Thai Chicken Stir Fry

We've used a limited number of vegetables in this recipe, but you can easily add vegetables like broccoli, green beans and snow peas to it for added nutrition and texture. The fat sources in this dish include cashews, and sesame oil, which are all healthy sources. This recipe is low fat and high protein.

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• ½ red capsicum, chopped
• ½ onion cut into chunks
• 30g cashew nuts
• 1 red chilli diced (optional)
• 1 carrot, sliced
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. mirin (rice wine)
• 2 tbsp. oyster sauce
• 1 tsp. sesame oil
• 2 tsp. brown sugar
• 1 bunch bok choy (or spinach)
• 6 mushrooms, sliced
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• 1 cup cooked rice

Method

1. Cook rice as per instructions.
2. Heat the oil in a wok or frypan.
3. Add sesame oil, onion and capsicum and stir fry 2-3 mins.;
4. Add carrot garlic and cashews and stir fry for 30 seconds. (Do not burn garlic)
5. Add chicken, chillies,and spring onion, and continue stir frying until the chicken is cooked.
6. Meanwhile add the soy, mirnin, oyster sauce and sugar in a small bowl and mix with spoon then add to chicken when cooked.
7. Serve with steamed rice.