Shrimp (Or Chicken) With Cashew Nuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb shrimp, shelled and deveined or 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed
    1 tablespoon cornstarch
    2 -4 cups oil, for deep-frying
    1/2 cup cashews, i use regular roasted salted cashews for this recipe
    10 whole dried red chilies
    1 green onion, cut into 1 inch pieces
    1 clove garlic, minced
    1/2 onion, in large dice
    1 green pepper, in large dice
    Sauce
    1/4 cup chicken stock
    2 tablespoons light soy sauce
    1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
    1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in
    2 teaspoons water
Preparation
    Combine sauce ingredients and set aside.
    Mix shrimp with cornstarch.
    Heat oil*.
    Deep-fry shrimp (or chicken) until color changes.
    Drain.
    Remove.
    Deep-fry cashews in large strainer until light brown (about 30 seconds).
    Drain, Remove.
    Reheat 2 T.
    oil in wok.
    Fry chilies until dark brown.
    Add scallion and garlic.
    Stir-fry 30 seconds.
    Add onion, stir-fry 1 minute.
    Add green pepper, stir-fry 30 seconds more.
    Remove chilies.
    Pour in sauce, bring to a boil.
    Add shrimp (or chicken) and nuts.
    Mix until shrimp (or chicken) and nuts are glazed.
    Removed to serving platter.
    Serve over rice.
    *You don't HAVE to deep-fry the shrimp and cashews, I usually stir-fry them in 1 T.
    oil* I use peanut oil for this recipe.

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