Cashew Nut Chicken Made Healthy

I absolutely love love love love LOVE cultured foods. I am obsessed with the spices and explosion of flavours. I've recently discovered (and perfected) a delicious and healthy version of Cashew Nut Chicken - a popular Thai dish.

How can you NOT want to dive head first into that??

Gather what you'll need (enough for 3 servings):
- 8oz boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 3/4 cup quinoa (uncooked measurement)
- 1/2 a red bell pepper, diced
- 3 cups of broccoli florets
- 2 cups bok choy, chopped
- 1 sweet red onion, sliced 
- 1.5 cups bean sprouts
- about 10 asparagus spears, diced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1oz cashews
- 3 tbsp natural peanut butter, divided (you can use cashew nut butter instead... but it's more expensive)
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- coriander to taste (I used a whole stalk... I love coriander)


What to do:
1. Prepare the quinoa.
2. Over medium-high heat, cook the chicken.
3. Once the chicken is browned, add all the veggies to it (except the bean sprouts). Stir in the oyster sauce, and 1.5 tbsp of the peanut butter. Lower heat to medium-low. 
4. Once the quinoa is ready, stir in about 1.5 tbsp of the peanut butter into it.
5. Mix the cashews into the veggies. Mix.
6. Add the quinoa into the veggies. Mix well.
7. Chop the coriander, and mix it into everything else.
8. EAT IT ALL UP :)

What's so good about it?
One serving of this has the following:
560 calories
25g fat (from the nuts and nut butter... HEALTHY)
51g carbs (from the veggies + whole grains from the quinoa... HEALTHY)
37g protein (lean protein from the chicken and nuts... HEALTHY)


There is no reason NOT to eat this. Nutritionally, it's amazing for you. Taste-wise, it's INCREDIBLE. When you go to Thai restaurants, the dishes are usually loaded with added sodium and sugars from the sauces. Try cooking this meal at home. You get to control exactly what goes into it - making unnecessary calories DISAPPEAR!

This is definitely a dish that I turn to when I want to "spoil" myself. I think of it as a treat even though it's 100% healthy. I probably think it's a cheat-meal since I'm addicted to nut butters and nuts. Hehehe.


:)