Orange Cashew Chicken
Tender chicken stir-fried with crisp vegetables, crunchy cashews, and a sweet citrus glaze. A quick and flavorful weeknight dinner.
This recipe is Chinese-inspired style, dinner, scaled for 4 servings, with 15 min prep and 20 min cook.
Prep: 15 min · Cook: 20 min · Total: 35 min · Serves: 4
Quick cooking notes
- Core ingredients include boneless skinless chicken breast, vegetable oil, carrots, celery.
- Follow all 8 steps in order for the intended texture and doneness.
- Ingredient quantities listed below are for 4 servings.
Ingredients
- 500 grams boneless skinless chicken breast (cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup carrots (sliced)
- 1 cup celery (chopped)
- 0.75 cup salted cashews
- 0.5 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 cups cooked rice (for serving)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
- Stir-fry chicken, carrots, and celery for 8–10 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
- Reduce heat to medium.
- In a bowl, whisk together cornstarch, ginger, orange juice, soy sauce, and honey.
- Pour sauce into the pan and stir to coat.
- Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes until thickened.
- Stir in cashews.
- Serve hot over cooked rice.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 420
- Protein: 32 g
- Fat: 18 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 520 mg
Nutrition values are estimates based on stored ingredient totals and serving size.