Recipes
Chinese Cabbage with Chicken

Chinese Cabbage with Chicken

And curry powder, roasted cocos and cashew nuts. takes only 20 minutes.

Serves
2
Prep
5 min
Cook
15 min
Total
20 min

My mom makes this for us. I like the sourness of the lime, with the texture of the chopped peanuts and roasted cocos.

Ingredients

  • 300g chicken breast (or chicken pieces)
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 1 lime
  • 0.5 chinese cabbage
  • 2 tsp of kerry powder (this is not curry)
  • 75g cashew nuts
  • 50g desiccated coconut
  • 2 cups of rice
  • 1 tbsp of olive oil

Equipment

  • pan for the rice
  • large frying pan, for the chicken and cabbage
  • small frying pan, for toasting the coconut and nuts

How to make it

  1. 1

    Start by making your rice, it will take longer then the chicken / cabbage

  2. 2

    Chop onion into thin slices

  3. 3

    Prepare garlic

  4. 4

    Heat big backing pan, sear the chicken, this will take about 6 minutes

  5. 5

    add onion / garlic, stir for 2-3 minutes

  6. 6

    slice half of the chinese cabbage into 1cm thick strings

  7. 7

    add cabbage to pan, the cabbage will reduce bij 60% so fill the pan up as much as possible + add the juice of 3/4 lime, stir

  8. 8

    add 2 tablespoons of kerry powder, let it cook for a few minutes, stir

  9. 9

    Time to roast your coconut rasp, this only takes 3 minutes in a hot pan, be sure to stir it because it will burn easily

  10. 10

    cut the cashew-nuts into smaller pieces (optional)

  11. 11

    turn the stove off

  12. 12

    Spoon the rice onto the plates and top with the cabbage and chicken

  13. 13

    Sprinkle the toasted coconut and cashews over it and finish with a slice of lime

Quick version for pros

  1. Put the rice on first
  2. Heat the pans
  3. Add the chicken, onion and garlic
  4. Add the sliced cabbage, kerry powder and squeeze 3/4 of the lime in.
  5. Stir around for a few minutes
  6. While stirring, chop up the cashew-nuts and roast together with the coconut in the small frying pan
  7. Plate everything up, you still have a 1/4 of lime left for decoration

Tips

  • Watch the coconut roasting closely, it will burn in matter of seconds if you forget to stir it
  • If you are in a hurry or feeling lazy you can use storebought Serundeng instead of making your own coconut cashew mix. It comes in different nut varieties
  • Add Pào Cài or slice of lime on top for that sour lift