Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Spicy Cashew Chicken

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy cashew chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Spicy Cashew Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Spicy Cashew Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook spicy cashew chicken using 14 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Cashew Chicken:

1. Take 2 large chicken breasts, cubed
2. Take 1 tbsp cooking sherry
3. Prepare 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
4. Prepare 1/4 cup oil
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
6. Take 3 green onions, sliced
7. Get 2 garlic cloves, minced
8. Get 1/2 cup cashews, lightly salted or unsalted
9. Make ready 1 Toasted sesame seeds, to taste
10. Get Sauce
11. Make ready 8 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
12. Prepare 3 tbsp cornstarch
13. Get 8 tsp sugar
14. Make ready 4 tsp white vinegar

Steps to make Spicy Cashew Chicken:

1. Combine 2 Tbsp of soy sauce with the cooking sherry in a medium sized bowl
2. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces, put chicken in soy sauce and sherry marinade. Let sit while you prepare the other ingredients
3. In a small bowl, whisk 8 Tbsp soy sauce, 3 Tbsp corn starch, 8 tsp sugar, and 4 tsp vinegar. Set aside.
4. Slice the green onions, mince the garlic and measure out the red pepper flakes
5. Drain chicken in strainer to get the marinade off as much as possible
6. Heat oil in wok or large skillet over high heat. When oil is hot and ready, add red pepper flakes to the oil and stir a few times
7. Add chicken all at once. Let the chicken sit for a few minutes until golden, then stir to turn the chicken and brown on both sides.
8. Once chicken is golden brown and cooked through, add garlic to chicken and cook for about a minute
9. Drain oil if there is still an excessive amount in the pan. Add cashews, stir.
10. Immediately remove wok or skillet from the heat pour in sauce while continuously stirring to coat all the chicken in the sauce.
11. The sauce should thicken quite a bit, but if you would like it thicker, put the pan back on medium heat for 5-10 seconds, constantly stirring.
12. Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds over the top, add green onion slices, serve over white rice, and enjoy!
13. Veggies could also be added. I added a 1/4 cup of chopped celery and added it right before adding the cashews

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