Description

Try this twist on Chinese Cashew Chicken. It's made with chicken meatballs in a wonderful sauce with green pepper, onion and cashews served over rice. One serving is only 615 calories.

Ingredients

• Sauce - Part 1:
• 1/4 c. soy sauce, ordinary or light (not dark)
• 1/4 c. Chinese cooking wine (shaoshing wine, Sake or Mirin or use dry sherry)*
• 1/4 c. Oyster sauce
• 2 t. sesame oil
• Sauce - Part 2:
• 1 T. cornflour/cornstarch
• Meatballs:
• 1 lb. ground chicken (turkey and pork would also be great)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 egg, small**
• 3/4 c. panko breadcrumbs
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/4 t. white pepper (or use black)
• Stir Fry:
• 2 T. peanut, vegetable or canola oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped into 2/3 inch
• 3/4 c. water
• 1 c. cashews, unsalted

Steps

1. Place Sauce Part 1 ingredients in a jar; shake well. Place 2 t. Sauce into a large bowl that the meatballs will be made in; add the cornstarch into the Sauce jar; shake; set Sauce aside.
2. Add remaining Meatball ingredients into the bowl; mix until just combined.
3. Measure out a heaped T. of mixture; dollop onto a clean work surface; roll into balls. Read note below if mixture is too loose or sticky to form into balls.**