Poppit’s Creative Cooking – Tuesday Night
Poppit – Even though we only had Thai on the weekend (Mum’s choice for Mother’s Day), I really felt like making something stir-fry to have with rice. This is a favourite dish of mine and although I have made it before, I changed a few of the ingredients. Also, I didn’t make the coconut rice this time but it’s very easy to make and I’ll include the recipe for that as well.
Cashew Nut Chicken Recipe:
– 500g chicken breast, cut into cubes
– 1 capsicum, cut into strips
– 2 garlic gloves
– 4 red chillies (only 2 if they’re particularly hot)
– 2 tbsp oil
– 2 tbsp oyster sauce
– 1 tbsp soy sauce
– 1 tbsp brown sugar
– 2 green onions, sliced thinly
– 1/2 cup cashews, roasted
– 1 small brown onion, chopped finely
– 2 tbsp lemon rind
– 2 tbsp lemon juice
– Fresh lemon grass stick, chopping finely
– 230g can whole water chestnuts, rinsed and drained
– 300g broccoli, cut into pieces
Method:
1. Have all ingredients ready and cut up. Stir-frying in a wok is a quick process so you don’t want to be chopping while you’re cooking. You’ll burn everything!
2. Combine the chicken, sauces, rind, lemon juice, sugar and lemon grass in a medium bowl (can let this marinated for a few hours but don’t need to).
3. Heat half the oil in the wok and stir-fry the chicken until browned before removing from wok.
4. Heat remaining oil and stir-fry brown onion, garlic and chilli until onion softens.
5. Add broccoli, capsicum and chestnuts and stir-fry until broccoli is tender.
6. Return chicken to wok and stir-fry until hot.
7. Serve on plate with rice and sprinkle with green onion and cashews.
Coconut Rice:
– 250ml water
– 2 cups coconut milk
– 1/2 tsp salt
– 2 tbsp sugar
– 2 2/3 cups Jasmine Rice
Method:
1. Wash the rice until the water runs clear.
2. Put water, coconut milk, salt and sugar in heavy pan.
3. Add Jasmine Rice. Cover tightly with a lid and bring to the boil over medium heat.
4. Reduce heat to low and simmer gently, without lifting the lid unnecessarily for 15-20 minutes until the rice is tender.
5. Turn off heat and let sit for 5 – 10 mins.
Hint – Don’t have the heat too high as it will burn easily on the bottom of the pan.
Cooking with a Puppet 