Clara's Cooking | Asian Cashew Chicken

Asian Cashew Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb chicken breast, cut into slices

1/2 onion, cut in half and sliced

2-3 carrots, sliced at an angle

3/4 cup frozen green peas

1 red bell pepper, cut into slices

3/4 cup whole cashews

1/2 TBSP ginger, minced

1/2 cup soy sauce (or coconut aminos, to make this recipe Whole30 friendly)

1-2 tsp hot sauce

1/2 cup chicken broth
2-3 TBSP almond or cashew butter (Whole30 compliant, like Trader Joe's)

1/2 TBSP olive oil

1-1/2 TBSP cornstarch

Directions:

1. In large pan, heat oil on medium to medium-high heat. 

2. Cook chicken, tossing to cook evenly. When chicken nearly done, add onions, carrots and peas.

3. After carrots have been cooking for 2-3 minutes, add red bell pepper.

4. Mix ginger, soy sauce, hot sauce, chicken broth, and almond/cashew butter in a separate bowl. Add to pan.

5. Add 1/2 cup of cashews, setting 1/4 cup of cashews aside.  Fold into dish.

6. Cook on medium until veggies tender.

7. If needed, add cornstarch slowly until sauce slightly thickened.

8. Top with remainder of cashews. Enjoy with white rice (or spaghetti squash to make this dish Whole30 friendly).

Tips:
For additional flavoring, use water and 1 Goya chicken bouillon cube instead of chicken broth. Note, this may have additional sodium.

To make this WHOLE30 compliant, eliminate the corn starch and green peas (you can use snow peas or snap peas instead). Replace the soy sauce with coconut aminos. Use water instead of the chicken broth unless you have a Whole30 compliant broth or make your own.