Chicken and Cashews with Coconut Satay Sauce and Coconut Rice (with photo)

[Bubbles]

Tonight I steamed up some fish and veggies, to have with the left over coconut rice & satay sauce from this recipe last week, -it was delicious! And so cheap and easy!

[meganjane]

I decided I'd make this tonight, but after reading the recipe, I changed it. Since I was experimenting, it's not perfect, but the resultant meal was delicious.

This is what I did:

Chicken& Vege Satay

1 shallot, peeled and halved
1 red chilli, chopped (de-seed if you don't like heat)
2 cm piece fresh ginger, sliced
1 Tbsp raw sugar

Chop all on speed 5 for a few seconds. Scrape down and add 15g oil. Sauté on Varoma for 3 minutes, speed 1.

4 Chicken Thighs, sliced into 2cm by 1/2 cm strips

Add chicken to bowl and sauté on Varoma for 5 minutes, speed 1 to 2. Use spatula to move chicken around as necessary.

While cooking, cut up vegies - 2 carrots, 2 sticks celery, broccoli, 1/2 onion, 1/4 Chinese Cabbage and 3 spring onions.

1 x 175ml can Coconut Milk + 1 can of water
3 Tbsp TM Nut Paste
2 tsp Vege or Chicken Stock
2 Kaffir Lime Leaves

Add the above to the bowl with the chicken and cook for 5 more minutes on Varoma, speed 1.
Remove from bowl and place in Thermoserver.

Don't rinse bowl. Add 1 litre hot water

Measure out 250g Jasmine Rice into basket and rinse under cold water. Place basket into bowl and place harder vegetables (carrot, celery, onion) into Varoma Base. Place broccoli into Varoma Tray.
Leave cabbage and spring onions until later.
Programme TM to cook on Varoma, speed 3 for 16 minutes. After 10 minutes, place vegetables from basket into Thermoserver with Chicken. Transfer broccoli to base and place cabbage and spring onion in tray over the top. Continue cooking.

When time is up, transfer remaining vegies to Thermoserver and mix well. Place rice into a serving bowl.

Sounds tricky, but it's not at all. Sorry, no photo as we scoffed it!

[Amy :-)]

I just realised that this is the first Quirky Jo recipe I have made!!!

Well, I can now say with certainty that I will be making many more

It smelled absolutely delicious, it was super simple to whip up before SD had to go to band practice, and mum's only complaint was that she didn't like steamed celery

Thanks so much Jo

[CreamPuff63]

Good girl Amy, I am sure iyou made a delicous meal - and whats a bit of celery in the big picture as it can be picked out 

[Amy :-)]

Thanks CP, thats what I thought too!!

And thank you also for your fantastic goodie bag gift. Its making it so much easier for me to cook those yummy recipes!!

[KerrynN]

We had this *again* tonight and it was still delicious! A definite must try for those who haven't yet, especially if you are looking at something to replace take-away.

[quirkycooking]

Glad you're all enjoying this recipe - just popping in to say hi!

[achookwoman]

Hi Jo,  love your Blog.  As I don't use FB I can't comment on your fab recipes.  Will be making this one tonight. Thanks.

[KathD11]

This one is a regular feature on our menu, I just love it. I always have heaps of extra sauce though, does anyone have ideas on how to use it up?

[KerrynN]

Hi KathD11
We have previously frozen the leftover sauce. In fact the other day we used it to make a curry with fish and vegies. It was just as yummy!
Kerryn

[droverjess]

help lease.
How would  I adapt this to use  cooked leftover chicken?

[judydawn]

Perhaps put it in the tray for the last 5 minutes or so to just steam some warmth into it DJ?

[Amy :-)]

I agree with Judy DJ

[blackwood]

Oh my goodness!!!! I cooked this last night...and it was delicious! Really really good! It looks tricky when you first look at the recipe...but it is really straight forward and quite simple to make! If you haven't made this meal yet, I would encourage you to try it! (I reduced the chili a fair bit for young children)

it smelt delicious as it was cooking...and the sauce...OMG...unbelievable! Luckily there is lots of sauce as well as rice left over, so I plan on cooking some more chicken and vegies and using it up in another meal. Dee-lishious!

I will most definitely be making this again! 

[Kimmyh]

Wow Blackwood it sounds too good for me not to try. Was reducing my to try list, now need to add one more.