The Recipe Room: Cashew Chicken and Noodle Stir-Fry

Ingredients:

  • 1⁄3 cup roasted cashews 
  • 440g egg noodles (packet Wokka thin egg style shelf fresh noodles specified)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 500g chicken breast fillets (lean trimmed of fat ad cut into thin strips)
  • 1 red onion (cut into thin slivers)
  • 250g snow peas (halved diagonally)
  • 1 red capsicum (large cut into strips, bell pepper)
  • 1 green capsicum (large cut into strips, bell pepper)
  • 2 carrots (large cut into short thin sticks, julienned)
  • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 2 tablespoons water

Instructions:

  1. Put the noodles in a medium heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water and set aside for 2 minutes and the drain and separate the noodles and set aside.
  2. Put the honey, soy sauce and lemon juice in a small bowl and whisk to combine and set aside.
  3. Brush a little oil over a large wok and heat on high until the wok is hot and then add half the chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes or until the chicken is almost cooked and transfer to a plate.
  4. Brush the wok with a little more boil and reheat the work on high and repeat with remaining chicken and then remove chicken from the wok.
  5. Brush the wok with the remaining oil and heat on medium high and add the vegetables and garlic and stir-fry for 2 minutes and then add the water and cook covered tossing twice for 2 minutes until the vegetable are just tender.
  6. Add the noodles and chicken to the wok and toss well to combine and the sauce mixture and toss to combine and heat through and then top with the cashews to serve (personally in this case I would just add the cashews once plated up).

Sources: http://www.food.com/recipe/chicken-cashew-and-noodle-stir-fry-460415http://www.couponclippingcook.com/chicken-cashew-stir-fry-with-whole-wheat-pasta/