Name: Copycat Cheesecake Factory’s Cashew Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ⅓ cup canola; 1½ lbs chicken breast; Seasoned Rice Flour; Rice Flour Batter; Spicy Soy-Sherry Sauce; 8 oz cashews; 6 Green Onions; For Seasoned Rice Flour:; ¾ cup rice flour; ¼ tsp kosher salt; ⅛ tsp ground black pepper; ⅛ tsp paprika; ⅛ tsp baking powder; For Rice Flour Batter:; 1 cups rice flour; ¼ cup all-purpose flour; ¼ tsp kosher salt; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 1½ cups ice water; For Spicy Soy-Sherry Sauce:; 1 cup hoisin sauce; ¼ cup soy sauce; ¼ cup sherry wine; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tbsp sriracha sauce; ¼ cup granulated sugar; 2 oz fresh garlic; ¼ tsp red chili flakes

cheesecake factory's spicy cashew chicken recipe

How To Make Copycat Cheesecake Factory’s Cashew Chicken

Make your own version of this favorite Cheesecake Factory’s Spicy Cashew Chicken. Really spicy Mandarin-style chicken dish with scallions and cashews.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

⅓cupcanola,or vegetable oil
1½lbschicken breast,cut into bite size chunks
Seasoned Rice Flour
Rice Flour Batter
Spicy Soy-Sherry Sauce
8ozcashews
6green onions,cut into ¼- inch pieces

For Seasoned Rice Flour:

¾cuprice flour
¼tspkosher salt
⅛tspground black pepper
⅛tsppaprika
⅛tspbaking powder

For Rice Flour Batter:

1cupsRice Flour
¼cupall-purpose flour
¼tspkosher salt
¼tspground black pepper
1½cupsIce Water

For Spicy Soy-Sherry Sauce:

1cupHoisin sauce
¼cupsoy sauce
¼cupsherry wine
2tbspred wine vinegar
1tbspsriracha sauce
¼cupgranulated sugar
2ozfresh garlic,minced
¼tspred chili flakes,crushed

Instructions

Mix the ingredients into a bowl together. Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl over ice. Keep them cold.
Combine the sauce ingredients together and mix well. Toss the chicken with the seasoned flour.
Put the batter into a large bowl with the chicken. Carefully combine the two until well coated.
Heat the canola oil in a large pan or wok on medium-high.
Add the chicken pieces to the pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side until browned and crispy. Break apart any pieces that stay stuck together.
Add the sauce and cashews into the pan. Add in the green onions.
Toss all the ingredients together until well coated. Let cook for 30 seconds to a minute for the sauce to thicken.
Garnish with sesame seeds, parsley, and crushed cashews.

Nutrition

Calories: 884.02kcal
Fat: 41.58g
Saturated Fat: 7.33g
Trans Fat: 0.17g
Monounsaturated Fat: 21.66g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 9.62g
Carbohydrates: 90.08g
Fiber: 4.60g
Sugar: 22.84g
Protein: 37.41g
Cholesterol: 73.85mg
Sodium: 1363.78mg
Calcium: 88.45mg
Potassium: 737.33mg
Iron: 4.86mg
Vitamin A: 37.50µg
Vitamin C: 6.21mg

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