Chinese Cashew Chicken MeatballsRecipe preview on Faxo
Recipe

Description
Try this twist on Chinese Cashew Chicken. It's made with chicken meatballs in a wonderful sauce with green pepper, onion and cashews served over rice. One serving is only 615 calories.
Ingredients
- Sauce - Part 1:
- 1/4 c. soy sauce, ordinary or light (not dark)
- 1/4 c. Chinese cooking wine (shaoshing wine, Sake or Mirin or use dry sherry)*
- 1/4 c. Oyster sauce
- 2 t. sesame oil
- Sauce - Part 2:
- 1 T. cornflour/cornstarch
- Meatballs:
- 1 lb. ground chicken (turkey and pork would also be great)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 egg, small**
- 3/4 c. panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/4 t. white pepper (or use black)
- Stir Fry:
- 2 T. peanut, vegetable or canola oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped into 2/3 inch
- 3/4 c. water
- 1 c. cashews, unsalted
Steps
- Place Sauce Part 1 ingredients in a jar; shake well. Place 2 t. Sauce into a large bowl that the meatballs will be made in; add the cornstarch into the Sauce jar; shake; set Sauce aside.
- Add remaining Meatball ingredients into the bowl; mix until just combined.
- Measure out a heaped T. of mixture; dollop onto a clean work surface; roll into balls. Read note below if mixture is too loose or sticky to form into balls.**
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