Oct 30, 2008

Chicken with cashewnuts

This recipe is written both in English and Italian, I hope also Italians who love oriental recipes and want to try them can find this recipe easy. Like in the past know that it is easy to find ingredients from minimarkets owned by foreigners in my home town Forli (a town between Rimini and Bologna) we have a chinese shop selling products from Asia and Africa.


Chicken with Cashew Nut
Puoi aggiungere verdure mentre cucini pollo
Vegetables can be added while the chicken is cooking if desired.
Recipe:
1/4 cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) oil-1/4 tazza di olio (non usare tutto usa quello che pensi basta senza esagerare olio)
4 garlic cloves (kratiem), minced- 4 pezzi di aglio
1 lb (500 g) boned chicken, thinly sliced-mezzo kilo di pollo senza ossa
Recipe (Sauce):
2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)- 2 cucchiai di salsa di pesce(negozio cinese o thai a forli abbiamo in negozio cinese)
2 tablespoons oyster sauce- 2 cucchiai di salsa di ostriche(negozio cinese o thai a forli abbiamo in negozio cinese)
2 tablespoons sugar- 2 cucchiai di zucchero
1/8 teaspoon white pepper-1/8 di cucchiaino di pepe bianco
1 teaspoon cornstarch/cornflour dissolved in a little water, optional- opzionale se vuoi1 cucchiao di grano o anche o fecola(per addensare il sugino)
1/2 cup (70 g/2 1/2 oz) roasted cashew nuts-mezza tazza di anacardi arrostito
1 green onion/scallion/spring onion, chopped- 1 cippolla verde
1/4 cup sliced red bell pepper/capsicum-1/4 Peperone rosso tagliato
How to cook:
1. Heat a large skillet then add the oil, garlic, chicken, the sauces, sugar and pepper.- con una grande padella metti olio, aglio, pollo e le salse, zucchero e peperone
2. Turn the heat to high and reduce the sauce until a glaze forms. If the sauce is not reduced and is thin, add enough of the cornstrarch mixture to produce a thick sauce. Add the cornstarch and water mixture only if you prefer a richer looking sauce.- Metti a fuoco alto riduce le salse finche glassa appare, se le salse non si riducono aggiungi un di farina per fare salsa densa (se vuoi che risulta piu ricca aggiungi un po di acqua e farina)
3. Mix in the roasted cashews and then turn the mixture onto a serving dish. Garnish with the green onion and bell pepper.- Aggiungi gli anacardi e gira la miscela metti in un piatto e servi
con riso bianco

2 comments:

Andrew Selvaggio said...

Looks great and lots of info thanks, I will have to try it! Our members would love this site!

Andrew

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Mary said...

Hello Andrew,

thanks for the comment. I hope what I share here can be useful to people out there who would love to cook a nice home made meal!