The Best Cashew Chicken Stir Fry

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
• chinese five spice powder
• 2 dried thai chiles, crushed
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 bok choy, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 cup snow peas
• 1 cup button mushroom, quarterd
• 0.5 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts
• 1 chunk ginger (grated or chopped finely)
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 3 green onions
• 3/4 cup whole unsalted cashews
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 cups rice, cooked
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 generously season chicken with 5-spice and chiles. saute in a teaspoon of each oil for 5 minutes in a wok.
• 2 add garlic and ginger 1/2 way through cooking chiken.
• 3 once chicken is cooked add bok choi, onion, carrot, mushroons and water chestnuts with 1/2 chicken broth and 1/2 hoisin sauce. close lid for 2 minutes.
• 4 add snowpeas and leafy part of bok choi. add remaining chicken broth and hoisin sauce. close lid for 2 more minutes.
• 5 thicken with cornstarch slurry to desired thickness. add cashews and green onion just before serving with hot rice.