Chicken with Cashew nuts

One of the easiest chicken recipes ever. Can be prepared in matter of minutes, once we have all the ingredients. There are several variations of this recipe available. I made mine a bit more sweet and spicy. So, watch out if you want less spicy. 

Ingredients:

Chicken - 300 gms

Peppers - 1 (Red)

Onion (medium) - 1

Cashew nuts - 20

Red chilli - 2

Ginger - 1 inch 

Garlic cloves - 4

Tomato - 1

Spring onion - 2 to 3

Salt - to taste

Pepper - to taste

Corn starch - 1 tbsp

Ketchup - 1 tbsp

Rice Vinegar - 1 tbsp
Hot chili sauce - 1 tbsp (Sambal oelek)

Brown sugar - 1.5 tbsp
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
Oyster sauce - 1/2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Water - 1 cup

Procedure:

1. Fry chicken in a 1/5 tbsp oil shown in the picture. 
   
2. Cut this chicken in to bite size pieces and sprinkle salt and pepper.
   
3. In a bowl take 1 cup of water. Add corn starch, ketchup, rice vinegar, hot chilli sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce and mix well. Keep this aside. 
4. In a separate pan heat 1.5 tbsp oil and fry chopped red chillies. Then add chopped Ginger & garlic and let them fry for few seconds.
5. Add Cashew nuts and let them fry. Add chopped chunks of Onions, Tomatoes, Peppers and let them cook for a couple of mins.
   
6. Add chicken pieces from step-2 and cook for a minute.
7. Add the sauce from step-3 and keep mixing. The sauce start to thicken. Adjust the thickness of the sauce at this point by adding more water if required. Cook for about 3 to 5 mins.
8. Adjust the seasoning at this point and keep mixing.
   
9. Add chopped spring onions and mix well and serve. 

Enjoy with some hot rice!!

Note: Add more salt and pepper in step-8 only after tasting. I added more water as I wanted more gravy.