Thai Cashew Chicken Recipe !

You didn't ask for it, but here is one of my favorite dishes here in Thailand, Thai Cashew Chicken or ไก่ผัดเม็ดมะม่วง, is simply bursting with flavor. Big juicy chunks of chicken leg meat are stir fried together with a healthy portion of browned cashews nuts in a thick and sticky sauce, together with garlic, onions, mild red and green chilis, green onions, and mild sun-dried chilies.

Here is what we will need to make this tasty dish:

Main Ingredients

• 200 grams of Chicken breast, cut in bite size pieces
• 1 tablespoon cassava flour or all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup of natural taste cooking oil
• ⅓ of fresh carrots, cut into strips 🥕
• 1 tablespoon of garlic, crushed (4 cloves)
• ½ cup yellow onions, sliced into wedges
• ⅓ cup of Thai birds eye red chilies
• ½ raw cashew nuts
• ⅓ cup of fresh long red chili peppers, thinly julienned
• ⅓ cup of fresh banana chili peppers, cut in thin strips
• ⅓ cup of spring onions, cut 2.5cm pieces

Seasoning Sauce

• 1 tbsp of light soy sauce
• ½ tbsp of dark soy sauce
• ½ tbsp of oyster sauce
• ¼ tsp of ground white pepper
• pinch of salt (sodium cloride)
• pinch of sugar
• 3 tbsp of stock or H²O

Instructions:

1. First mix up all the seasoning sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
2. Add about ⅓ cup of oil to a wok or frying pan 🍳, and wait until it heats up
3. Fry the raw cashew nuts for about 1 minute in the hot oil until golden brown, then drain, and set aside.
4. In the same oil, fry the Thai dry chilies for about 1 minutes until crispy, drain, and set aside.
5. Dice the chicken, and mix with flour, to evenly coat it. Then again, fry in the oil for about 5 minutes until golden and crispy. Drain and set aside on a plate 🍽.
6. Make sure you have all your garlic, onions🧅, and fresh chilies, cut and ready.
7. Add ½ tbsp. of oil to a wok or frying pan on medium high heat. Stir fry the garlic for a few seconds, then add the onions and stir fry until translucent. Then add the red and green 🌶 chilies and stir fry for a minute or so. You can sprinkle a few drips 💧 of water in the wok if it gets dry.
8. Add the seasoning sauce mixture, and stir fry until the sauce thickens and become sticky.
9. Add the chicken, cashew nuts, and dry chilies, and stir fry until everything is coated in the sticky sauce. You can add a few sprinkles of water if it gets too dry.
10. Last step is to add the green onions, stir fry for only a few seconds, then turn off the heat.
11. Serve with hot steamed rice 🍚.

Well there it is. I hope you enjoy the Thai Cashewnut Chicken. Thai cashewnut chicken is my favorite Thai dish even thought every Thai kitchen seems to have their own take on it. It is always a safe bet to order while in Thailand in my book. While you are eating, think about being on this lovely beach in Phuket!