Honey Cashew Chicken

You’ve heard it before, in addition to in all likelihood volition in i trial to a greater extent than exactly homemade Honey Cashew Chicken is hence much amend than take-out!

We adore the sweetness estrus inwards this easy, quick cooking, satisfying chicken favorite. Our Asian-American inspired stir-fry is loaded amongst tender chunks of chicken breast, crisp scarlet bell pepper, onions, tender broccoli florets in addition to enough of roasted cashews of course! Finished amongst a delicious gummy sauce made of rice vinegar, honey, soy sauce in addition to Sriracha, our Honey Cashew Chicken is practically a season explosion.

Cashew chicken is my go-to favorite when craving Asian inspired recipes.

Originally posted inwards 2012, this recipe has gone through or hence delicious updates in addition to improvements over the years. For this lastly version I starting fourth dimension past times marinating the chicken pieces inwards a unproblematic soy based mixture piece prepping the vegetables. The tardily marinade is made amongst a footling dark pepper, soy sauce, sesame crude in addition to cornstarch. Cornstarch may appear similar an strange marinade ingredient, exactly inwards fact it forms a protective barrier that helps forestall the chicken from overcooking. Nobody likes tough, dried upward chicken hidden nether or hence delicious sauce.  This Chinese cooking method, called velveting, tin strength out live accomplished past times tossing the meat or chicken inwards cornstarch, or added to the marinade for tardily preparation.

Serve over gummy Jasmine rice for a consummate meal.

A footling rice is perfect for soaking upward the sweetness in addition to spicy sauce inwards this stir-fry classic. We don’t consume a lot of rice these days, exactly when nosotros create it must live topped amongst a rainbow of vegetables in addition to delicious protein. Toasted cashews render peachy textural residuum in addition to crunch, in addition to the fresh sliced light-green onions consummate the dish. Many Cashew Chicken recipes include brownish saccharide inwards the sauce. We’ve replaced the saccharide amongst beloved inwards this recipe, in addition to bet you’ll love it equally much equally nosotros do. Another Asian inspired dish amongst beloved is our Easy Stir Fry Vegetables. It’s an tardily in addition to delicious recipe for a meatless-Monday repast or quick weeknight dinner.

The master Cashew Chicken recipe is attributed to a restaurateur inwards Springfield, Missouri.

In 1963 chef David Leong created Cashew Chicken using deep fried chicken chunks sautéed inwards a unproblematic sauce made amongst oyster sauce in addition to soy sauce. Thai restaurants often serve a similar dish made amongst sparse sliced chicken, onions in addition to cashews inwards a low-cal brownish sauce that’s non equally sweetness equally the Chinese-America versions. If you’ve never tried Cashew Chicken, now’s a peachy time!

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Honey Cashew Chicken

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

You'll love the sweetness estrus of this Asian-American inspired stir-fry loaded amongst tender chunks of chicken, scarlet bell pepper, onions & tender broccoli. 

Course:

Main Course

Cuisine:

Chinese

Servings: 6 people

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the marinade:

• 
  2
  tablespoons
  cornstarch
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  fresh solid soil dark pepper
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  low-sodium soy sauce
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  sesame oil
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  rice vinegar
  


• 
  3
  skinless,
  boneless chicken breasts, cutting into 1-inch pieces
  

For the sauce:

• 
  1
  tablespoon
  cornstarch
  


• 
  1 1/2
  tablespoons
  rice vinegar
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  honey
  


• 
  3
  tablespoons
  low sodium soy sauce
  


• 
  1 1/2
  tablespoons
  Sriracha sauce,
  more or less to taste
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  water,
  or chicken broth
  

For the stir fry:

• 
  2
  tablespoons
  vegetable oil,
  divided
  


• 
  2
  cups
  broccoli florets
  


• 
  1
  large sweetness onion,
  chopped
  


• 
  1
  red bell pepper,
  seeds in addition to ribs removed, chopped or sliced
  


• 
  3
  medium cloves garlic,
  minced
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  crushed scarlet pepper flakes
  


• 
  1
  cup
  unsalted cashew nuts,
  toasted (see notes)
  

For serving:

• 
  hot cooked rice,
  we prefer Jasmine rice
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  sliced light-green onions,
  for garnish if desired
  


• 
  1
  tablespoon
  toasted sesame seeds,
  for garnish if desired
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   In a large drinking glass bowl laid upward the marinade past times combining two tablespoons cornstarch, dark pepper, two tablespoons soy sauce, two tablespoons sesame crude in addition to 1 teaspoon rice vinegar. Add the chicken pieces to the bowl in addition to toss to coat. Cover the bowl amongst plastic roll in addition to refrigerate piece preparing the vegetables. Marinate the chicken for thirty minutes or upward to iv hours.
   
   


2. 
   
   In a modest bowl combine the sauce ingredients in addition to whisk to combine. Set aside.
   
   


3. 
   
   Remove the chicken from the marinade in addition to pat dry out amongst newspaper towels. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable crude inwards a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken in addition to sauté, stirring frequently, until lightly browned in addition to cooked through, well-nigh 10 minutes. Remove to a plate in addition to laid aside.
   
   


4. 
   

   Add the remaining 1 tablespoon crude to the pan in addition to estrus until shimmering. Add the broccoli, onion in addition to bell pepper in addition to sauté until the vegetables are crisp tender, well-nigh 3-4 minutes. Add the minced garlic in addition to scarlet pepper flakes in addition to stir until fragrant, well-nigh 1 minute. Reduce the estrus to medium-low. 

   
   


5. 
   
   Add the chicken dorsum to the pan in addition to and hence the beloved sauce mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce is thickened in addition to all vegetables in addition to chicken are coated, well-nigh 3-4 minutes. Turn off the estrus in addition to add together the cashews to the skillet. Stir to coat. Serve similar a shot over hot cooked rice garnished amongst sliced light-green onions in addition to toasted sesame seeds.
   
   

Recipe Notes

To toast the cashews, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the cashews on a modest pan in addition to bake for 5-7 minutes.

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Thanks hence much for stopping by!  Tricia

Originally published Nov 2012, updated Jan 2019

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