Recipe: Chicken with Cashew Nuts

Called ‘Gai Phad Met Ma-Muang’ in Thai, this is a great winter dish and is considered one of the best Thai dishes for foreigners to taste. Its flavour betrays its Chinese origins. Use a variety of sauces and oils to get that rich, authentic taste.

Ingredients

• Boneless chicken, thinly sliced  400g
• Medium sized onion, finely chopped 1/2
• Spring onions 2
• Cashew nuts (roasted) 10-12
• Whole dried chillies 4
• Mushrooms (fresh and cut into squares) 200g
• Cornflour 3 tbsp
• Water 3 tbsp
• Oyster sauce 3 tbsp
• Soya sauce 1 tbsp
• Sesame oil 1 tbsp
• Chilli oil 1 tbsp

Method

• In a bowl coat the chicken with cornflour, adding water.
• Take a pan and pour 1 cup vegetable oil. On medium heat fry the chicken pieces until the colour changes.
• Place the fried chicken on oil absorbent paper.
• In a frying pan or wok heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Add onions and cook till transparent.
• Add mushrooms, oyster sauce, chilli oil, soya sauce, sesame oil and stir fry for 5 minutes.
• Now add chicken, spring onions, cashew nuts and toss for another 2 minutes.
• Lastly, mix dried chillies.
• Serve with boiled rice.

Madiha Hamid is a digital media professional. She loves the food traditions unique to families. She is running a food blog for Pakistani and regional cuisines called cheflingtales.com