Ingredients
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1/2 tablespoon chili oil
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300 g chicken thigh fillets, diced
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2 green onions, chopped
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1/2 tablespoon sugar
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1 teaspoon grated ginger
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2 garlic cloves, chopped
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2 -6 tablespoons stock (the recipe states several) or 2 -6 tablespoons water (the recipe states several)
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1 tablespoon vinegar
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1 tablespoon Chinese wine
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1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
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1/3 cup cashew nuts (or peanuts)
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1 tablespoon dried red chili (or fresh but the restaurant uses dried)
Instructions
- Coat wok or pan in chilli oil.
- Add chicken pieces and stir until just cooked and set aside.
- Into wok or pan add chilli, green onion, ginger, garlic, vinegar, stock or water and stir.
- Add sugar, cooking wine and light soy sauce and stir.
- It's really important here to make sure that everything reduces and caramelises. The restaurants green onions and dried chilli's are quite well cooked.
- Return chicken to the pan and mix ingredients together.
- When juice becomes slightly sticky add the nuts.
- Place in serving dish.