Chicken With Cashews Snow Peas Recipes

CASHEW CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, season chicken with salt and pepper. Add cornstarch and stir to coat meat thoroughly. Marinate for about 20 minutes.
• In a bowl, combine water, soy sauce, oyster sauce, Chinese cooking wine, sugar, and pepper to taste. Stir until well-blended and sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
• In a wide, heavy-bottomed pan or wok over medium-high heat, heat one tablespoon of oil. Add snow peas and cook for about 20 to 30 seconds or until tender-crisp. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
• Add another tablespoon of oil as needed. Add chicken and cook, occasionally stirring, for until lightly browned and fully cooked.
• Add onions and garlic and continue to cook for about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add sauce mixture to pan, stirring to combine. Bring to a simmer until it begins to thicken.
• Add cashews and snow peas. Continue to cook for about 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through.
• Remove from pan and transfer to serving platter. Garnish with additional cashews, if desired. Serve hot.

CHICKEN STIR FRY WITH SNOW PEAS AND CASHEW NUTS

Steps:

• Mix together the cornflour, sherry, stock, and soy sauce.
• Set aside.
• Place oil and garlic in a wok or large fry pan, heat over medium heat until the garlic sizzles.
• Add the chicken and stir fry until lightly brown.
• Reduce heat, add ginger, onions and continue to stir fry for 2 minutes.
• Add snow peas and cashew nuts and cook 1 minute more.
• Stir the cornflour and sherry mixture and pour into the wok, continue to stir over heat until sauce thickens.
• Pile onto serving dish and serve with rice.

CASHEW CHICKEN WITH SNAP PEAS

Steps:

• Cook the rice as the label directs. Set aside off the heat, 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
• Meanwhile, toss the chicken with 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 2 teaspoons soy sauce in a large bowl; set aside 5 minutes. Stir together the hoisin sauce, remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, the vinegar, sugar, ginger, garlic, remaining 1 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water in a separate bowl until smooth; set aside.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken in a single layer and cook, stirring once or twice, until golden and almost fully cooked through, 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate, leaving any drippings behind. Add the snap peas to the skillet and cook until bright green, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the cashews to lightly toast, about 1 minute.
• Return the chicken to the skillet and pour in the hoisin sauce mixture. Cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens slightly and coats the chicken and vegetables, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Divide the rice among plates or shallow bowls. Top with the chicken mixture and sauce.

CASHEW CHICKEN WITH SNOW PEAS AND WATER CHESTNUTS

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl add chicken meat, salt, pepper, sugar, egg white, sesame oil, oil and cornstarch and combine well and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Preheat 14" wok with oil over a high heat and add in the marinade chicken, ginger, shallot and garlic; stir fry until the chicken about halfway cooked.
• Add in the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and add in snow pea and water chestnuts and stirring the mixture the green onion and cashew nuts.

SNOW PEAS WITH CASHEWS

Steps:

• In nonstick skillet, cook sesame seeds over medium-high heat, stirring, until lightly toasted, 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from skillet.
• In same skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat.
• Add ginger, garlic and pepper; cook 30 seconds.
• Add snow peas and juice; bring to a boil.
• Cook, stirring often, until snow peas are just tender, 3-4 minutes.
• Toss with cashews; sprinkle with sesame seeds.