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Cashew Chicken

Traditional dish with chicken, powdered ginger, vegetables.

Cashew Chicken
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Ingredients

  • to taste chicken
  • to taste powdered ginger
  • to taste vegetables
  • to taste soy sauce
  • to taste oil
  • to taste cashews, salted
  • to taste chicken broth
  • to taste cornstarch

Steps

  1. Begin boiling the cashews in a covered pot.
  2. Be sure to add water from time to time so that the cashews are kept wet.
  3. Prepare the chicken and vegetables as you would for Broccoli Stir Fry or Egg Roll filling, with particle sizes around 1-inch diameter.
  4. For the sauce, start with 1 cup of chicken broth and 1 tablespoon of corn starch.
  5. Bring this mixture to a boil while stirring.
  6. Add additional corn starch or chicken broth as needed to control the thickness.
  7. You may also wish to add some sugar, orange juice, and additional soy sauce.
  8. Add the sauce and cashews to the rest of the dish.
  9. Serve with rice.

Adapted from “Cashew Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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