Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken
Recipes Chicken Main Dish Other ethnic food Restaurants Soups and stews
Description
Make your own restaurant quality Cashew Chicken at home in your slow cooker. It's full of flavor and is amazingly good.
Ingredients
2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 4 breasts, cut into chunks
3 T. cornstach
½ t. black pepper
1 T. canola oil
Sauce: (You may want to double these ingredients for more sauce.)
½ c. low sodium soy sauce
4 T. rice wine vinegar
3 T. ketchup
2 T. sweet chili sauce
2 T. brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 t. grated fresh ginger
¼ t. red pepper flakes
1 c. cashews
cooked rice, for serving
sliced green onions, for garnish, optional
Directions
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Wash chicken and pat dry. Cut into chunks.
Place a slow cooker liner in the base of a slow cooker for easy clean up.
Combine cornstarch and pepper in resealable food storage bag; add chicken; shake to coat chicken.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; brown chicken, about 2 minutes per side.
Place chicken in slow cooker.
Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sweet chili sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes, and cashews in small bowl; pour over chicken. (If you want your cashews to have more of a crunch, add them right before serving.)
Cook on Low 3 - 4 hours.
Serve over cooked rice. If desired, garnish with chopped green onions.
4-6 servings.