Chinese Cashew Turkey and Broccoli (From Canadian Cookbook)

[MelissaS]

[Chinese Cashew Turkey and Broccoli
For great Chinese food at home, this is a very low fat recipe that packs a nutritional punch. Served with rice, it is a complete meal that’s sure to please even picky eaters. It’s also a great recipe if you have vegetarians on your guest list, because you can substitute bean curd (tofu) for the turkey and still retain the great taste and nutritional value.

Servings: 4 Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 27 min.

Ingredients:
Entree
•   ― 350g broccoli florets
•   ― 350g canned bamboo shoots, drained
•   ― 6 green onions, cut diagonally
•   ― 480g turkey cut into thin strips
•   ― 1 tbsp. sesame oil
•   ― 1 tbsp. sesame seeds
•   ― 60g unsalted, raw cashews
•   ― 600g water
Sauce
•   ― 3 tbsp. cornstarch
•   ― 90g Sherry
•   ― 60g soy sauce

Instructions:
Layer vegetables in the lower Varoma tray. Combine prepared turkey with sesame oil, sesame seeds, and cashews and place in the upper Varoma tray. Pour water into the Bowl. Properly install the Varoma trays. Cook for 25 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 1. After cooking, remove the Varoma trays and make sauce. Retain 250g of cooking liquid in the Bowl. Attach the Butterfly to the Blades. Dissolve cornstarch in sherry and soy sauce. Pour into the Bowl. Cook for 2 minutes at 100°C on
speed 2, or until thickened. Mix turkey, vegetables, and sauce in a serving dish. Serve with rice.


members' comments

Amy - I tweaked it a bit so I could steam the rice at the same time, so I put 300g rice in the steamer basket and set it to cook for 20 minutes/Varoma temp/speed 4. I removed the rice and vegies at this stage and then added more water to the TM bowl to finish cooking the turkey, which only took an extra 5 minutes.
When I did the sauce, I just chucked all the ingredients straight in the bowl and cooked for 2 minutes/100 degrees/speed 4. It ended up nice and thick but the smell of soy sauce was so strong I had to dilute it and cook it again. I poured the sauce over the vegies and turkey and mixed it up in the thermoserver then served it on the rice.

Overall it was a nice dish but I probably won't cook it again.

[brazen20au]

sounds so delish and i actually already have all the ingredients in the fridge !

[Thermomixer]

Great little recipe - love the idea of having prep and cook times there - thanks.  Might have to start doing that with my recipes.

[Amy :-)]

I cooked this for our dinner tonight. I tweaked it a bit so I could steam the rice at the same time, so I put 300g rice in the steamer basket and set it to cook for 20 minutes/Varoma temp/speed 4. I removed the rice and vegies at this stage, and then added more water to the TM bowl to finish cooking the turkey, which only took an extra 5 minutes.
When I did the sauce, I just chucked all the ingredients straight in the bowl and cooked for 2 minutes/100 degrees/speed 4. It ended up nice and thick, but the smell of soy sauce was so strong I had to dilute it and cook it again. I poured the sauce over the vegies and turkey and mixed it up in the thermoserver, and then served it on the rice.

Overall it was a nice dish, but I probably won't cook it again.