There is not much I like more than a good take out fake out bowl! Just when I think I’ve made all the rice bowls I can, my wheels start spinning with another idea for a bowl that is a spin on one of my go to Chinese take out orders! This has all the things I want in my cashew chicken with added heat from the gochujang! I just started experimenting with gochujang last year and I love it! It is on the spicier side, but I add some sweetness to it with some honey that makes it a D to the LISH sweet heat. You can find it in the international aisle of most grocery stores. The sauce is just a few ingredients that make the perfect bath for the chicken and veggies! Serve it over rice and cuddle up on the couch with your favorite bottle of wine and a movie!
Spicy Gochujang Cashew Chicken
4
servings15
minutes20
minutesIngredients
*For the Chicken*
1 lb 1 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs Cubed
2 Tbsp 2 Avocado or Olive Oil
1 Tbsp 1 Arrowroot Starch or Corn Starch
S&P to Taste
*For the Gochujang Sauce*
1/4 cup 1/4 Gochujang Paste
3 Tbsp 3 Rice Wine Vinegar
2 Tbsp 2 Honey
1 Tbsp 1 Soy Sauce or Coconut Aminos
1/2 Tbsp 1/2 Sesame Oil
1 1 Clove of Garlic
*Add Ins*
2 Tbsp 2 Refined Sesame oil or olive oil
1 1 Yellow Onion Diced
3 3 Stalks of Celery Sliced
2 2 Cloves of Minced Garlic
1 cup 1 Carrots Sliced
1 cup 1 Snap Peas
1 1 Red Pepper Sliced
1 can 1 Sliced Water Chestnuts
1/2 cup 1/2 Cashews
Directions
- To begin, add cubed chicken to a bowl or plastic zip lock bag and add oil, arrowroot starch and S&P. Massage to mix together and marinate in the fridge for at least 15 minutes or up to a couple of hours. Heat a skillet with refined sesame oil and add diced onion. Sauté until translucent, then add sliced celery and garlic
- Add your chicken and brown on both sides
- Add carrots, red pepper and snap peas. Mix together and sauté for a couple minutes
- Mix together all ingredients for Gochujang sauce and add to skillet. Mix well. Add water chestnuts and mix in. Cover skillet with lid and turn to low. Simmer for 5 minutes to combine all the flavors
- Stir in cashews and ladle in bowls with rice.
- Time to DIVE IN!
