Often, I get a request for this when we are hungry and want to eat something right away. It seems and tastes complex, but is really simple and quick to make for those times when you've just finished a taiko rehearsal and it's either healthy food or junk food to eat right away. Of course, healthy is the way to go...so:
1 cup - Cashew Nuts
2 cups - Chicken Breast (diced into 3 cm. chunks)
1 cup - Garlic Chives (finely chopped)
2 cups - Celery (sliced into 1 cm. slices)
1/4 cup - Potato Starch, or corn starch (I prefer potato starch as it is finer and no taste. Best is called "Katakuriko".)
1 small Consomme Cube
Soy sauce
First, coat frying pan with olive oil, then cook chicken and chives adding two teaspoons of soy sauce until chicken is well cooked. Then put chicken into a bowl and set aside. In the same pan, add about 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Then add cashew nuts and cook for about three minutes. Add Celery and cook for about two more minutes. Add consomme cube and one to two tablespoons of soy sauce. Once the consomme cube is disolved, in a small cup, put potato starch and 1/4 cup cold water. Stir well until the starch has completely disolved and until just before pouring into cashew mix. While quickly stirring cashew mixture, slowly add potato starch until mixture comes to desired thickness. Add chicken in the end, stir and serve on top of rice or hard noodles.
