Cashew Chicken Recipe (腰果鸡丁)

Cashew Chicken Recipe (腰果鸡丁). Cashew Chicken is a very popular eat-in and take-out dish at Chinese restaurants, and in this post i will share with you all Cashew Chicken recipe, ingredients, direction how to preapre this dish.

The key to a great Chinese stir-fried chicken dish is simple: to make the chicken tender  many restaurants and chinese chefs is using baking soda. Baking soda serves two purposes: 

1. To rid the chicken of any potential smell (I am sure you have had bad experiences eating chicken with a foul chicken-y odor,

 2. To tenderize the meat. Just by looking at my pictures, you can tell that those chicken breast cubes are silky and tender. For the detailed instructions, please follow my Cashew Chicken recipe below.

Recipe: Cashew Chicken (腰果鸡丁)

Cashew Chicken (腰果鸡丁) Ingredients:

1 boneless & skinless chicken breast, about 10 oz. (cut into small cubes)

1/2 cup unsalted cashew nuts

1 small green bell pepper, about 4 oz. (cut into small square pieces)

5 slices ginger

1/4 onion (cut into small square pieces)

Marinade:

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon corn starch

1/2 teaspoon rice wine

Sauce:

1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce

3/4 teaspoon soy sauce

3 tablespoons water

3 dashes white pepper powder

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon rice wine

1/8 teaspoon sesame oil

Salt to taste

Directions how to preapre cashew chicken (腰果鸡丁):

1. Marinate the chicken meat with the baking soda for 15-20 minutes and then rinse the chicken thoroughly. (Please make sure that the chicken is properly rinsed clean of the baking soda.)

2. Pat the chicken meat dry with paper towels and then marinate with the rice wine and corn starch, for 15 minutes.

3. Mix the sauce together and set aside.

4. Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and stir-fry the chicken meat until the color turns white or half-cooked. Dish out and set aside.

5. Add another 1 tablespoon of cooking oil into the wok and add in the ginger slices, bell peppers and onions.

6. Stir-fry until you smell the peppery aroma from the green peppers and add the chicken meat back in.

7. Add in the sauce and stir continuously until the chicken meat is cooked and well coated with the sauce. Add salt to taste, if you like.

8. Add in the cashew nuts and do a few quick stirs. Dish out and serve the Cashew Chicken hot with steamed white rice.

That's it the Cashew Chicken (腰果鸡丁) recipe, ingredients, and directions to prepare this dish, hope you like it, have a taste and enjoy it. Cashew Chicken Recipe (腰果鸡丁)