Chilli Chicken with Cashews
Chilli Chicken with Cashews

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chilli chicken with cashews. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chilli Chicken with Cashews is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chilli Chicken with Cashews is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Combine the chicken, mushrooms, snow peas, broccoli and cashew nuts on a large lined baking tray. In small bowl, mix the sweet chilli sauce, oyster sauce, water and lime juice. Pour over the veg and chicken and mix well.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chilli chicken with cashews using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chilli Chicken with Cashews:
  1. Take A. 500g - 700g Chicken breast - diced
  2. Make ready B. Sautéed
  3. Get 1-2 tbsp finely minced garlic
  4. Take 1/2 C roasted cashew nuts
  5. Get 15-20 Hot Dried Chillies - cut
  6. Prepare C. Seasoning Sauce - mixed
  7. Take 2 tsp corn flour + 2 tbsp water
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  9. Take 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
  10. Get D. Extras
  11. Take 1 tsp sugar
  12. Prepare 1-2 tsp sesame oil
  13. Make ready 1-2 tbsp water
  14. Take E. Garnish
  15. Make ready 1 tsp Sesame seeds
  16. Make ready 1-2 tbsp Chopped coriander
  17. Get Note:
  18. Make ready 1 . Sweet Soy Sauce is also labelled as 'kecap Manis'

The sauce for this Spicy Chinese Cashew Chicken is made with soy sauce, hoisin, sesame oil, brown sugar, minced garlic and ginger, and crushed red pepper. Since I was out of Sriracha, I added crushed red pepper flakes instead. The chicken is sautéed with sesame oil for depth of flavor before adding broccoli, red bell peppers, edamame, and garlic. The vegetables stay crisp-tender and the dish is finished with cashews and a wonderful sauce that's made with soy sauce, honey, rice wine vinegar, ginger, and chili garlic sauce.

Steps to make Chilli Chicken with Cashews:
  1. A - Dice chicken breast and fry in few batches for a minute or two or until the chicken is cooked and turn white in colour. As soon as chicken turn white, remove from the pan immediately to avoid over cooking the chicken. Overcooking or overfrying will result in rubbery hard chicken.
  2. B - Prep the rest of the ingredients in B; mince garlic, cut dried chillies, only if the chilies are big, and measure cashew nut.
  3. C - In a small bowl, mix 2 teaspoons of corn flour with 2 tablespoons of water. Add the rest of the ingredients in C to corn flour mixture. Mix well and keep aside.
  4. Cooking the dish - Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a wok. Sauté B, starting with minced garlic. Then add cashew nuts and dried chillies. Stir to mix for a minute or two. Add A, diced chicken. Stir and mix well for another minute over medium heat. Next, add C, seasoning sauce, and keep stirring until sauce is thickened and looking sticky. Note: Stir and mix C well (seasoning sauce) before adding it to the wok.
  5. Add D. Taste and adjust seasonings accordingly. Remove from the heat and transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with sprinkles of sesame seeds and chopped coriander. Serve warm.

Add sauce mixture and chicken to pan. A saucy chicken stir fry with cashews, this is a terrific combination of flavours. You'll love how saucy this is, and how you can adapt this to your taste by using vegetables of choice. Try this with Hot and Sour Soup or Chinese Corn Soup with a side of Fried Rice for a homemade takeout experience! Cheesecake Factory's Spicy Cashew Chicken is straight from the restaurant's menu, this is a really spicy Mandarin-Style chicken dish with scallions and roasted cashews.

So that’s going to wrap it up for this exceptional food chilli chicken with cashews recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am sure that you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!