Name: Cashew Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast ((cut into 1-inch/2.5cm pieces)); 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 3 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon neutral oil; 2 teaspoons oyster sauce; 1/2 cup low sodium chicken stock ((or homemade)); 1 1/2 tablespoons honey; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce; 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil; 1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper; 3 tablespoons neutral oil ((divided)); 1 teaspoon ginger ((grated)); 2 cloves garlic ((minced)); 1/2 cup red bell pepper ((chopped)); 1/2 cup scallions ((chopped)); 1/2 cup water chestnuts ((cut into 1/2-inch/1cm pieces)); 1 1/2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine; 1 cup unsalted cashews ((roasted at 350°F/180°C for 5 mins)); 2 tablespoons cornstarch ((mixed with 2 tablespoons/30ml water))

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Cashew Chicken

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 6 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

18% of a 2,000 cal day

352KCAL

Protein

22g44% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat20g

26%

Saturated3g

17%

Unsaturated17g

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Total Carbs21g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars7g

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incl. Added Sugars5g

Starch13g

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Sodium474mg

21%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Chicken breast in a balanced, slightly sweet brown sauce with cashews, ginger, and garlic. Roasted cashews provide crunch and richness. A restaurant-style stir-fry with depth of flavor from multiple Asian seasonings.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

1 lbboneless skinless chicken breast — cut into 1-inch pieces, 454 g
1 tbspcornstarch
3 tbspwater
1 tspneutral oil
2 tspoyster sauce
½ cuplow sodium chicken stock
1½ tbsphoney
2 tbsplight soy sauce
1 tsphoisin sauce
1 tspdark soy sauce
½ tsprice wine vinegar
½ tspsesame oil
⅛ tspground white pepper
3 tbspneutral oil — divided
1 tspginger — grated
2 clovesgarlic — minced
½ cupred bell pepper — chopped
½ cupscallions — chopped
½ cupwater chestnuts — cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1½ tbspShaoxing wine
1 cupunsalted cashews — roasted
2 tbspcornstarch) — (mixed with 2 tablespoons/30ml water

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Method

30m total

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