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Ingredients
Chicken and cashews
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled
- 400 g skinless chicken breast fillet or chicken thigh fillet, cut into strips (approx. 5 x 2 cm)
- 300 g basmati rice (see Tips)
- 900 g water
- 100 - 200 g broccoli, broken into florets
- 225 g canned bamboo shoots, drained
- 1 carrot, cut into thin slices diagonally
- 3 celery stalks, cut into pieces (4 cm)
- 6 spring onions/shallots, trimmed and cut into pieces (4 cm)
- ½ capsicum, deseeded and cut into pieces (1 cm)
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds, plus extra for garnishing
- 50 g roasted unsalted cashew nuts
Sauce
- 1 ½ tsp cornflour
- 2 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 fresh long red chilli, deseeded if preferred (optional)
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 40 g soy sauce or tamari
- 2 - 3 tsp honey, to taste
- 1 pinch sea salt, to taste
- 1 pinch ground black pepper, to taste
- 20 g lime juice (approx. 1 lime), to serve (optional)
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1867 kJ / 444 kcal
- Protein
- 24 g
- Carbohydrates
- 60.5 g
- Fat
- 10.7 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.9 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 531.4 mg
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