Stir Fried Chicken Cashew Nuts (Pad Med Mamuang Himapan)

*A very popular Thai stir-fried dish with cashew nuts

*This is a quick easy to make stir fry dish

*Ideal to serve with Thai fragrant jasmine rice

*You may use any kind of meat (chicken, pork, tofu, or prawns) 

*Can be make into a vegetarian dish, just substitute choice of meat for tofu

*The dish can either be spicy or not spicy depend on your preference

 *You can use any vegetable you like in the stir-fry

Chicken Cashews

Ingredients:
 *serving 2 people*

• 2tbsp cooking oil
• 1 chicken breast  (slice into smaller pieces)
• 1 tbsp of fish sauce
• 1 tbsp of light sauce
• 1 tbsp of oyster sauce
• 1/2 tbsp of sambal oelek or chopped Thai chili (optional)
• 1/2tbsp sugar (optional)
• 3-5 clove of garlic  (chopped)
• 10-15 cashew cuts
• 1/2 yellow onion (cut into small square)
• 1/2 red pepper (cut into small square)
• 1/2 green pepper (cut into small square)
• 1 celery stick (cut into smaller pieces)
• 1 carrot (cut into smaller pieces)
• 1 spring green onion (optional)

Let's get started:

1. Add cooking oil into a wok or a frying pan at medium-high heat, followed by the garlic and the chicken
    
2. Give it a good stirred until the chicken is cook, then add your vegetable, followed by all the sauces, including sugar
   
3. Mixed all the ingredient together in order for the sauce to blend in with the meat and the vegetable, add the green onion and the cashew nuts
    
4. Give it a taste, if it's not flavorful enough or it's not to your liking, you may add some more sauce
   
5. Served with steam rice or steam noodle

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry