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Chicken, mushroom and macadamia stir-fry

This flavoursome dish is the perfect everyday, healthy meal for busy families.
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Servings 4
Course Main Course
Preference Dairy Free
Perfect for Midweek Meal
Skill level Easy

Ingredients
  

  • 700 g skinless chicken thigh fillets cut into strips
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 1/4 cup shaoxing wine Chinese cooking wine
  • 1/4 cup macadamia oil
  • 2 brown onions finely sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic finely sliced
  • 6 cm piece ginger grated
  • 2 red chillies sliced
  • 400 g mixed mushrooms such as shiitake, oyster and Swiss brown, sliced
  • 1/4 cup salted roasted macadamias
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • juice of 1/2 lime
  • 250 g cherry or grape tomatoes halved
  • 4 green shallots finely sliced
  • 1/2 bunch Vietnamese mint
  • steamed rice to serve

Instructions
 

  • Put chicken, cornflour and wine in a large bowl and stir to combine. Place into the fridge for 1 hour to marinate.
  • Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large wok over a high heat. Stir-fry one-third of the chicken for 2-3 minutes or until meat is browned. Transfer to a plate. Repeat, in 2 more batches, with oil and remaining chicken, reheating the wok in between batches. Set aside.
  • Heat remaining oil in the wok and add onion, garlic, ginger and chilli and cook for 2 minutes or until onion begins to brown. Add mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes. Return chicken to wok and stir in macadamias, soy and lime juice and cook until sauce is thickened, then stir in tomatoes, shallots and mint. Serve with rice.

Nutrition

Calories: 511kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 40gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 166mgSodium: 988mgPotassium: 1074mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 556IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 3mg

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