Cashew Chicken Stir Fry

Name: Cashew Chicken Stir Fry
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 lbs chicken breasts or thighs, cubed; 2 Tbsp vegetable oil; 3 Tbsp sesame oil; ¼ cup cornstarch; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp pepper; 2 Tbsp garlic, minced; 1 cup broccoli florets; 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch strips; 1 green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch strips; 4 oz baby carrots, cut in half lengthwise; 8 oz snapped peas, ends trimmed; 1 cup water chestnuts, chopped; 1 cup whole cashews, roasted and unsalted; ¼ cup green onions sliced, to serve; 1 cup jasmine rice cooked, to serve; sesame seeds, to serve; ½ cup water; 3 Tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 Tbsp soy sauce; 2 Tbsp minced garlic; 1 Tbsp sriracha; 1 Tbsp sesame oil; 1 Tbsp ginger, minced; 1 Tbsp honey; 2 tsp cornstarch

8 steps

Prep:25minCook:20min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:17:52 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

2 lbschicken breasts

or thighs, cubed

2 Tbspvegetable oil

3 Tbspsesame oil

¼ cupcornstarch

½ tspsalt

½ tsppepper

2 Tbspgarlic

minced

1 cupbroccoli florets

1red bell pepper

cut into 1-inch strips

1green bell pepper

cut into 1-inch strips

4 ozbaby carrots

cut in half lengthwise

8 ozpeas

snapped, ends trimmed

1 cupwater chestnuts

chopped

1 cupwhole cashews

roasted and unsalted

¼ cupgreen onions

sliced, to serve

1 cupjasmine rice

cooked, to serve

sesame seeds

to serve

Sauce

½ cupwater

3 Tbsphoisin sauce

2 Tbspsoy sauce

2 Tbspminced garlic

1 Tbspsriracha

1 Tbspsesame oil

1 Tbspginger

minced

1 Tbsphoney

2 tspcornstarch

Instructions

Step 1

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together water, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, ginger, garlic, honey, and cornstarch. Set aside.

Step 2

Cube and place chicken in a bowl with corn starch, salt, and pepper. Toss until chicken is well coated.

Step 3

Heat a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Pour in cooking oil and sesame oil and add in chicken.

Step 4

Toss and allow the chicken to cook until it starts to brown, about 8-10 minutes.

Step 5

Add in garlic, broccoli, carrots, sugar snapped peas, and bell peppers and let the veggies sauté alongside the chicken for another 5 minutes.

Step 6

Once veggies have started to soften, add in the sauce mixture and let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally

Step 7

Add in water chestnuts, followed a minute or two later by the cashews, and continue to cook for about 3 more minutes, stirring occasionally. The sauce will thicken.

Step 8

Serve over rice and garnish with sliced green onions and sesame seeds