Chicken And Almonds (Healthy) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup chopped green beans
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup chopped red capsicum
2 tablespoons cold-press virgin olive oil
1/2 cup skinned almonds
1/2 cup diced onion
500 g skinless chicken pieces
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon finely diced fresh gingerroot
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
2 -3 cups chicken stock
2 tablespoons cornflour
3 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
1 spring onion, chopped
10 sprigs fresh coriander
1/4 cup chopped basil leaves

Preparation

Steam the beans, celery and capsicum, starting with the beans first, then adding the celery and lastly the capsicum for a few minutes. Set aside.
Heat oil and fry almonds until golden brown, remove from oil and drain on kitchen paper. Saute onion in the same pan for 2 minutes, then add chicken pieces and saute for 2 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, mushrooms, stir and saute for 2 minutes, adding water if the mixture gets too dry. Add 1 small cup chicken stock and cook for 10 minutes.
Blend cornflour with the remainder of the chicken stock and stir slowly into saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes while stirring. Add the steamed vegetables, soy sauce, spring onion and fresh herbs.
Serve with rice.