Yay for the slow cooker! This awesome Asian -inspired meal is super easy and really, really good. It only takes a minimal bit of prep work and then the crock pot does the rest of the work for you. I served this over brown rice with some chicken broth-steamed broccoli. Delicious!
Cashew Chicken
3 or 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup unbleached flour
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 T sesame oil or EVOO
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 T white vinegar*
2 T white balsamic vinegar*
1/4 cup ketchup
1 1/2 T brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 cup cashews**
1. Heat the oil over medium-high heat. Combine flour and black pepper into a bowl or ziplock bag and toss the chicken thoroughly. Brown the chicken about 2 or 3 minutes on each side.
2. Whisk soy sauce, vinegars (*you can substitute 1/4 cup white rice vinegar) ketchup, sugar, garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes together until combined.
3. Place browned chicken in sprayed crock pot and pour the soy sauce mixture over it. **You can add the cashews now or toward the end, either is fine.
4. Cook on low for 4 hours. Stir occasionally.
5. Serve over rice.
The Home Heart 
Oh how I love Cashew Chicken – and in the slow cooker??? Heaven! Pinning this one – BTW, we are right by each other on Weekend Potluck – yep, we are Cookin’ Buds!
I saw that too 🙂 And yes, this dish is amazing but I should say that I let the cashew slow cook the whole time so they were very flavorful and sort of …juicy? I’d never had them like that before. Definitely yummy but a bit weird. If you prefer crunchy cashews you can also just wait until ready to serve and toss them in, or reduce their cooking time.
Oh I think I would prefer chewy cashews! 🙂
Yeah, me too! I was surprised but it was really good!
I LOVE cashew chicken and anything in a crock-pot! 🙂 Am saving this one – can’t wait to try!!
Thank you 🙂 Enjoy!
Your sauce sounds terrific. Nice combination of sweet and tangy. Thanks for sharing it with us on foodie friday.
Thanks 🙂
This is one of my favorite dishes when we go out for Chinese! Thanks for sharing! ❤
You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
You’re welcome and I look forward to trying this! 🙂
I love cashew chicken!
I notice that the picture shows broccoli but no broccoli is mentioned in the recipe. Did you just steam it and add it when it was served or did I miss something?
I love broccoli or snow peas with asian meals, even though they are fairly cliche. I just parboil in chicken broth or roast in the oven with some EVOO and salt & pepper. You can serve any veggie you like with this meal.
What size crock-pot. I don’t believe it said.
It doesn’t matter. It’s a fairly small recipe but I’ve done it in a large crock pot and it’s fine.