Chicken Cashew and Broccoli Stir Fry

Elgas - Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry

Look good, feel good and try this delicious, quick and easy stir fry on your gas cooktop (LPG, of course!)

The green, hearty broccoli has numerous claimed health benefits that range from maintaining a healthy nervous system to regulating blood pressure, detoxifying and repairing skin damage to preventing numerous cancers including bowel cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer.  

Overall, broccoli’s energy and vitality benefits come from its most prominent nutrients including vitamin C, vitamin A, folic acid, calcium and fibre.

 


Chicken Cashew and Broccoli Stir Fry
 
Ingredients (makes generous portions for 4):

  • 750g chicken thigh fillets, thinly sliced
  • 2 tbs peanut oil
  • 2 tbs sweet cooking sherry
  • 1 ½ tbs soy sauce
  • 1 ½ tbs kecap manis (Indonesian thick & sweet soy sauce)
  • 1 tsp corn flour
  • 350g broccoli cut into florets
  • 6 shallots cut into 2cm lengths with ends trimmed
  • 55g (1/3 cup) roasted cashews
  • Steamed jasmine rice – served as an accompaniment


Directions:

  1. Prepare rice so that it will be ready to serve when you are done stir frying.

  2. Heat ½ tbs peanut oil in a wok over high heat.  Add half the chicken.  Stir fry for 2-3 minutes or until fully cooked.  Transfer cooked chicken to a plate. Repeat process with the remaining chicken.

  3. Mix the cooking sherry, soy sauce, kecap manis and corn flour in a small bowl.

  4. Heat remaining ½ tbs peanut oil in wok over high heat.  Add broccoli florets.  Stir-fry for 2 minutes.  Add cut shallots.  Stir-fry for another minute or until broccoli is bright green and tender.

  5. Add chicken, corn flour mixture and cashews. Stir the ingredients until combined and chicken is heated through.

  6. Serve the chicken, broccoli and cashew stir-fry over the rice in individual serving bowls.
 
 

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