By Angela McGowan
Here is a classic take out made easy at home, cashew chicken. One of my weaknesses is takeout Chinese food. Not real Chinese food of course, but our Americanized version of Chinese cuisine. I, like most Americans, love the stuff. I do prefer real Chinese food, but we only have one “real Chinese” restaurant in our area and it’s pretty far away and we don’t get there as often as I’d like. When I was working full-time, we use to order Chinese takeout at least once a week, sometimes twice for lunch. Our whole office was addicted to it. Since I haven’t been working those long hours anymore though, I just make my favorites at home. This was my first time making Cashew chicken. It was the simplest Chinese-American dish I’ve made at home yet. I based this recipe off of Martha Stewart’s recipe. A classic cashew chicken has oyster sauce, but I used Hoisin as she did in her recipe. I changed alot of the ratios around , after reading her reader’s comments, to improve on her recipe. Next time I make it though, I’ll add some green peppers and maybe another vegetable, just to make it a little more nutritious. It has so few ingredients, the amount of time it took to cook and prep this dish was so quick. I served it with white rice that I cooked in chicken stock.
Yield: Serves 4
Cashew Chicken
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken, chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup cashews
- 1 bell pepper, diced (optional)
- 4 tablespoons Hoisin sauce
- 8 green onions, sliced
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 3/4 water or chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- kosher salt and pepper
- steamed white rice
Directions:
1. Cook white rice according to package directions. Preheat large skillet or wok over low heat. Add olive oil. Salt and pepper chicken. Add chicken, bell peppers, garlic and cashews to skillet. Cook until chicken is no longer pink.
2. Add cornstarch to a small bowl with the water and mix well. Add cornstarch and water to chicken. Then add hoisin sauce and vinegar. Simmer for 5 - 10 minutes, until sauce has thickened. Just before serving, add green onions and serve with rice.
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