Chicken and cashews

Chicken and cashews

• 1 garlic clove
• 2 cm piece fresh ginger peeled
• 400 g skinless chicken breast fillet or chicken thigh fillet, cut into strips (approx. 5 x 2 cm)
• 300 g basmati rice (see Tips)
• 900 g water
• 100 - 200 g broccoli broken into florets
• 225 g canned bamboo shoots drained
• 1 carrot cut into thin slices diagonally
• 3 celery stalks cut into pieces (4 cm)
• 6 spring onions/shallots trimmed and cut into pieces (4 cm)
• ½ capsicum deseeded and cut into pieces (1 cm)
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds plus extra for garnishing
• 50 g roasted unsalted cashew nuts

Sauce

• 1 ½ tsp cornflour
• 2 cm piece fresh ginger peeled
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 fresh long red chilli deseeded if preferred (optional)
• 1 tbsp peanut oil
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 40 g soy sauce or tamari
• 2 - 3 tsp honey to taste
• 1 pinch sea salt to taste
• 1 pinch ground black pepper to taste
• 20 g lime juice (approx. 1 lime), to serve (optional)