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Chinese Cashew Chicken

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

3 Chicken breasts,
Boned and skinned
1/2 lb Chinese pea pods
1/2 lb Mushrooms
4 Green onions
2 c Bamboo shoots, drained
1 c Chicken broth,
Or bouillon cube dissolved
In water
1/4 c Soy sauce
2 tb Corn starch
1/2 ts Sugar
1/2 ts Salt
4 tb Salad oil
1 pk Cashew nuts
(about 4-oz)

Slice breasts horizontally into very thin slices and cut into inch
squares. Place on tray. Prepare vegetables, removing ends and
strings from pea pods, slicing mushrooms, green part of onions, and
the bamboo shoots. Add to tray. Mix soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar,
and salt. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in skillet over moderate heat, add
all the nuts, and cook 1 minute shaking the pan, toasting the nuts
lightly. Remove and reserve. Pour remaining oil in pan, fry chicken
quickly, turning often until it looks opaque. Lower heat to low. Add
pea pods, mushrooms, and broth. Cover and cook slowly for 2 minutes.
Remove cover, add soy sauce mixture, bamboo shoots, and cook until
thickened, stirring constantly. Simmer uncovered a bit more and add
green onions and nuts and serve immediately.

MING'S DYNASTY - Glendale, CO.

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