Basil Chicken and Cashew Nuts

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons peanut oil
• 100 g unsalted dry-roasted cashews
• 1/2 onion, sliced
• 1 red chili pepper, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 cup fresh basil leaf
• 500 g chicken fillets, sliced
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 lime, juice of or lemon, juice of (1 squeeze)
• fish sauce, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Heat peanut oil in a pre-heated wok. Fry the cashew nuts until they are a light golden brown. Remove nuts onto absorbent paper.

2. 2

   Heat oil again in the wok. Stirfry onion and chili pepper and garlic until it is light brown.

3. 3

   Add 3/4 cup basil leaves and saute until the mixture is fragrant.

4. 4

   Add chicken slices and continue to stirfry all ingredients over moderate heat for approximately 2 minutes until the colour of the meat changes.

5. 5

   Add cashew nuts, remaining basil leaves.

6. 6

   Stir in the palm sugar, squeeze of lime or lemon and pinch of salt and sprinkle in the fish sauce.

7. 7

   Serve with rice.