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Easy Cashew Chicken with Soy Sauce, made with oh-so-tender stir-fried chicken, and roasted cashews in a delicious soy and oyster sauce. It tastes just like take-out, BUT way better.
Cashew chicken is a Chinese-American dish that combines chicken, with cashews and either a light brown garlic sauce or a thick sauce made from chicken stock, soy sauce, and oyster sauce.
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Easy Cashew Chicken with Soy Sauce
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner Recipes
- Cuisine: Chinese-American
Description
For dinner, you can prepare a delightful dish of Cashew Chicken served with Jasmine Rice and delicious veggies added to the mix.
Ingredients
Sauce
- 2 Tablespoon Cornflour
- 1/3 cup Water
- 4 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 3 Tablespoons Oyster Sauce
- 2 Teaspoons Sesame Oil
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Chicken
- 500g Skinless Chicken Fillets
- 1 chopped Green Bell Pepper
- 1 chopped Yellow Bell Pepper
- 1 chopped Onion
- Chopped Bok Choy
- 1 Punnett Mushrooms
- 2–3 grated Cloves Garlic
- Cashew Nuts
Instructions
Sauce
- Mix all the ingredients together till smooth.
- Add enough of the sauce to coat the chicken pieces and toss well.
- Set aside and retain the remaining sauce.
- Chicken
- Heat oil in a pan and add the garlic and onion and cook till soft.
- Then add chicken and cook through.
- Stir in the peppers, Bok choy, and mushrooms then cook for a few minutes.
- Add remaining sauce and cook until it thickens.
- Top with cashews and remove from heat.
- Serve with rice and enjoy!!
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested Rochelle from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SATasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 315
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 1447
- Fat: 12
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 11
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 40
- Cholesterol: 111
What is cashew chicken sauce made of?
Sauce: In a small bowl whisk the soy sauce, chicken broth, garlic, brown sugar, hoisin, and sesame oil. Combine: Add to the pan with the cashews. Toss until the sauce has thickened. Serve over rice with vegetables if desired.
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Always looking for an easy and fast dinner recipe. Thanks Esme, I think this one is a keeper.
Hi Diana, Awesome, so happy that you think this one is a keeper. Hope you will try it out and give this recipe a rating and review once you made it. Enjoy and thanks for visiting.
I love cashew chicken and jasmine rice, and this looks very easy to make! 🙂
Hi there Scout, Thank you so much for popping in here. I sincerely hope that you will try this recipe, then if you have a moment, revert back, give it a rating and review and let me know what you think when you tried it out. Thanks again