Preparation: 

Preparation time: 10 min

Cooking time: 30 min

Serving: 4

Ingredients:

Spaghetti:

• 1 packet spaghetti
• 5 L water (save 500 ml of spaghetti water for making pasta sauce)
• 2 tbsp salt

Chicken Marinade:

• 300 g chicken breast/chicken fillet (deskinned & boneless, cut into cubes)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp white pepper
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce

Other Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4-inch ginger
• 8 to 9 dried chilies
• 5 large cloves of garlic
• 1 green bell pepper
• 60 g cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp corn flour
• 1 large red onion
• 2 stalks of spring onion(cut into 1 inch pieces)

Instructions:

1. Boiling the spaghetti

• In a large pot, add in water and bring to a boil before adding salt and boiling the pasta.
• Cook according to the instructions on the packet.
• Reserve 2 cups of the water before draining the pasta

• Cut the chicken into cubes.
• Marinate the chicken with oyster sauce, light soy sauce, white vinegar, dark soy sauce, white pepper, salt, and brown sugar, and set aside for a few minutes

• Cut the red onion into large chunks.
• Cut the ginger and garlic into thin slices.
• Using a pair of kitchen scissors, cut up 8 or 9 dried chilies into 1-inch thick pieces.
• Deseed and cut the bell pepper into large chunks, the same size as the red onion.
• In a large wok, on medium heat add in the vegetable oil and brown the cashew nuts. Once brown, remove and set aside on a kitchen towel.
• Next, increase the heat to high and add in ginger, garlic, and dried chilies. Stir fry for 1 minute.
• Add in the marinated chicken. Leave some chicken marinade aside to make the sauce.
• Cook the chicken for about 2 minutes on one side to get some coloring around the edges before stirring.
• Next, add in the onion and the bell pepper and stir fry for a few seconds before adding the cashew nuts.
• Add about 240ml pasta water to the leftover chicken marinade, and 1 tablespoon of cornflour to thicken it.
• Add the liquid into the wok.
• Next, add in the pasta and some pasta water if the pasta is all sticking together.
• Gently fold all the ingredients together.