Best cashew chicken recipe and it’s whole30 and paleo! This easy dinner is a family favorite- we can’t get enough of this delicious and easy to make cashew chicken! Save this recipe for whole30 meal prep this week.
This cashew chicken is giving me life.
It’s like a whole unknown world opened up to me… and I’m not going back!
This will be on the dinner rotation for weeeeks, I can assure you of that! 🙂
If you are in need of an easy meal prep idea that will blow minds and win over hearts, then this is it!
We all can’t get enough of this easy cashew chicken recipe; it’s refreshingly easy to make and out-of-this-world-delicious.
Spicy ginger cashew chicken
This is the kinda meal that we all wanted to have a whole batch- just for ourselves, because it’s that GOOD.
Spicy cashew chicken is seriously everything!
It makes me feel like sitting on the floor, pretending like I’m eating take out, Gilmore Girl style.
I’ve never had take out, but I feel like I would reach a new status of cool with that brown box in my lap and chop sticks in hand.
But, since I’m basic, I had it in a bowl at the table with chopsticks instead.😜
This meal is exciting enough on it’s own, but if you think you will still be hungry after this, then serving this dish with a pot of rice is always a good idea- that’s our dinner plans tonight. 🙂
If you’re thinking of going with the meal prep route with this chicken, then I suggest using these glasslock lunch storage containers.
Enjoy!
Spicy Ginger Cashew Chicken
Ingredients
- 3 large chicken breasts cut in 1" cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 head broccoli
- 1/2 large yellow onion
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds to taste
- 1/4 cup cilantro to taste
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup soft medjool dates pitted, about 4
- 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Cut chicken breasts into 1" cubes. Heat a skillet over medium heat on the stove and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cook chicken in skillet for about 5-8 minutes (stirring on occasion) until just cooked through- when a piece is cut in half, there won't be any pink left.
- Chop broccoli and onion into bite size pieces and transfer chicken to a plate. Add broccoli and onion into skillet and cook with a drizzle of olive oil until just soft, but not mushy.
- In a blender puree ingredients for sauce until completely smooth, then pour over chicken. Stir in cashews, sesame seeds, and cilantro and serve.