Cashew Sweet and Sour Chicken
Craving a tasty, homemade Chinese-style dish? Made with Minute® Instant White Rice, our Cashew Sweet and Sour Chicken is easier to make than it looks!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Minute® White Rice
- 1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 green bell pepper, cut into chunks
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp packed brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup chopped, toasted cashews
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Instructions
Whip up this saucy Cashew Sweet and Sour Chicken with Minute® Instant White Rice and enjoy a 25-minute meal that will satisfy your need for Chinese food. Topped with crunchy cashews, this mix of chicken, pineapple, peppers, cherry tomatoes and ginger is a sweet, savoury, utterly delicious weeknight meal.
Step 1
Prepare rice according to package directions; set aside.
Step 2
Meanwhile, drain pineapple and reserve juice. Mix 1/4 cup juice with cornstarch; set aside.
Step 3
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and brown for 5 minutes.
Step 4
Add bell peppers and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
Step 5
Stir in plain pineapple juice, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic salt, and ginger and cook for 5 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°F.
Step 6
Add pineapple chunks, tomatoes and corn starch/juice mixture. Cook until the sauce thickens.
Step 7
Serve chicken mixture over rice. Garnish with cashews.
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Delicious & Satisfying
Don’t forget the cashews with this sweet and sour chicken recipe. Easy to make, comforting and delicious served over a hot bowl of Minute® Instant White Rice, we love this recipe enough to eat it several times a week!
Before you start cooking your rice, gather all of your ingredients together. This recipe combines tasty chunks of chicken, succulent pineapple, crunchy bell peppers and cherry tomatoes, to name a few. Everything is tossed in a sweet and savory mixture of ginger, brown sugar and garlic salt that your family is sure to love!
Hoisin Sauce
We use hoisin sauce here to bring all of these tasty flavors together. This Asian sauce is a salty, sweet sauce made from fermented soy beans, vinegar, sugar and other flavorings. It’s usually used as a thick glaze or dipping sauce for meat or as an addition to stir-fried dishes. It’s perfect to balance this Cashew Sweet and Sour Chicken dish with fluffy Minute® Instant White Rice and crunchy cashews.
Want more recipes with hoisin sauce? Check out this Easy Sesame Hoisin Shrimp with Rice and Quinoa or our Chinese Chicken and Rice Salad. You can even add it to other meals, like our 15-Minute Chicken and Rice Dinner.
For a no-fuss recipe that’s always a winner, try our Cheesy Chicken and Rice Recipe with Broccoli.
