10-Minute Healthy Cashew Chicken Recipe
The Easy, Healthy Version of Restaurant Cashew Chicken
This cashew chicken dish is healthy, easy, and tastes incredible! And with a pressure cooker, it only take 10 minutes to make!
Cashew Chicken Recipe & Nutrition Download Below
Cashew chicken has always been one of my very favorite dishes to order in if I’m in the mood for Asian. The texture of the cashews with the chicken always hits me just right, and it has a great carb to protein ratio!
A Cashew chicken dish isn’t usually viewed as very “healthy diet” friendly, and while I am totally in favor of enjoying foods you really want (in moderation), I also love having healthier versions I can whip up at home. Especially when they cook in 10 minutes.
YES: 10 MINUTES! Pressure cookers are crazy miracles. So many people have instant Pots these days, and it’s because they’re worth iT!
But if you don’t have one, you could just as easily cook cashew chicken over medium heat on the stove. It may take a little longer, but the flavors and textures are just as good!
Make this cashew chicken recipe for dinner, lunch, or a meal prep. Or, to impress a certain someone, because it will work! When something takes only 10 minutes, it’s always worth it!
Healthy Cashew Chicken Recipe:
SERVINGS: 2
COOK TIME: 25 Minutes
11 INGREDIENTS
Cashew Chicken Ingredients:
2 tsps Avocado Oil (divided)
2 tbsps Coconut Aminos
1 tbsp Sugar-Free Ketchup
1 tbsp Rice Vinegar
1 1/2 tbsps Orange Juice
1 Garlic (clove, minced)
8 ozs Chicken Breast (skinless, boneless, cubed)
2 tsps Arrowroot Powder (divided)
2 tsps Water
1/2 cup Cashews
1 stalk Green Onion (optional, sliced)
Cashew Chicken Recipe Instructions:
In a small bowl, add half the avocado oil, coconut aminos, ketchup, rice vinegar, orange
juice, and garlic. Whisk to combine.
Toss the cubed chicken breast with half the arrowroot powder. Turn on the pressure cooker to sauté mode. Add the remaining avocado oil and the chicken to the pressure cooker and then sear for 1 to 2 minutes.
Press cancel and pour the sauce on top. Set to “sealing” then press manual/pressure cooker and cook for 10 minutes on high pressure. Once finished, manually release the pressure.
While the chicken is cooking, whisk the remaining arrowroot powder and water in a small bowl. Remove the lid carefully on the pressure cooker and whisk to combine the arrowroot/water mixture with the chicken.
Add the cashews and stir.
Divide the cashew chicken onto plates and garnish with the sliced green onion (optional). Enjoy!
Cashew Chicken Recipe Notes:
Serve it With:
A side of rice, couscous, quinoa, or cauliflower rice. And lots of vegetables of course!
Like it Spicy?
Garnish with red pepper flakes.
Leftovers:
Keeps well in the fridge for up to three days.
No Coconut Aminos? Or Arrowroot Powder?
Try a low sodium soy sauce to replace the coconut aminos. Arrowroot powder is our thickener! Replace the 2 teaspoons with 1 1/2 teaspoons of cornstarch.
Healthy Cashew Chicken Calories & Nutrition:
Calories 446
Fat 24g
Carbs 20g
Fiber 1g
Sugar 6g
Protein 40g
Did you try it? Did you like this healthy cashew chicken recipe? Let me know! I’d love to hear from you by email at Ashley@AshleyBrownFitnessNutrition.com OR on Instagram at @ashleybrownfitnessnutrition.
Enjoy!