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Chicken and cashew chow mein

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 375g pack dried thin noodles
    • ¼ cup liquid salt-reduced chicken stock
    • 2 tablespoons salt-reduced soy sauce
    • 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
    • spray oil, to grease
    • 400g chicken breast fillets, thinly sliced
    • 1 onion, cut in thin wedges
    • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
    • 2 cups bean sprouts
    • 2 red capsicums, deseeded, thinly sliced
    • 150g snow peas, trimmed, sliced
    • ¼ cup roasted cashews, chopped
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Cook noodles following packet directions and drain. Set aside. Combine stock, soy sauce and rice wine. Set aside.

    2 Spray a large wok with oil and place over a high heat. Stir-fry chicken in batches for 3-5 minutes until golden and cooked through. Remove from wok and set aside.

    3 Return wok to high heat and spray with a little more oil. Add onion and garlic. Stir-fry for 2 minutes until golden. Add sprouts, capsicums and snow peas. Stir-fry for 3 more minutes. Add cooked noodles, chicken and rice wine sauce. Heat through and toss to coat all ingredients. Garnish with cashews before serving.

    Variations

    • Make it vegetarian: Replace chicken with 400g firm tofu cut in 2cm cubes.
    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free varieties of noodles, chicken stock and soy sauce.

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