Cashew Chicken

Submitted by Derf2440

"A very nice Asian taste! Love cashews! Serve with a nice crisp salad."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 cups uncooked long-grain rice (brown if you prefer)
• 1 2⁄3 cups water or 1 2/3 cups chicken stock
• 2 -3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• hoisin sauce
• wheat germ or breadcrumbs
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1⁄4 cup cashews, chopped in pieces
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil (or veggie oil)
• 1⁄2 lb snap peas
• 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and quartered
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced bamboo shoots, drained
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• lemon wedge

directions

1. Cook rice in water or stock or as directed on package.
2. Rinse chicken and dry well with paper towel.
3. Coat chicken well with hoisin sauce.
4. Roll in wheat germ or bread crumbs until well coated.
5. Spray fry pan with veggie oil.
6. Brown chicken until cooked through.
7. Cool slightly, cut into bite size pieces.
8. Spread cut chicken pieces on ungreased cookie sheet, bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes until crisp.
9. Add cashews to cookie sheet for the last 3 minutes of baking time.
10. Set aside and keep warm.
11. In a small bowl, whisk together broth, teriyaki sauce, hoisin sauce and cornstarch, until well blended, set aside.
12. Heat sesame oil in large fry pan over medium high heat until hot but not smoking.
13. Add snap peas, cook and stir for 3 minutes until tender-crisp, stir in water chestnuts and bamboo shoots.
14. Add sauce mixture to veggies, cook until mixture boils and thickens, stirring often.
15. Fold in chicken, sprinkle with cashews.
16. Serve at once over hot rice, Garnish with lemon wedges.
17. To speed up the process, frozen cooked breaded chicken nuggets (10-12 cut in half) can be used in place of the chicken breasts.
18. Start by placing nuggets in oven on cookie sheet at 400°F, etc--the taste will be different, not as Asian.

Reviews

[chia2160]

this was great-my family says so, all enjoyed the chicken and the sauce. i used thin asparagus and cut the chicken into thick strips, served it with brown rice,all gone

 

[Chef Beaver]

In a word, scrumptious!

 

[Chefwendel]

This was awesome. I loved the hoisin/bread crumb coating on the chicken. I will definitely be using that basic recipe for many chicken dinners-it was so good and easy too. Thanks Derf the whole recipe was a hit at my cooking club dinner!

 

[Lighthouse Rita]

My husband and I really enjoyed this chicken dish. The only thing I did different was to use cut up squash and mushrooms in place of snap peas. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Diana Adcock]

Good Morning- My BF and I really enjoyed this recipe-easy to put together, nice to look at and tasted great. I didnt make the rice as we dont eat it. I served this with Gyoza by JanS (which I fried). Thanks for posting-we will have this again soon.