This quick and easy recipe is a great way to use cooked chicken from the freezer (for more on this way of cutting down prep time, see the Add Salt & Serve Primer: Cooking for the Freezer). If you use bulk cooked chicken, prep is minimal and since everything is already cooked, it only takes 20-25 minutes from start to finish.
Recipe
Sandy's Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe
This quick and easy recipe is a great way to use cooked chicken from the freezer. If you use bulk cooked chicken, prep is minimal and since everything is already cooked, it only takes 20-25 minutes from start to finish.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken, cubed and sautéed
- 1 onion, chopped and sautéed
- 4 oz roasted red peppers, drained and sliced
- 10.5 oz condensed cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup water
- Soy sauce to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- ½ cup cashew nuts, chopped or whole
- 1 can chow mien noodles, separated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a medium bowl, mix together cooked chicken, sautéed onion, drained red peppers, soup, water, nuts, and ½ of the chow mien noodles.
- Pour mixture into lightly greased casserole dish. Bake 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle remaining ½ of chow mien noodles over the top and continue baking for 5 more minutes. Serve over rice.
Nutrition per serving
Calories: 210 calCarbohydrates: 13 gProtein: 12 gFat: 13 gSodium: 940 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 2 g
Linda Langston
Came across this recipe and want to give it a try. You posted in the comments that you may add other flavors. What were they, please. I love your recipes!
Mary Ann
Hi Linda - I'm so glad you enjoy my recipes! My go-to for upping the flavor of Asian-style dishes is sesame oil and garlic (I would call this recipe more Asian-tangential than Asian-style, but the flavors still work). For this one I would suggest sautéing the chicken in a mixture of sesame oil and olive oil and adding some garlic salt to taste when you combine the cooked chicken, onion, and soup mixture. I would start with a small amount of sesame oil and add more if needed, since a little goes a long way. If you are using cooked chicken from the freezer, you can still mix in a bit of sesame oil with the chicken.
If you like heat, sauté some crushed red pepper or dried chiles in oil to add. All of these changes can be customized by using the amount you prefer. I can't believe how many years I missed out on the flavor boost that sesame oil gives, but I use it all the time now.
Joan G.
Not as much flavor as I would like, rather bland.
Mary Ann
Thanks for the feedback. It's been awhile since I have made this (it was something my mom made a lot and she doesn't like heavy seasonings), so I will give it another try and see what might need to be added.