Basil Chicken And Cashew Nuts
- 4 tablespoons peanut oil
- 100 g unsalted dry-roasted cashews
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1 red chili pepper, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cup fresh basil leaf
- 500 g chicken fillets, sliced
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 limes, juice of (1 squeeze) or 1 lemon, juice of (1 squeeze)
- fish sauce, to taste
- Heat peanut oil in a pre-heated wok. Fry the cashew nuts until they are a light golden brown. Remove nuts onto absorbent paper.
- Heat oil again in the wok. Stirfry onion and chili pepper and garlic until it is light brown.
- Add 3/4 cup basil leaves and saute until the mixture is fragrant.
- Add chicken slices and continue to stirfry all ingredients over moderate heat for approximately 2 minutes until the colour of the meat changes.
- Add cashew nuts, remaining basil leaves.
- Stir in the palm sugar, squeeze of lime or lemon and pinch of salt and sprinkle in the fish sauce.
- Serve with rice.
peanut oil, cashews, onion, red chili pepper, garlic, fresh basil leaf, palm sugar, salt, lemon, fish sauce
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/basil-chicken-and-cashew-nuts-221655 (may not work)