Chicken with Cashews (Pad himapan)

Complimentary recipe

Yield

Will serve 4 with two other main dishes.

Ingredients

  1½ tablespoon vegetable oil
1-2 dried, long red chilis
3 cloves garlic, minced or finely chopped
1 pound skinless chicken breast (thinly sliced)
chicken stock
1 small carrot, cut into thin stips
1 small onion
1½ tablespoons oyster sauce
1½ tablespoons palm sugar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
3 ounces dry-fried cashew nuts
sweet Thai basil

Preparation

1. Remove stems from chilis, cut each into ½" pieces and discard the seeds.

2. Heat ½ tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan and fry the chilis over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove them from the pan.

3. Add 1 tablespoon oil and fry the garlic for another ½ minute or until lightly browned.

4. Add the chicken and stock. Sauté over high heat for 4 minutes or until browned. Turn down heat to medium-low.

5. Add the red pepper, carrot, onion, oyster sauce and soy sauce and fry 1-2 minutes. Add the chilis and cashew nuts. Spoon on to a serving plate, season with ground white pepper and serve.