Ginger Cashew Chicken Recipe - Cooking Index
So very stylish, with its garnish of pickled ginger slices, this fragrant chicken dish is very much in keeping with the trend toward Asian-influenced fare.
Type: Chicken, Poultry3/4 lb | 340g / 11oz | Boneless skinless chicken breasts - cut into 1" cubes |
2 | Onions - chopped | |
2 | Celery stalks - chopped | |
3 | Garlic cloves - minced | |
1 cup | 237ml | Sliced mushrooms |
1 cup | 160g / 5.6oz | Bean sprouts |
1 cup | 237ml | Trimmed snow peas |
1/4 cup | 59ml | Unsalted dry-roasted cashews |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Minced peeled gingerroot |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Reduced-sodium soy sauce |
3 cups | 480g / 16oz | Hot cooked brown rice |
Pickled ginger |
Spray a large nonstick skillet or wok with nonstick cooking spray; heat. Add the chicken and cook, stirring as needed, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
Spray the same skillet with more nonstick cooking spray; heat. Add the onions, celery and garlic; cook, stirring as needed, about 5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms, bean sprouts, snow peas, cashews, ginger, soy sauce and the chicken; cook, stirring as needed, until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
Serve the rice, topped with the chicken mixture; garnish with pickled ginger.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Per Serving: 361 Calories, 7 g Total Fat, 1 g Saturated Fat, 53 mg Cholesterol, 237 mg Sodium, 47 g Total Carbohydrate, 5 g Dietary Fiber, 29 g Protein, 67 mg Calcium.
Serving Provides: 2 Breads, 1 Fruit/Vegetable, 3 Protein/Milk, 1 Fat.
Points Per Serving: 7.
Source:
Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes by Weight Watchers
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