Chicken Stir Fry with Celery, Carrot and Cashew

Chicken Stir Fry with Celery, Carrot and Cashew

This Chicken Stir Fry recipe is a Japanese-style Chinese dish. The flavor was modified to suit the Japanese palate – no garlic. You can consume a large amount of celery in this recipe. Carrots and cashew nuts add color and extra flavor to the dish. The sauce is thick and clear.

A Japanese-style chicken stir fry with plenty of celery, carrots, and cashews in a thick, flavorful sauce.

prep time

prep time

5 min.

cook time

cook time

5 min.

serving

serving

Tags: Chicken Stir Fry Chinese

Instructions

Step 1

Add cornflour to a small bowl and gradually add water to dilute it completely.

Step 2

Then add the remaining Sauce ingredients and mix well.

Step 3

Heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat.

Step 4

Add chicken pieces, season with salt & pepper and cook for 1.5 to 2 minutes until the chicken pieces start browning.

Step 5

Add celery and carrot. Cook for 1.5 minutes, then add cashew nuts. Stir for 30 seconds.

Step 6

Add the sauce (prepared in Step 2) and stir quickly as it will thicken fast. Ensure the sauce coats each piece of stir fry ingredient.

Step 7

Add the sesame oil and quickly stir. Serve immediately.

Ingredients

Main
  • 200 g chicken thigh fillets cut into thin strips
  • 250 g celery cut diagonally to 5cm / 2” long pieces, 5mm / 3/16” thick
  • 100 g carrot diagonally sliced thinly (3mm / ⅛ thick)
  • 70 g roasted cashew nuts (unsalted)
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 pintch Salt & pepper
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon cornflour/corn starch
  • 60 ml water
  • 0.25 teaspoon chicken stock powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon sake
  • ¼ teaspoon soy sauce
  • 0.25 teaspoon salt