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Cashew Chicken & Broccoli Stir Fry

Created By: Michele Stubbe
Difficutly: moderate
Time: 25 Min
Portion: 4 servings
Cost: 10-15
Ingredients:

Sauce:

1/2 cup chicken stock

1/4 cup peanut butter, creamy style

2 TBLs soy sauce

1 TBL honey

 Main Dish:

4 cups broccoli

3 stalks celery fancy cut (diagonal) 1/2 inch

3 green onions chopped

2 tsp ginger root peeled and finely chopped

1 lb chicken breast cut into 1 inch pieces

4 TBL olive oil

2 garlic cloves, pressed

2 pkgs ramen noodles

1/3 cup cashews (can sub peanuts)

Directions:

Sauce:

Combine chicken stock, peanut butter, soy sauce and honey in a small bowl and whisk (mixture will not be smooth) set aside.

Main Dish:

Heat 2 TBLs of the oil in a stir fry skillet over high heat.  Add chicken and 1 tsp gingerroot and 1 garlic clove.  Cook chicken until it is no longer pink (6-7 minutes).  Remove from skillet but keep warm.

Reduce heat to medium high.  Heat remaining oil in same skillet.  Add broccoli, celery, remaining gingerroot and garlic.  Cook and stir for 2 minutes, add green onions and continue to cook for 2 minutes or until veggies are crisp-tender.

 Return chicken to skillet and add sauce, bring to a boil, remove from heat.

Noodles:

Bring 4 cups of water to boil and break noodles into the boiling water.  Cook for 3 minutes.  Drain.  Stir noodles into chicken mixture.  Sprinkle with cashews.  Serve immediately.

Notes:
Serves 4Calories 540Fat 22gSaturated Fat 3.5gCholesterol 65mgCarbohydrate 50gProtein 41gSodium 650mgFiber 6g

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