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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Gai Pad Med Mamuang (Thai Chicken & Cashew Stir Fry)

A delicious Thai chicken stir fry for your next fakeaway at home

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Time

25 min mins

Servings

2 people people

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recipe

Ingredients

  • 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • ½ onion
  • 2 spring onions
  • ½ pepper
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 birdseye chillies
  • 5-10 dried red chillies, soaked in hot water for 10-15 minutes
  • 1 large chicken breast
  • Handful roasted cashew nuts

The Marinade

  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp cornflour

The Sauce

  • 1 tbsp kecap manis
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp tamarind concentrate
  • 1 tbsp light brown sugar / palm sugar
  • 100 ml chicken stock

Method

• Slice your onion and pepper into large dices and then roughly chop the spring onions. Bash the garlic cloves, peel them and then roughly chop. Finely slice the chillies and keep the soaked dried chillies whole.

• Finely slice the chicken breast, place in a small mixing bowl and then mix ‘The Marinade’ well into the meat.

• Setup your wok clock starting at 12 O’clock with your onions, followed by the spring onions, garlic, pepper, chopped chillies and dried chillies, then the chicken breast and lastly the sauce.

• If the cashews are raw, then toast them for a minute or so in a dry wok or frying pan, taking care not to burn them by moving them around a little or tossing them.

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