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    Home / Recipes / Main Dishes / Chicken Recipes

    Sandy's Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe

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    Chopped chicken with red peppers and mushrooms in a creamy sauce over white rice and garnished with chow mein noodles and text Easy Cachew Chicken #20minutemeal

    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.

    Chopped chicken with red peppers and mushrooms in a creamy sauce over white rice and garnished with chow mein noodles

    Chopped chicken with red peppers and mushrooms in a creamy sauce over white rice and garnished with chow mein noodles

    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.
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 210

    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
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    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
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    Chopped chicken with red peppers and mushrooms in a creamy sauce over white rice and garnished with chow mein noodles and text Easy Cachew Chicken #20minutemeal

    Chopped chicken with red peppers and mushrooms in a creamy sauce over white rice and garnished with chow mein noodles and text Easy Cachew Chicken #20minutemeal
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    Posted by Mary Ann on March 12, 2013; Updated on September 16, 2021Filed Under: Chicken Recipes, Quick & Easy Recipes, Recipes Using Cooked Chicken, Recipes Using Grilled Chicken, Stovetop Recipes

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    1. Joan G.

      February 15, 2019 at 7:59 am

      Not as much flavor as I would like, rather bland.

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      • Mary Ann

        February 15, 2019 at 8:08 am

        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.

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