens, and chicken along with any juices accumulated on plate.