Stir-Fry Minced Chicken with Cashew

A chicken breast recipe you can cook in a simple kitchen outside your home with just pots, pans and stove! My friend – Ria B. (Events & Marketing Specialist) – is travelling with her family to Baguio this weekend and requested for a chicken breast easy recipe idea which she can cook for her family to enjoy! You can also send in your requests with your specifications through eleonorgo@gmail.com! We can craft a menu together for your next get together J Hope to hear to from you.

Ingredients:

500 grams            Chicken Breast (Boneless and Skinless, diced into 2cm pcs)

4 tbsp                    olive oil

2/3 cups                Cashew Nuts (Cooked and Ready to Eat)

½ pc.                      Green bell pepper, diced by 2cm

½ pc                      red bell pepper, diced by 2 cm

2stalks                   green onions, cut into 2 cm length

6-8 slices              gingers, cut into 2 cm length

Marinade

1 tbsp                   soy sauce

2 tbsp                   water

½ tbsp.                 cornstarch

Seasoning

1 tbsp                   soy sauce

½ tbsp.                 wine (optional)

½ tsp                     sugar

¼ tsp                     vinegar

3 tbsp                   water

Few drops of sesame oil

Procedure;

1.)    Mix ingredients for the marinade

2.)    Marinate Chicken for atleast 30 mins

3.)    Heat olive oil and stir-fry ginger slices and green onions. When fragrant, add green and red bell pepper, stir-fry for awhile.

4.)    Stir-Fry chicken until it turns just white and add in seasonings, soy sauce, wine, sugar, vinegar, 3 tbsp water and few drops of sesame oil.

5.)    Add in Cashew Nuts and Stir-fry over high heat until thoroughly mixed. Serve Hot! J

Serves 4

Chinese Style Steamed Chicken

This is actually a very simple recipe for your chicken breast. It’s low on calories as we steam it to its right texture and it’s easy. You can combine any vegetable to your liking but we love broccoli here and it’s very popular accompaniment for Chinese Style dishes. 

Ingredients:

4 pcs.                     Chicken Breast (Boneless and Skinless)

4 pcs                      Garlic cloves (minced)

1 tsp                      Ginger (minced)              

2 tbsp                    Soy sauce

1 tsp                      chili red pepper flakes

500 grams            Brocolli heads, cut into florets

Procedure:

1.) Fill the bottom part of your steamer with 1 inch of H20 and bring to a boil.

2.) Coat your chicken breasts with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, chili red pepper flakes.

3.) Place chicken in the steamer basket and pour in all remaining soy sauce mixture from the coating.

4.) Reduce heat to a simmer and cover.  Steam for  5 minutes.

5.) Turn Chicken Breast and place in your broccoli florets, cover and continue steaming until chicken is cooked through and broccoli is tender. 5-6 minutes more and Serve! J Here goes you healthy Chinese dinner! J

Serves 4