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Cashew Chicken-Springfield Style Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 chicken breasts, boneless
2 C. All-purpose flour
1 tsp. seasoning salt
5 Tbsp. cornstarch, divided
1 whole egg, beaten
2 Tbsp. water
2 C. frying oil
2 C chicken broth
1 1/2 Tbsp. Oyster sauce
2 Tbsp. white sugar
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 C. cashew halves
2 Tbsp. chopped green onions for garnish
Directions:
Directions:
Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces.

In shallow dish, mix flour, seasoning salt, 3 Tbsp. cornstarch. In another bowl, mix egg with water and beat well. Dip chicken into flour mixture then egg mixture, then flour mixture again. Heat oil in fryer or skillet and deep fry chicken pieces until golden brown and drain on paper towels.

While frying, heat broth in medium saucepan and bring to boiling. Add in oyster sauce, sugar and soy sauce to the broth and return to boiling. Mix remaining 2 Tbsp. cornstarch with about 1/4 c. cold water and mix. Slowly stir into boiling broth and continue to stir until thickened.

Toast cashews in 200 degree oven for 5-7 minutes.

To serve, pour sauce over chicken and rice. Top with cashews and green onions
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4-5
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
15 min.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This isn't a family recipe, but this is the closest recipe I can find to the wonderful cashew chicken I grew up on. They say that Springfield, MO is where this type of cashew chicken originated. I never knew that there were other types of cashew chicken until I moved to Conway, AR.

Our family would always go out to eat at Diamond Head restaurant in Mountain Home and order cashew chicken. I loved those nights! Then when we lived in Springfield, MO for a few months just after we had Xaiden, there were cashew chicken places all over. The best cashew chicken I found in Springfield was in a grocery store deli area. Dillon's Grocery store was the best place to get cashew chicken!

I looked all over the internet in search of a recipe that could come close to that chicken because there were no places in Conway to order such chicken. This is the one I loved the most and this brings back so many great memories of Diamond Head restaurant take-out nights at home.

 

 

 

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