Cashew Chicken (腰果鸡丁)
Learn how to make restaurant-style cashew chicken with super juicy and tender meat, a rich, thick, gingery, garlicky sauce, crispy peppers, and cashews. {Gluten-free adaptable}
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb (450 g) skinless boneless breast (or thigh) , cut into 2/3-inch (1 cm) pieces
Marinade
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine or dry sherry
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce or hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce or soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinkiang vinegar
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper powder
Stir fry
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil or vegetable oil
- 4 cloves garlic , sliced
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped ginger
- 2 green onions , chopped
- 1 bell pepper , seeded and diced
- 1/2 cup toasted unsalted cashews
Instructions
- Combine chicken, Shaoxing wine, salt, and cornstarch in a medium-sized bowl. Mix well so the chicken is evenly coated with a thin slurry.
- Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Spread the chicken with minimal overlapping. Let cook until the bottom side is light golden, 1 minute or so. Turn to the other side and cook until light golden. Stir a few times until all surfaces turn white. Transfer the chicken to a big plate.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, ginger, and green onion. Stir a few times to release the fragrance.
- Add the peppers. Stir and cook until the peppers just turn tender, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stir the sauce again to dissolve the cornstarch completely. Pour into the pan. Quickly stir a few times until the sauce thickens. Return the chicken to the skillet and mix again.
- Add the cashews, quickly give it a stir and immediately transfer everything to a plate.
- Serve hot over steamed rice as a main dish.
Notes
See the cooking notes in the blog post above for information on how to make this dish gluten-free.
Nutrition
Serving: 4g, Calories: 335kcal, Carbohydrates: 16.2g, Protein: 28.6g, Fat: 18.7g, Saturated Fat: 3.5g, Cholesterol: 65mg, Sodium: 598mg, Potassium: 206mg, Fiber: 1.4g, Sugar: 5.7g, Calcium: 20mg, Iron: 2.2mg