Chinese Takeaway Cashew Chicken | Easy Crockpot recipe!
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Hello folks!
A very warm welcome back to What’s For Tea :) Tonight for tea, I made this amazing Chinese takeaway inspired chicken with cashews! Seriously tasty and super easy to make. I used my slow cooker, but if you don’t have a slow cooker, it’s just as easy to make on the hob. The sauce is beautifully savoury, with a slightly sweet edge, lovey tender chicken with a fab contrast in texture from the crunchy cashews & vegetables…just wonderful!
Everything I used will be listed below,
-Cheryl x
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Enough for 4 generous servings
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600g (1.3 lbs) Chicken - I used fillets (tenders) but chicken breast would work too.
70g (1/2 cup) Plain/all purpose flour
Salt & Pepper - 1/2 teaspoon each
2 Tablespoons oil for frying - I used sesame oil, but use whatever you prefer
60ml (1/4 cup) Soy sauce
60g (1/4 cup) Tomato ketchup
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
2 Tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
2 Teaspoons ground ginger
1 Heaped teaspoon minced garlic
350ml (1.5 cup) Chicken stock
140g (1 cup) Cashew nuts
Vegetables of your choice - I used water chestnuts, but carrots, broccoli, onions and peppers and spring onions are all great in this.
**Optional finely cut chives or spring onions for presentation**
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How To Make Sticky Cashew Chicken (Step-by-Step Video)
Crispy chicken smothered in a sticky sweet and savoury sauce with crunchy cashews. I use the 'one bowl method' to coat the chicken (rather than dipping in separate bowls of egg, cornflour and seasoning) and it works brilliantly!
Serve this for Friday night dinner and you won't be disappointed.
It also reheats really well - so you can make ahead too!
Free printable recipe is available on our site:
Ingredients:
Chicken:
6 skinless boneless chicken thighs, chopped into bite size pieces
1 small egg
4 tbsp cornflour
½ tsp paprika
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp white pepper
Oil for shallow frying about 120ml (½ cup)
For the sauce:
1 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
3 tbsp hoisin Sauce
2 tbsp light brown sugar
1 tbsp sesame oil
120 ml (½ cup) chicken stock
Also:
140 g (1 cup) cashew nuts
Small bunch spring onions (scallions) chopped on the diagonal
1 tsp sesame seeds
Pinch of chilli flakes
Instructions:
1. Place the chicken in a bowl with the egg and mix together to coat. Drain off any excess egg from the bowl and discard.
2. Add the cornflour, paprika, salt and white pepper to the bowl with the chicken and mix together. You should end up with a sticky coating on your chicken.
3. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok, over a medium-high heat, until hot.
4. Add the chicken, and stir fry until golden. This should take about 7-8 minutes. You might need to do this in two batches, depending on the size of your pan.
While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce.
5. Place the cornflour, light and dark soy sauce, garlic and hoisin sauce in a bowl and mix together until the cornflour is absorbed.
6. Add the light brown sugar, sesame oil and chicken stock to the bowl and stir together until combined. Put to one side.
7. When the chicken is cooked through, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and place on a plate lined with kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil.
8. Carefully discard the oil, then pour the sauce into the pan and heat through until bubbling.
Add the chicken into the pan, then add in the cashews and half of the chopped spring onions.
9. Stir together for 2 minutes, to heat through the cashews, then serve with rice. Sprinkle with the remaining spring onions, the sesame seeds and a pinch of chilli flakes.
Notes:
Can I make it ahead?
This recipe does taste best when cooked and served right away, but I've also made it ahead several times and it reheats really well. The chicken will retain some some crunch, but won't be quite a crunchy as if it was freshly cooked.
You can make ahead in two ways:
Method 1 - Make the whole recipe:
Make the cashew chicken, then cool, cover and refrigerate for up to a day.
Reheat in a pan over a medium heat, stirring regularly until the chicken is hot throughout. This should take about 10 minutes.
You may need to add a splash of stock or water to loosen the sauce when reheating.
Method 2 - Prep the sauce and cook the chicken, then assemble and heat:
Make the sauce ahead (no need to heat it) and cover.
Cook the chicken, then cool, cover and refrigerate for up to a day.
When ready to cook, fry the chicken in a tablespoon of oil over a medium heat for 5-6 minutes to heat through.
Turn up the heat to high and pour in the sauce. Stir together and allow to bubble, then add the cashews and spring onions and stir together to coat.
Ingredient swaps
Swap out the chicken for pork (use thin slices of pork tenderloin or fillet)
Add a splash of hot chilli sauce (such as sriracha) for a heat kick
Add veggies, such as green beans, small pieces of broccoli or peppers. Fry them in the pan in a drizzle of oil for a few minutes, then add the sauce, chicken and cashews.
How to scale up and scale down this recipe
You can scale up or down the recipe using the same ingredient ratios.If scaling up, you will likely need to cook the chicken in 2 or 3 batches, so the cooking time will take longer.
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Cashew Chicken Recipe | How to make cashew chicken stir fry
Cashew chicken is a quick and delicious homemade Chinese stir fry recipe made with simple everyday ingredients. This recipe is family-friendly, affordable and might just give your usual Chinese takeout a run for its money. Let me show you how to make it in easy steps. Enjoy!
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Printable cashew chicken recipe:
Ingredients
600 g Skinless boneless chicken breasts substitute with boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 ½ tbsp Cornflour
Salt and pepper
2 Red and green bell peppers
1 small white onions
3 tbsp vegetable oil
½ cup toasted cashews
Stir fry sauce
1/3 cup light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/3 cup oyster sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp hot sauce skip this if you don’t like spicy food
1 tbsp brown sugar this is optional but I use it sometimes to balance out the saltiness from the soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar use mirin or Chinese wine if that is what you have.
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Chicken with Cashew Nuts | A Classic Family Meal | Easy Asian Recipes
Chicken with cashew nuts is one of the most popular Westernised Chinese dishes. It's based on a Sichuan dish called Gong bao ji ding (宫保鸡丁), which is the Chinese name for Kungpao chicken.
Quite different to a true gong bao ji ding, chicken with cashew nuts is nevertheless a great family dish. It came about as a result of ingredients being substituted to a traditional gong bao ji ding to create a dish that used ingredients commonly found in the West, and which also suited the Western palate. It uses capsicum/peppers instead of dried chilli and chicken thigh instead of chicken breast, and of course there is no Sichuan pepper to be found. It's a family favourite.
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