Shrimp (or Chicken) With Cashew Nuts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 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
• 1/4 cup chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in
• 2 teaspoons water

Recipe

• 1 combine sauce ingredients and set aside.
• 2 mix shrimp with cornstarch.
• 3 heat oil*.
• 4 deep-fry shrimp (or chicken) until color changes.
• 5 drain.
• 6 remove.
• 7 deep-fry cashews in large strainer until light brown (about 30 seconds).
• 8 drain, remove.
• 9 reheat 2 t.
• 10 oil in wok.
• 11 fry chilies until dark brown.
• 12 add scallion and garlic.
• 13 stir-fry 30 seconds.
• 14 add onion, stir-fry 1 minute.
• 15 add green pepper, stir-fry 30 seconds more.
• 16 remove chilies.
• 17 pour in sauce, bring to a boil.
• 18 add shrimp (or chicken) and nuts.
• 19 mix until shrimp (or chicken) and nuts are glazed.
• 20 removed to serving platter.
• 21 serve over rice.
• 22 *you don't have to deep-fry the shrimp and cashews, i usually stir-fry them in 1 t.
• 23 oil* i use peanut oil for this recipe.