Cashew Chicken
Traditional dish with chicken, powdered ginger, vegetables.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- to taste chicken
- to taste powdered ginger
- to taste vegetables
- to taste soy sauce
- to taste oil
- to taste cashews, salted
- to taste chicken broth
- to taste cornstarch
Steps
- Begin boiling the cashews in a covered pot.
- Be sure to add water from time to time so that the cashews are kept wet.
- Prepare the chicken and vegetables as you would for Broccoli Stir Fry or Egg Roll filling, with particle sizes around 1-inch diameter.
- For the sauce, start with 1 cup of chicken broth and 1 tablespoon of corn starch.
- Bring this mixture to a boil while stirring.
- Add additional corn starch or chicken broth as needed to control the thickness.
- You may also wish to add some sugar, orange juice, and additional soy sauce.
- Add the sauce and cashews to the rest of the dish.
- Serve with rice.
Adapted from “Cashew Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.