Cashew nuts have strong nutritional value and are convenient to eat as snacks. Many male and female friends like to eat cashews when they have nothing to do, which makes people feel like eating melon seeds. So it is not surprising that cashews are in full swing. Together with hazelnut, walnut and almond, it is called "the four biggest nuts in the world".
The cashews we often eat in bags or cans as snacks are actually baked and fried in cashew kernel. It's so rich that you can't stop eating it. Not only is it popular in snacks, but it also has a place at the table and dinner.
The most common way to eat cashews at the table is to put raw cashews in oil as snacks, which are durable and crisp to eat and full of energy when chewed in the mouth. Often when the wine is finished, cashews are also eaten. At the same time, cashew nuts are often used as ingredients in various dishes because of their special taste, such as fried shrimps with cashew nuts, fried vegetables with cashew nuts and lilies, cold cashew celery and fried scallops with cashew nuts, among which diced chicken with cashew nuts is a famous dish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang today.
Light and nutritious home cooking, the chicken is tender, the cashews are crisp, the color is bright and delicious, and the nutrition is more comprehensive, which is suitable for all ages. Not only does cross talk master Hou Zhen love this cashew chicken, but I think everyone who eats it will drool, without exception, because it is so fragrant.
"Prepare ingredients": cashew nuts, chicken breast, egg white, shallots and garlic. [Ingredients]: salt, sugar, cooking wine, starch, cooking oil.
"Prepare in advance": wash and drain the chicken breast, tear off the white film on the surface, cut it into strips longitudinally, cut it into small squares with a knife, wash and cut the shallots into pieces, peel and pat the garlic evenly for use.
The practice of "diced cashew chicken": chicken should be tender and smooth, cashew nuts should be crisp, and frying and frying are very important.
Add 1 egg white, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 2 teaspoons starch and 1 teaspoon cooking wine into diced chicken, and stir and marinate for 10 to 15 minutes.
Turn on a small fire, pour 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pot, add cashews, fry them until they are slightly golden yellow, take them out, and let them cool and drain the oil. When frying cashews, it is more appropriate to use a small fire. When the heat is too high and the oil temperature is too high, cashews are easy to fry after entering the pot.
Low heat, use the amount of fried cashews until the oil surface begins to glow, add the marinated diced chicken and fry until the color of the diced chicken turns white, take it out and drain the oil for later use.