While there are a million ways to execute a proper chicken cashew, I have found that this combination is the yummiest and all the ingredients are available in Egypt (albeit at a number of different grocery stores). Plan ahead so you can allow your chicken to marinate nicely. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1/2 kilo chicken, sliced into strips
1 teaspoon dried ginger
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
2 bell peppers (one red, one yellow)
1 large onion
1 cup cashews
extra virgin olive oil
optional: water, flour, soy sauce, oyster sauce, ginger, or ketchup
Directions:
- Marinate the chicken in soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper, and ginger
- Chop peppers and onion into any size you like
- After preferably 30 minutes of marinating, take chicken out of marinade and cook in a wok with one tablespoon of olive oil
- Remove chicken from wok. At this point, if you are cooking in advance, you can stop and even keep the chicken in the fridge till it is time to serve.
- 15 minutes before serving, put another tablespoon of olive oil in the wok and cook peppers and onion.
- Add in extra soy sauce, oyster sauce, and ginger if you like. You may also omit the ginger and add in a spoon of ketchup for a little tangy sweetness.
- Five minutes into cooking, add chicken and cashews
- If you would like a little sauce, add in 1 cup of water mixed with 1 spoon of white flour to thicken the extra ingredients.
- Serve with white basmati rice and enjoy!
