{"id":27,"date":"2009-06-12T02:15:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T09:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/?p=27"},"modified":"2016-11-21T19:51:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T02:51:22","slug":"sichuan-style-chicken-with-cashew-nuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Sichuan-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe comes from the Nintendo DS title: <em>&#8220;Cooking Guide: Can&#8217;t Decide What to Eat?&#8221;<\/em>. While it looks like a lot of steps, don&#8217;t be overwhelmed &#8211; this dish is easy enough to prepare, and the reward is one damn tasty meal. Can&#8217;t wait to make this one again and again!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Makes 4 servings<br \/>\n396 calories<br \/>\n~25 minutes cooking time<br \/>\nServe by itself, or with rice.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nIngredients:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>400g whole <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> leg (boneless) &#8211;&gt; (or chicken thighs)<\/li>\n<li>40g unsalted cashew nuts<\/li>\n<li>200ml cooking oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 onion<\/li>\n<li>60g small green capsicum<\/li>\n<li>60g small red capsicum<\/li>\n<li>2 red chillies<\/li>\n<li>10g ginger<\/li>\n<li>40g spring onions<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Sichuan pepper &#8211;&gt; (black pepper does the trick, it&#8217;s just a garnish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nSeasoning<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons sak\u00c3\u00a9<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/3 tablespoon potato starch &#8211;&gt; (or corn flour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mixed Seasoning:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 2\/3 tablespoons soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons sak\u00c3\u00a9<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons rice vinegar &#8211;&gt;(white wine vinegar)<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons Chinese <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> stock &#8211;&gt; (or any <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> stock is fine)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon potato starch &#8211;&gt; (corn flour or plain flour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nPREPARATION:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Put the cashew nuts into a small bowl and add the 200ml of cooking oil. Leave them to soak for 20minutes<\/li>\n<li>Peel and chop the onion into 2cm squares<\/li>\n<li>Remove seeds and stalks from capsicums, cut them into 1cm squares<\/li>\n<li>Remove the seeds from the chillies, cut then into thin rings<\/li>\n<li>Peel and cut the ginger into ~5mm squares<\/li>\n<li>Cut the spring onions into 2cm lengths<\/li>\n<li>Cut the <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> into 2cm chunks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nSeasoning the <span class=\"il\">Chicken<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Put the <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> in a mixing bowl, and mix in 1\/2 teaspoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of sak\u00c3\u00a9<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 1\/3 tablespoon of potato starch (corn flour) and mix them all together well<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nMixing the Seasoning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a small bowl, add 2 2\/3 tablespoons of soy sauce, and 2 teaspoons each of rice vinegar (white wine vinegar), sak\u00c3\u00a9 and sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in 2 tablespoons of <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> stock, stir it in<\/li>\n<li>Stir in 1 teaspoons of potato starch (corn flour) and mix it thoroughly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nCOOKING:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Prepare a bowl lined with paper towel to soak up oil<\/li>\n<li>Put the cashew nuts and the oil they were soaking into a frying pan, and place it on a low heat<\/li>\n<li>Deep-fry the cashew nuts until they are lightly browned.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the cashew nuts into the prepared bowl and set aside, allowing the paper towel to soak up the excess oil<\/li>\n<li>Pour out some of the oil in the frying pan (or pour it all out and use 2 tablespoons of fresh oil)<\/li>\n<li>Place the frying pan over a moderate (medium) heat, and add the <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fry the <span class=\"il\">chicken<\/span> until it is lightly browned<\/li>\n<li>Add the onion, spring onion, ginger and red chilli, and fry them briefly<\/li>\n<li>Add the capsicums<\/li>\n<li>Add the cashew nuts, and fry them briefly<\/li>\n<li>Stir the mixed seasoning in the small bowl thoroughly again, then add it to the frying pan.<\/li>\n<li>Once the mixture has thickened, turn off the heat<\/li>\n<li>Transfer it to servings plates, srinkle some Sichuan (or black) pepper, and EAT IT!<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe comes from the Nintendo DS title: &#8220;Cooking Guide: Can&#8217;t Decide What to Eat?&#8221;. While it looks like a lot of steps, don&#8217;t be overwhelmed &#8211; this dish is easy enough to prepare, and the reward is one damn tasty meal. Can&#8217;t wait to make this one again and again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,60,12],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicken","tag-chinese","tag-dinner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.avsky.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}