Easy And Healthy Chinese Cashew Chicken Recipe | Resepi Ayam Masak Kacang Mete

Ingredients:
2 lbs chicken breast, diced
1 onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 cup cashew, roasted
2 stalk spring onions, thinly sliced

Marinate:
1 egg white
dash of ground white pepper
1 tbsp dry sherry or Chinese cooking wine
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp soy sauce

Sauce:
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp hoisin sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
salt and sugar to taste
2 tbsp chicken broth
4 tbsp cooking oil

Method:
In a mixing bowl, mix chicken, egg white, cornstarch, Chinese cookign wine, 1 tbsp soy sauce and ground white pepper. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

Heat wok up and add 2 tbsp cooking oil. Then toss marinated chicken. Stir fry chicken pieces until they change color or about 75% done. Remove from the heat and set aside.

Then add 2 tbsp cooking oil in heated wok. Toss chopped garlic and ginger. Saute until it's fragrant, add bell pepper and onion. . Stir fry about 1 minute. Toss in sauce mixture and chicken. Keep stirring for another minutes. Add roasted cashew and spring onions. Quickly stir to blend. Remove from the heat. Serve with warm rice.

Image credit: Allerina & Glen MacLarty

• Invented by David Leong in Springfield, Missouri in 1963.
• Famous unofficial "icon of the city" of Springfield.
• Nowadays, cashew chicken is nation wide well known Americanized Chinese chicken dish.
• Some claim cashew chicken is not Chinese dish but it's Midwestern or uniquely Springfield, Missouri.
• Cashew chicken legacy is continued by Leong's son who open new restaurant in 2010.