

Chicken and cashew chow mein
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
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Instructions
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.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 586cal
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Kilojoules 2450kJ
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Protein 44g
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Total fat 12g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 75g
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–Sugars 7g
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Dietary fibre 7g
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Sodium 660mg
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Calcium 60mg
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Iron 2.5mg
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