Cashew Chicken Toss Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, toss chicken with cornstarch until chicken is coated; season with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Cook half the chicken, tossing often, until browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Add remaining oil and chicken to skillet along with the garlic and white parts of scallions. Cook, tossing often, until chicken is browned, about 3 minutes. Return first batch of chicken to pan. Add vinegar; cook until evaporated, about 30 seconds.
• Add hoisin sauce and 1/4 cup water; cook, tossing, until chicken is cooked through, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in scallion greens and cashews. Serve immediately over white rice, if desired.

Steps:

• Combine Catsup, soy sauce, salt,Worcestershire Sauce, sugar, sesame oil, cayenne pepper, and chicken broth and set aside.
• In a bowl, combine cornstarch, sugar, and salt.
• Toss the chicken with cornstarch mixture.
• Heat a wok or frying pan to a high heat and add cooking oil.
• When oil is hot add chicken.
• Add gingeroot, garlic and onion.
• Stir fry mixture until chicken is cooked through and opaque.
• Add bell pepper and carrots, stir fry until tender crisp about 2-3 minutes, then add snow peas.
• Continue to stir fry until tender crisp.
• Add catsup/soysauce mixture to chicken and vegetables and cook until it comes to a boil.
• Add the cashews and serve immediately over a bed of white rice.

Steps:

• Cook the rice as the label directs. Set aside off the heat, 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
• Meanwhile, toss the chicken with 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 2 teaspoons soy sauce in a large bowl; set aside 5 minutes. Stir together the hoisin sauce, remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, the vinegar, sugar, ginger, garlic, remaining 1 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water in a separate bowl until smooth; set aside.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken in a single layer and cook, stirring once or twice, until golden and almost fully cooked through, 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate, leaving any drippings behind. Add the snap peas to the skillet and cook until bright green, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the cashews to lightly toast, about 1 minute.
• Return the chicken to the skillet and pour in the hoisin sauce mixture. Cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens slightly and coats the chicken and vegetables, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Divide the rice among plates or shallow bowls. Top with the chicken mixture and sauce.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the chicken, batter ingredients and 2 tablespoons water. Mix them by hand until the dry ingredients are evenly distributed.
• In a separate medium bowl, sift together the breading ingredients.
• Working with one piece of chicken at a time, drop each battered piece into the breading and lightly toss it to coat. (Do not press the breading onto the chicken.) Shake the excess breading off, then place the breaded chicken onto a wire rack-lined baking sheet, leaving space between each piece.
• Heat the oil in a large wok or skillet to 325 degrees. Gently drop the chicken into the oil one piece at a time, spacing them out evenly. Let them fry, undisturbed, for 7 to 8 minutes, until the pieces are deeply golden brown, then remove them with a spider or slotted spoon and transfer to a paper towel-lined tray to drain.
• Turn off the heat and carefully pour out oil into a heatproof container or pot to discard once it cools. Carefully scrape out any specks from the wok or pan with a paper towel held by tongs. Do not rinse the wok.
• Heat the wok over medium-high. Add the onion, carrot, celery, water chestnuts, mushrooms and garlic. Stir-fry until the garlic and celery become aromatic, about 2 minutes.
• Push the vegetables to one side of the wok. Add the sugar to the center of the wok and don't stir it for several seconds, to encourage it to caramelize a little. Then add the soy sauce and oyster sauce, and stir until the sugar has dissolved into the liquids. Toss the vegetables into the sauce. Let the sauce come up to a full boil and stir occasionally for 2 minutes, allowing it to slightly reduce and thicken.
• Stir in the fried chicken and cashews. Give the cornstarch-slurry a stir and add it to the sauce, stirring as it thickens. Remove from heat.
• Stir in the sesame oil and MSG (if using), and transfer to a serving platter. Serve with rice, if desired.

Steps:

• In a large plastic back (gallon zipper bag), combine first four ingredients; add chicken& toss to coat.
• Seal& marinate in refrigerator for two hours.
• Remove chicken from marinade& reserve marinade.
• Heat oil in a wok or large skillet.
• Stir-fry chicken for 2-3 minutes or until no longer pink.
• With a slotted spoon, remove chicken and set aside.
• In the same skillet, stir-fry broccoli& carrots for 3 minutes or just until crisp-tender.
• Combine cornstarch, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger& reserved marinade; stir into veggies.
• Cook and stir until slightly thickened and heated through.
• Stir in cashews and chicken; heat through.
• Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Whisk the first 10 ingredients until combined. Place chicken, peppers, broccoli and peas in a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Drizzle with soy sauce mixture; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cashews. Bake until chicken is no longer pink and vegetables are crisp-tender, 15-20 minutes.