Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe (2024)

Updated on August 17, 2020|By Kate|6 Comments

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Easy Cashew Chicken recipe is a quick, takeout-at-home Chinese chicken dinner that’s so faster and better-for-you than getting takeout!

I’m not sure how it happened, but lately Chinese food has become the most popular food in my house.

It’s kind of magical. When we can’t decide on dinner, I know that Chinese food is always a welcome choice.It can also be an incredibly easy and tasty way to go when time is short.

This Easy Cashew Chicken recipe really is quick and easy to make. I can get this dinner on the table in less time than it would take me to go pick up Chinese food, which is pretty fantastic.

How to make easy cashew chicken

Stir together the sauce ingredients until well-combined. Set sauce aside.

Dice the celery and red bell pepper. Set aside.

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces (about 1/2-1 inch pieces). Add oil to the hot skillet, and quickly cook the ginger and garlic for about 30 seconds.

Add the chicken, and cook chicken until mostly cooked through (chicken should reach 165F by the time it has finished cooking).

Add celery and bell pepper. Continue cooking until tender-crisp, about 3-5 minutes.

Stir in sauce, and toss to coat.

Tips

Soy sauce:I like to use the reduced-sodium soy sauce (lite soy sauce) in this recipe. Feel free to use regular if you prefer.
Vegetables: You can add an additional bell pepper or sliced onion if you’d like to add more veggies to the recipe.

Serving: This cashew chicken is delicious served over plain white or brown rice.Storing

This chicken will keep for up to 4 days in the fridge. It reheats well in the microwave.

I recommend waiting to top the chicken with cashews and sliced green onion until it has been reheated and is ready to serve.

More easy chicken recipes!

Easy Chicken Tikka Masala
Easy Orange Chicken
Bruschetta Chicken

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Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe

Author Kate @ I Heart Eating

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Easy Cashew Chicken recipe is a quick, takeout-at-home Chinese chicken dinner that's so faster and better-for-you than getting takeout!

Ingredients

▢ 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
▢ 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
▢ 1/2 cup lite soy sauce
▢ 1/4 cup water
▢ 2 tablespoons cornstarch
▢ 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
▢ 4 stalks celery
▢ 1 red bell pepper
▢ 3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast
▢ 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
▢ 3 cloves garlic minced
▢ 1 tablespoon grated and peeled fresh ginger
▢ cashews
▢ green onions optional

Instructions

Stir together vinegar, hoisin, soy sauce, water, cornstarch, and sugar. Set aside.
Heat large, deep skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
See Also
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Meanwhile, dice celery and bell pepper. Set aside.
Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.
Add vegetable oil to hot skillet and swirl to coat.
Place garlic and ginger in skillet, and cook, stirring continuously, for 30 seconds.
Place chicken in skillet and cook until chicken is mostly cooked through.
Add celery and bell pepper, and continue cooking for 3-4 minutes.
Stir in sauce, and toss to coat chicken and veggies.
Serve over rice topped with cashews and sliced green onions, if desired.

Notes

Soy sauce:I like to use the reduced-sodium soy sauce (lite soy sauce) in this recipe. Feel free to use regular if you prefer.
Vegetables: You can add an additional bell pepper or sliced onion if you'd like to add more veggies to the recipe.
Nutrition values are estimates.

Nutrition

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Originally published 11/28/16. Updated with new photos and tips 8/17/20.

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Kate got her first cookbook when she was five years old, and she hasn't stopped cooking since then! Her delicious recipes have been featured on Food Network, MSN, Better Homes & Gardens, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, and more. When she's not cooking or baking, she can be found on her mini farm with her husband and her five kids.

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