The source recipe was written by a cook in Sweden who swapped the usual deep-fried cashews for a 6-minute turn in a 165 C fan oven, and kept the sauce sharp with two spoons of black vinegar. Everything is stir-fried in sequence in one pan, then dressed off the heat and folded together. Serve it over jasmine rice.
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Cashew Chicken and Broccoli With a Sharp Sweet Glaze
Chicken, broccoli and carrot come together under a vinegar-forward glaze, finished with cashews toasted in the oven instead of fried. Sesame oil goes in off the heat so its aroma survives.
- Prep20 min
- Cook20 min
- Serves4
- LevelEasy
Ingredients
| 400 g | chicken breast , cut into chunks |
| 200 g | broccoli , cut into florets |
| 1 to 2 | carrots , sliced |
| 0.5 | onion , sliced |
| 1 | red pepper , cut into pieces |
| 2 cloves | garlic , sliced or chopped |
| 1 small piece | ginger , sliced |
| 200 g | cashews |
| a little | chilli powder |
| a little | ground white pepper |
| 1 spoon | light soy sauce |
| 1 spoon | oyster sauce |
| 2 spoons | black vinegar |
| 1 spoon | honey or sugar |
| 1 spoon | sesame oil |
| a little | oil, for the pan |
| 20 g | cilantro, optional , chopped |
| a pinch | salt, only if needed |
Method
- Toss the chicken with chilli powder and white pepper and marinate for 10 minutes.
- Heat oil in the pan and fry the onion until soft and translucent.
- Add the garlic and ginger, stir until fragrant, then add the chicken and stir-fry until it is cooked through and no longer pink. Lift it out.
- In the same pan, stir-fry the broccoli and carrot until barely cooked through; add a little oil if the pan looks dry. Add the red pepper near the end.
- While the vegetables cook, toast the cashews in a 165 C fan oven on the middle rack for about 6 minutes.
- Return the chicken to the pan with the vegetables.
- Add the black vinegar, oyster sauce, soy sauce, honey and sesame oil, then take the pan off the heat.
- Fold in the toasted cashews and the chopped cilantro. Taste before adding any salt; the sauces and vinegar usually cover it.
Notes
- Roasting the cashews instead of frying keeps them light and the pan cleaner.
- If you use Sichuan peppercorns in the marinade, skip the white pepper; the source treats them as either-or.
Ratios and technique checked against 西瑞尝乐 on Douguo (鸡肉腰果西兰花 Kyckling broccoli). The method here is written by Stellaok; the photograph is the source kitchen's, credited on the image above and linked back to the page it came from. No recipe text is reproduced.