MMM...Curry

I made the best dinner ever. So much better than this horrible cheese stuff.

My roommate got the cook book Cooking Light Way to Cook: The Complete Visual Guide to Everyday Cooking for Christmas. It has amazing recipes. She's made Curried Chicken and Cashews many times before and I have eaten it many times but I've never made it myself. Because she wasn't home and I was jonesing for some good curry, I dove in and made it.

**Some people might be saying, "Jeez! That's a ton of cilantro!" It's not. Cilantro is fabulous though there is a fine line between delicious and what I'm sure spicy soap would taste like. When using cilantro proceed with caution because no one wants to eat spicy-soap-flavored curry.

Here's the recipe. It's pretty easy.

Sauce:
1/3 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
3 tablespoons water
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon rice vinegar

Remaining ingredients:
3/4 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
1 1/2 cups vertically sliced onion
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon Madras curry powder
3 small dried hot red chilies, broken in half
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup dry-roasted salted cashews, chopped
3 cups hot cooked short-grain rice

1. To prepare sauce, combine first 5 ingredients, set aside.
2. Cut chicken across grain into 1/4-inch slices; cut slices into 1/2-inch wide strips. Cut strips into 3-inch-long pieces.
3. Heat a 14-inch wok over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil to wok, swirling to coat. Add half of chicken to wok; stir-fry 2 minutes. Spoon cooked chicken into bowl. Repeat procedure with 3 teaspoons oil and remaining chicken.
4. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to wok, swirling to coat. Add onion, ginger, and garlic; stir-fry 1 minute or until lightly browned. Add curry powder and chilies; stir-fry 30 seconds. Add sauce and chicken, stir-fry 1 minutes. Spoon into a serving dish. Sprinkle with cilantro and cashews. Serve over rice.

Makes 4 servings.

I didn't have the chilies so I used some hot sauce. Also, if you don't like spicy just don't add them or don't break them in half. I also didn't to the wok business. I just cooked everything in a normal pan. Though I like the cashews and I had them I decided not to put them in to save a few calories.

I think next time I make this I'll try it with brown rice.
I could eat this for every meal. Did I mention that it's a diet recipe. Only 439 calories. So stinking good! Go make it!

Only one thumb was injured in the making of this meal.