Springfield Style Cashew Chicken I
Need Head to the store and pick up soy sauce, eggs, cornstarch, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes.
Instructions
Cut the chicken breasts into 1 inch pieces. In a shallow dish or bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and 1 tablespoon of the cornstarch. In another dish or bowl beat the eggs. Dip chicken pieces into flour mixture, then eggs, then flour mixture again.
Heat peanut oil in a large skillet and deep fry coated chicken in hot oil for 3 to 4 minutes.
Meanwhile (while frying chicken), heat broth to boiling in a medium saucepan.
Add oyster sauce, sugar, soy sauce and white pepper.
Mix remaining 4 tablespoons cornstarch with a small amount of cold water in a cup. Stir cornstarch mixture slowly into broth mixture to thicken, then cook for another 5 minutes over medium-low heat.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
Heat cashew nuts and chopped green onions in preheated oven for about 5 minutes.
Pour sauce over fried chicken and top with cashews and green onion.
Serve with soy sauce to taste over a bed of fried rice, if desired.