Dried Chilli Chicken with Cashew Nuts....

Dried chillis are not limited to making sambals and curries. It can be stir fry with other meat dishes to give a distinctive taste to the dish adding some pungent spicyness to it different from that of fresh chillis. Here is a dish which I cook recently using lots of dried chillis .....a favorite of my boys..........

Ingredients:

2 whole chicken thighs - deboned and cubed

10 - 15 dried chillis - wash and drained

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Minced garlic and ginger juice...............

Dried chillis, washed and drained.................

Chicken meat marinated with seasoning ingredients.....

Seasoning ingredients:

1 tbsp light soya sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp ginger juice

1 tsp sesame oil

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp water

1 tsp cornflour

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1 1/2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp minced garlic

15 -20 cashew nuts - roasted

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Roasted cashew nuts.....................

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Sauce ingredients - combined

1/2 tbsp light soya sauce

1/2 tsp dark soya sauce

1 tsp Worchestershire sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp sugar

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Method:

Lightly pound the chicken meat with the back of a cleaver and marinate it with the above seasoning ingredients for about 30 mins. Heat oil in pan and stir fry garlic til fragrant. Add in dried chillis and fry for 30 seconds under medium heat. Put in the marinated chicken and fry til the meat changes colour. Pour in the combined sauces stir frying it to mix well for another 2 mins. Lastly stir in the cashew nuts and serve hot with white rice.