Cashew Szechwan Chicken or Cashew Szechwan Meatless Chicken
Cashew Szechwan Chicken is delicious spicy goodness and this recipe for it becomes even better in that it can be made with either free range actual chicken or a meatless chicken substitute.
Through the miracle of Soy and Hemp Meatless Chicken Substitutes many traditional chicken recipes can still be enjoyed by those who choose to become a vegetarian. Many stores have begun to sell Meat Substitutes that resemble the real thing in extreme detail. President’s Choice Superstore (in Canada) and Walmart, and many local and independent health and whole food stores sell meatless chicken substitutes, as always please support the latter first. This recipe can be used by that who choose to use real chicken, preferably free range, or by vegetarians using meatless chicken substitutes. Even perriniel favorites like Cashew Szechwan Chicken can be made with actual chicken or a meatless chicken substitute.
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2 Whole Free Range Chicken Breasts,
cut into ¾ inch cubes
or
2 -4 Meatless Chicken Breasts
cut into ¾ inch cubes.
or
2 227 gram Packages Meatless Chicken Strips
cut into ¾ cubes
or
1 16oz. Package of Meatless Chicken Strips
cut into ¾ cubes
1 tbsp Soy Sauce or Tamari
1 tbsp Rice Wine
2 tbsp Soy sauce or Tamari (your choice)
1 tbsp Organic Cornstarch
2 tsp Fair Trade Organic Cane Sugar
1 tsp White Vinegar, Rice Wine Vinegar, or Apple Cider Vinegar (your choice)
1/4 cup Grape Seed Oil
1/2 To 1 tsp crushed Fair Trade Organic Red Pepper Flakes
3 Green onions Sliced
3 Peppers Green, Red, and Yellow cut into strips
1 tbsp Minced Fresh Ginger
1/2 cup Fair Trade Organic Unsalted Cashews
Marinate which ever chicken you choose to use in 1 tbsp soy sauce/tamari and rice wine for 30 minutes.
If you are using meatless chicken do not exceed 30 minutes and check on the progress throughout the marinating as it can break down quicker than chicken
Combine 2 Tbsp soy sauce/tamari, cornstarch, sugar and your choice of vinegar and set aside.
Heat oil in wok or skillet. Add red pepper to taste and cook until it turns black.
Add chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes. Remove chicken. Add peppers, green onions
and ginger and stir fry for 1 minute. Return chicken to wok. Cook 2
minutes.
Stirring constantly, add soy sauce mixture and any remaining chicken
marinade. Add cashews. Serve over the cooked rice of your choice, white, brown, black, or red.
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# 1 by Likha
March 18th, 2011 at 1:37 am #
I’m interested in the meatless chicken substitute. Spicy is fine with me.
# 2 by CHIPMUNK
March 18th, 2011 at 2:05 am #
I like spices foods good one