Stir-Fried Turkey with Cabbage and Cashews
Total time: 30 minutes
You can use turkey cutlets for this, sliced into strips, or part of a larger turkey tenderloin, freezing the rest for another time, or even ground turkey... or chicken breasts....
Ingredients:
- 10oz (300gr) turkey cutlets or tenderloin
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbs minced ginger substitute 1/2 tsp dried
- 1 rib celery
- 1/2 green pepper
- 1/3 head Savoy cabbage
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms
- 1/4 cup cashews substitute peanuts, almonds
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) chicken stock
- 1 tbs sherry (optional)
- 1 tbs peanut butter
- 2 tsp cornstarch (Maizena) dissolved in 1 tbs water
- Brown Rice
- 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) quick-cooking brown rice
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) chicken stock or whatever your rice calls for
Instructions:
- Thinly slice onion.
- Mince garlic.
- Mince ginger (peel first).
- Cut pepper into matchsticks.
- Slice the celery at an angle.
- Trim and slice mushrooms.
- Remove dark green outer leaves from cabbage. Cut off a thick slice, avoiding the core. Lay flat, cut into 3 or 4 wedges, then thinly slice the wedges.
- Cut the turkey into strips - bite-size.
- Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onion, celery, mushrooms to skillet and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add garlic, ginger and stir-fry another 2 minutes.
- Remove onions/garlic from pan and set aside.
- Add sesame oil, soy sauce to pan and heat.
- Add turkey and stir-fry 3 - 5 minutes, until golden. Remove and put with onions.
- Add cabbage, pepper to skillet and stir-fry 5 minutes.
- Return turkey, onions, celery, mushrooms, garlic and ginger to pan.
- Add chicken stock, sherry, peanut butter and bring to a boil.
- Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Dissolve cornstarch in water.
- Uncover, add cornstarch mixture and stir until thickened.
- Arrange rice on a small platter.
- Spoon turkey and vegetables into the center, sprinkle with cashews and serve, adding more soy sauce if desired.
- Brown Rice
- Cook rice according to package instructions.