Friday, March 5, 2010

Healthy Cashew Chicken

This Chinese dish is packed with great flavors. The broccoli goes so wonderfully with chicken and the sauce. The sauce is sweet with a hint of little heat. It was excellent with white Jasmine rice. The cashew nuts add a little crunchiness, which is the highlight of this dish.

Cashew Chicken

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3/4 cup chicken broth (low-sodium)
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon dark sesame oil
pinch of crushed red pepper
pinch of brown sugar
1/2 tablespoon olive oil

3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1-inch gingerroot, finely chopped
1 (10oz) bag broccoli florets
1/4 cup roasted cashew nuts, roughly chopped
2 cups cooked white Jasmine

Directions:

In a medium sized bowl, add the chicken, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and toss until thoroughly combined. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup chicken broth, the remaining 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, the cornstarch, sesame oil, crushed red pepper, and brown sugar; set aside.

Heat 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a large saute pan over medium high hat. Add the garlic and ginger and stir for about 2 minutes until the garlic and ginger brown slightly. Add the chicken and cook until no longer pink. Add the broccoli and the prepared sauce and stir well, until the broccoli is tender but still crisp, about 3-4 minutes. Add the roasted cashew nuts to the pan and stir well.

Serve with rice.





51 comments:

  1. hello,
    your photo very beautiful,
    I'm from Türkiye,from Ankara.

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  2. Yum! Cashew chicken is a favorite. Thanks for the recipe.

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  3. A lovely recipe! It's been a while since I made cashew chicken - now I feel like I should do it real soon :)

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  4. this is one of my favorite dishes, I love cashews

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  5. Great recipe... one of my favorite dishes!

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  6. One of my favourite dish. Adding some dried chillies will give the dish an extra kick!:D

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  7. hey sook cashew chiken looks absolutely fantastic n delicious....healthy recipe....

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  8. Jeannie,

    an extra kick is always welcome in my family. :) That is a great idea. Next time I make this, I will add a little bit of red pepper flakes... :)

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  9. A lovely combination. Completely delicious, and so healthy too! Win Win!

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  10. One of my staple Chinese dishes! Yours looks great :)

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  11. lovely recipe,looks so good and yum

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  12. Love cashew chicken.. The clicks look great!!. Sure will taste terrific with my brown rice!.

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  13. my fave nut are cashews and that dish is just spelling out my name. Lovely lovely lovely!

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  14. I love cashews too! They are good in anything, or simply eaten as they are. Your Chinese dish looks better than many Chinese dishes served in Hong Kong!

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  15. A great flavorful dish with crunch from the cashews.

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  16. I love cashew chicken, this looks great

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  17. Oh my gosh! Everything on here looks so good. Your picts are great. I am going to have to try this one in particular! Thanks!

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  18. Healthy, flavorful and delicious. Nice!

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  19. Looks delicious..would go well with rice,nice presentation...

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  20. Love it, chicken with cashews is one of the best things. Good times.

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  21. I've been thinking about Cashew Chicken for a few weeks now! One of my favorites and I've never made it!

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  22. Healthy, flavorful and delicious - this is my kind of recipe.

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  23. Wonderful! I will have to make this for my daughter when she comes home from university, she will love it.

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  24. I love chicken with cashews (my favorite chinese dish) so I will have to try this sometime. Beautiful presentation, too!

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  25. I love this dish, but it's hard for me to find a well done Cashew chicken at local restaurants, thanks so much for sharing this. Can't wait ..

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  26. While we are here in Victoria we are trying all kinds of oriental food. Your chicken looks fabulous and healthy; love that.
    Rita

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  27. I love the combination of cashew nuts and chicken.

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  28. One of my favourites too! The best of this stir-fry is the nuts. :-)

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  29. Sook,

    Cashew chicken looks good, i will try vegetarian version of it

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  30. What a lovely, easy..and healthy recipe that would be perfect for busy weekdays!

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  31. My man quite often orders this dish in Chinese Restaurants it would be lovely to make it for him one night. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  32. Another delicious dish. I love cashew nuts with chicken. I love to cook it spicy...mmmm

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  33. One of my favorite chinese dishes! It looks delicious.

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  34. I love everything in this dish, especially the cashews. Thanks for sharing.

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  35. Yum! I like the cashews! I am into crunchy in a big way! Looks good and easy!

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  36. Truly fantastic and rich chicken dish..

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  37. I love this recipe! Can't wait to make it.

    New to your blog and will be back. Thanks for all the great recipes ;)

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  38. This looks excellent! Cashews are so yummy with chicken.

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  39. This look yummy! I have some left over chicken, the jasmine rice and the cashews on hand. Thanks for the recipe

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  40. Looks great! flavors sound wonderful..

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  41. Yum, that looks great! I love the crunch that nuts give to boring old stir frys.

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  42. This is healthy and also delicious!

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  43. so yummy! i could gobble this right up!

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  44. I love cashew chicken and love the fact that this is healthy! It looks really delicious Sook!

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  45. I love this dish.. agree with brocolli goes well with chicken adn cashews I think even better. good one!

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  46. I could soooo go for this dish this week! I think all I need to get are cashews. i

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  47. Sook, this is a KEEPER! Thank you for sharing this restaurant favorite. Will be making this soon and often!

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  48. I love cashews! Yours looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.

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