Spicy Ginger Cashew Chicken
Best cashew chicken recipe and it’s whole30 and paleo! This easy dinner is a family favorite- we can’t get enough of this delicious and easy to make cashew chicken! Save this recipe for whole30 meal prep this week.
This cashew chicken is giving me life.
It’s like a whole unknown world opened up to me… and I’m not going back!
This will be on the dinner rotation for weeeeks, I can assure you of that! 🙂
If you are in need of an easy meal prep idea that will blow minds and win over hearts, then this is it!
We all can’t get enough of this easy cashew chicken recipe; it’s refreshingly easy to make and out-of-this-world-delicious.
Spicy ginger cashew chicken
This is the kinda meal that we all wanted to have a whole batch- just for ourselves, because it’s that GOOD.
Spicy cashew chicken is seriously everything!
It makes me feel like sitting on the floor, pretending like I’m eating take out, Gilmore Girl style.
I’ve never had take out, but I feel like I would reach a new status of cool with that brown box in my lap and chop sticks in hand.
But, since I’m basic, I had it in a bowl at the table with chopsticks instead.?
This meal is exciting enough on it’s own, but if you think you will still be hungry after this, then serving this dish with a pot of rice is always a good idea- that’s our dinner plans tonight. 🙂
If you’re thinking of going with the meal prep route with this chicken, then I suggest using these glasslock lunch storage containers.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
Chicken
- 3 large chicken breasts cut in 1" cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 head broccoli
- 1/2 large yellow onion
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds to taste
- 1/4 cup cilantro to taste
Sauce
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup soft medjool dates pitted, about 4
- 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Cut chicken breasts into 1" cubes. Heat a skillet over medium heat on the stove and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cook chicken in skillet for about 5-8 minutes (stirring on occasion) until just cooked through- when a piece is cut in half, there won't be any pink left.
- Chop broccoli and onion into bite size pieces and transfer chicken to a plate. Add broccoli and onion into skillet and cook with a drizzle of olive oil until just soft, but not mushy.
- In a blender puree ingredients for sauce until completely smooth, then pour over chicken. Stir in cashews, sesame seeds, and cilantro and serve.
Nutrition
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Hi Kaylie, What can I use instead of Coconut Aminos? Very difficult to come by in SA, and very expensive 🙁 Love your recipes. Thank you xx
Hi Sandi, soy sauce is a great sub for coconut aminos! 🙂 Enjoy.
Oh my, this recipe was so delicious!! Thank you so much for posting. Even my non-restricted hubby loved it. 🙂 I had to leave out the pepper flakes for myself so he just added some to his plate. 🙂
Thank you Sara, that’s great to hear! So glad you enjoyed this dish. 🙂
Also, Braggs amino acid’s are a great substitute for soy sauce and half the sodium. Taste just like soy sauce in my opinion. I was thinking of using that instead of the coconut amino’s. The coconut amino’s I found had sugar in them and were sweet. Anyway, just my thoughts on the matter. I haven’t made the recipe yet but I am really looking forward to it.
Yes, Braggs is good too, but I have found that it’s waaay too salty to sub 1:1 with coconut aminos…
Why not use fresh ginger? It looks delicious and I’m looking forward to trying it.
Hi Steph, fresh ginger would best best, but I didn’t have any on hand, so I used what I had. 🙂
I made this for my boyfriend and he actually said this is the best dish I’ve ever made. Excellent recipe! 🙂
That’s awesome Marley, thank you!
Hi, this looks delicious. What can I use instead of tapioca flour. Would arrowroot flour work?
Yes, arrowroot flour works great!
Sub for the dates??? I totally forgot to get them at the store!
Hi Lauren, you can use maple syrup or sugar instead of dates. 🙂
Made this for dinner tonight and omg it was SO DELICIOUS! Followed the recipe exactly as it’s shown and I wouldn’t change a single thing. Thank you so much. Will definitely be making it again 🙂
Great to hear, thank you Nallely!
Oh. My. God. This was so good. My wife and I are raving about it. The sauce is absolutely amazing. We used arrowroot flour instead of tapioca. I also toasted the cashews before adding them to the dish. I’m wondering what it would taste like if you substituted peanuts for the cashews? Hmmm…
Thank you Josh! Yes, peanuts would be awesome too!
ANOTHER fabulous dish!!! Keep creating and posting, your recipes are amazing!!
Thank you so much Jenn!
Do you add the cashews? With the broccoli and onions?
Hi Heather, I sprinkle the cashews over top before serving- kind of like a garnish. 🙂 Enjoy!
Your made your receipes, it came out amazing!
This recipe was absolutely amazing! The whole family loved it, this will be a keeper for sure. Even shared it with a few of my Whole30 groups to try out. Thank you for sharing it!
Thank you Chantelle! 🙂
Unfortunately the sauce was too thick and there was too much of it. Without thinking I dumped the entire contents onto my stir fry and it all clumped together into a gooey-mess. Next time I’ll be using much less thickener and much less sauce.