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Thai Chicken Stir Fry with Cashews Recipe

Thai dishes like this Thai Chicken Stir Fry with Cashews recipe are very simple, tasty and well balanced with vegetables and protein.

We've used a limited number of vegetables in this recipe, but you can easily add vegetables like broccoli, carrots and snow peas to it for added nutrition and texture. The fat sources in this dish include cashews, sesame and peanut oil, which are all healthy sources hence the recipe being low in saturated fats.

This recipe is low in saturated fats and a good source of protein.

Energy per 100g:

637kJ - 152Cal

Fat per 100g:

6.3g

Healthy Dinner Recipe: Thai Chicken Stir Fry with Cashews Recipe

Recipe Serves:

This Recipe Serves 2.

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 1 Chicken Breast
  • 3 large garlic cloves
  • ½ Red Capsicum cut into chunks
  • ½ onion cut into chunks
  • 30g cashew nuts
  • 1 red chilli diced
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 spring onion
  • 1 tablespoon peanut oil
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 cups cooked rice

Recipe Method:

  1. Heat the oil in a wok or frypan.
  2. Add sesame oil, garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds. (Do not burn garlic)
  3. Add chillies, cashew nuts, capsicum and spring onion, onion, carrots and continue stir frying until the chicken is cooked.
  4. Once chicken is cooked add soy and oyster sauce and sugar.
  5. Serve with steamed rice.

Recipe Nutrition Panel:

 Servings: 2
 Serving size: 363g
   
 Average Serve   Average 100g

Energy

2310

kJ

637

kJ

 

552

Cal

152

Cal

Protein

36.7

g

10.1

g

Fat, total

22.9

g

6.3

g

 - saturated

4.9

g

1.4

g

Carbohydrate

46.3

g

12.8

g

- sugars

12.4

g

3.4

g

Sodium

1150

mg

318

mg

Additional Comments:

Add your favourite vegetables to make this quick and tasty recipe even more special.

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If you like this recipe, you may also like these healthy recipes:

Thai Fish Cakes Recipe
Vegetable Stir Fry Recipe
Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
Chicken Curry Pot Pies Recipe

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