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This delicious Cashew Chicken has great flavor thanks to an amazing sauce. You can personalize it with your favorite veggies and can make it in less time than it takes to pick up your favorite take out.
Whenever I make Cashew Chicken I love to serve it with homemade Fried Rice and these yummy Chinese Green Beans. If you prefer brown rice be sure and check out my Instant Pot Brown Rice post. I even have a slow cooker version of this Cashew Chicken.
Cashew Chicken Stir Fry at Home
Last week I made an old family standby dinner that I hadn’t made in quite a while. I think my husband told me at least three times during the meal how much he liked it. I always get at least one Yum but when I get it three times I KNOW it’s a good one. This one’s a 3 YUM recipe!
Cashew Chicken Ingredients
- Chicken – I like to use boneless, skinless chicken thighs which is what most Chinese restaurants use but you can use boneless, skinless chicken breasts if you prefer.
- Vegetables – You can get creative here and use what ever your favorite are. I use carrots and red peppers and sometimes add in snow peas too.
- Sauce – the sauce uses a few ingredients you may not have in your pantry but they are worth buying and I have other recipes here on the blog that use them too if you want a way to use up the product Items you may not have include Oyster sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce and rice vinegar. They can all be found on the Asian aisle of your grocery store. They help give this dish it’s great flavor. You will also need ketchup, chicken broth, cornstarch, brown sugar, ginger and garlic.
- Garnish – I like to garnish with sesame seeds, more cashews and green onions for color.
How to Make Cashew Chicken
- Cut your chicken into bite size pieces and combine with 1 tsp. sesame oil, pepper and 1 Tbsp of the sauce you will mix up next. Allow to sit for 15 minutes.
- Mix up your sauce.
- Saute veggies in 1 tsp vegetable oil until desired doneness. Remove from pan.
- Cook chicken in 1 Tbsp vegetable oil, add in ginger and garlic. Cook until chicken is cooked through. Add veggies back in and pour sauce mixture over and stir until sauce thickens.
- Add in cashews.
- Serve with rice and garnish with sesame seeds, green onions and additional cashews.
Can I Make Cashew Chicken Gluten Free
Yes! Instead of using soy sauce, use tamari sauce. It can also be found in the Asian aisle of the grocery store.
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Cashew Chicken Recipe
Cashew Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs cut into bite size pieces
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 carrots peeled and cut into 1/4 inch coins
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1 tsp ginger minced
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup cashews
- 2 green onions diced
- sesame seeds for garnish
Cashew Chicken Sauce
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 Tbsp ketchup
Instructions
Cashew Chicken Sauce
- Mix up all ingredients and reserve 1 Tbsp for the chicken.
- Cut chicken up into bite size pieces. Add 1 tbsp cashew chicken sauce, 1 tsp sesame oil, black pepper and cornstarch to chicken. Let sit 15 minutes.
- Cook carrots and red pepper in 1 Tbsp of vegetable oil in a large frying pan. Cook to desired doneness. Remove from pan.
- Add chicken, ginger, garlic and an additional Tablespoon of oil if needed int the frying pan and cook chicken until cooked through. Add vegetables back in.
- Pour Cashew Chicken Sauce over chicken mixture and stir until sauce thickens.
- Add in cashews. Serve with rice and garnish with sesame seeds, green onions and additional cashews if desired.
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posted Feb. 6, 2012
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Belinda Duffield says
My husband and I made this delish recipe this evening and it was a hit, loved the taste and the simplicity of making it.
Susan M. says
This is delicious! Made this for a quick dinner along with the green beans as suggested and it was a big hit at our house. I will be making this dish again. Thanks again for sharing.
Sandy Jones says
Thanks for a really new idea for cashews and chicken! Look forward to making this recipe.
tiffany says
Whole Foods has a really good gluten free soy sauce..it is the San-J brand. Thanks for the recipe! Excited to try!
Eden says
Springfield style cashew chicken is at all our local Chinese restaurants. It is fried chicken chunks (I always ask for all white) with a basic sauce, cashews and green onions. I will send you some recipes.
auntie m says
I will make this ASAP!
Great chicken recipes are favorites at our house. Thanks!
Eden says
We live in Springfield, MO, famous for Springfield style Cashew Chicken – which I LOVE. But sometimes, I want something like this recipe which is almost impossible to find here so I am anxious to try this recipe – as soon as I restock my rice wine vinegar.
I have noticed in several of your recipes that you suggest replacing the soy sauce with something else to make it gluten free. We have several friends who have Celiac’s, including our Bishop and one of the elders serving in our ward, so we’ve become semi-comfortable making gluten-free dinners. I wanted to make sure you knew, and your readers, that some soy sauce is gluten-free (but not Kikkoman). I know that our Dillon’s (Kroger) store brand’s soy sauce is gluten-free. Just read the labels. I now buy that as my standard soy sauce so I don’t have to think about it when I feed the elders or take a dish to our Bishop’s house.
Leigh Anne says
Eden, Thanks for the great tip on the soy sauce. Will check the labels a little more closely. Also – you’ve got me curious what is Springfield style Cashew Chicken??