Chicken with Cashew Nuts

CHICKEN WITH CASHEW NUTS (Gai Phad Med Ma Muang)

One of the Thai dish that never fail me when I introduce them to my foreigner friends is Chicken with cashew nuts, it's a simple dish and very easy to make.

Ingredients (serves 2):

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  Chicken with cashew nuts

  30 mls (2 tbsp) light soy sauce
• 150g (¾ cup) chicken breast, thinly sliced
• 30 mls (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
• 60g (½ cup) cashew nuts, deep-fried or roasted
• 15 mls (1 tbsp) oyster sauce
• 15 mls (1 tbsp) light soy sauce
• 5 mls (1 tsp) chili paste
• 5g (1 tsp) palm sugar (or normal sugar)
• 40 g (1/3 cup) spring onions, cut into1 in. lengths
• 10 small dried red chilies, deep fried or roasted (garnish)
• coriander leaves, coarsely chopped (garnish)

Preparation:

• Heat the oil in a wok and fry the chicken, turning occasionally for about 3-5 minutes or until tender. Place them to drain on paper towel.
• Heat the oil in wok and fry garlic until begins to color. Add onions and cashew nuts then fry until all vegetables are done for about 1-2 minutes. Add chicken and season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, chili paste and sugar until well combined. Sprinkle spring onions and cook for about 30 seconds.
• Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves and deep-fried dried chillies.
  
  You can try to make with beef instead of chicken which I really like though it better to cook it yourself, for some reason many times beef that they use in Thai restaurant here are very chewy. 
  
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