Cashew Chili Recipes

CASHEW CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Season the chopped chicken with salt and pepper, and Chinese 5 spice (if using). Set aside until ready to use.
• Heat a wok or large pan to medium heat and add oil.
• Add onion and peppers. Cook for 5 minutes to soften.
• Add the garlic and cook another minute, stirring, until the garlic becomes fragrant.
• Add the cashew nuts and chicken and stir. Cook another 7-8 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
• Whisk together all of the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and add to the wok or pan. Stir to coat everything and warm the sauce, about 1 minute or longer. The sauce will thicken up.
• Serve with rice and garnish!

SPICY CASHEWS RECIPE - THAI CHILI MIX

Steps:

• Add cashew nuts into a cold pan. Place on the stove top, add medium to high heat frying oil such as sustainable palm oil and heat.
• Stir the cashew nuts as the oil heats up to stop them burning.
• When the cashews are sizzling and a golden brown colour drain them out onto a kitchen paper towel to let them cool down. Pat the top surface to reduce any surface oil.
• Chop the spring (green) onion tops and spur chili into small pieces.
• Wash surfaces of the kaffir lime leaves, tear the spine out. Roll the leaves up and finely julienne.
• Add back to the pan the mostly cooled down cashews, chopped chili, kaffir lime leaf and green onion tops. Sprinkle over a half teaspoon of table salt and mix together.
• Serve out on a nice plate and garnish with mint leaves.

CHICKEN CASHEW CHILI

Steps:

• Make chili purée: Boil chicken broth (on stove or in microwave). Place dried chilies in boiled chicken broth. Let chilies soak for 10 minutes. Transfer chilies and broth to a blender or Vitamix and add ¼ cup cashews. Purée until smooth; set aside.
• In a large heavy pot (4 to 5 quarts) heat oil over medium heat until hot and cook onion and garlic, stirring, until softened, about 7 minutes.
• Add cumin, chili powder, and salt and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add chicken and stir to coat with onion mixture.
• Stir in chili purée, 2 tablespoons cilantro, and tomatoes with juice and simmer over medium-low heat, covered, stirring occasionally to avoid sticking, 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
• Remove pan from heat and transfer chicken to a bowl. Using 2 forks or your hands shred meat.
• Return chicken to pan and stir in ½ cup cashews, chocolate, and beans.
• Cook chili over moderate heat, stirring, until heated through and chocolate is melted.
• Sprinkle remaining tablespoon of cilantro on chili before serving.

CHILI-LIME CASHEWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, using the back of a wooden spoon, grind salt with lime zest. Add dark-brown sugar, red-pepper flakes, and egg white and whisk together until frothy. Add cashews and toss to coat.
• Spread cashew mixture in a single layer onto a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Bake until golden, 20 minutes. Let cool completely.

PALEO TURKEY-CASHEW CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan with a lid over medium-high heat. Saute onion in hot oil until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Stir garlic and sofrito into the onion; saute until the garlic is fragrant, about 3 minutes more. Push the mixture to the side of the saucepan.
• Break turkey into pieces and add to the saucepan in the space free of the onion mixture; cook, stirring frequently, until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes, water, and about 3/4 of the tomato paste into the turkey mixture until even in color; add cashews, chili powder, cumin, and cocoa powder. Stir mixture to incorporate seasoning, place the lid on the saucepan, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer, stirring frequently and adding water to thin as desired, until the tomatoes are breaking down, about 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper.

VEGETARIAN CASHEW CHILI

Steps:

• In a soup pot, heat the oil. Add onions, garlic and bay leaf and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the green peppers and celery and cook until the vegetables are tender but still crisp, approximately 3-5 minutes.
• Melt in the butter, then add spices, herbs, pepper, and salt. Saute for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently so nothing burns.
• Add quart of tomatoes plus juice and beans to the mixture and simmer for about 15 minutes for flavor to blend.
• Toast cashews in a 350 oven or toaster oven for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add toasted cashews and vinegar. Simmer for another 15 minutes and serve.
• It's even better the second day.

CASHEW CHILI

Steps:

• Chop the celery, onions, and bell pepper. Sauté them in olive oil until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes(with juice) and beans(with juices) and all spices. Cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes, until pleased with thickness. Add vinegar and cashews.
• Taste and adjust seasonings, remove bay leaf, and serve. Enjoy!

CASHEW CHILI STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Slice chicken into ½ inch wide (1 cm) strips, then into bite-size lengths. Toast nuts by spreading out in a frying pan set over medium heat and stir often until they just start to brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Turn onto a plate. Toss with a generous pinch of salt and chili powder.
• Prepare remaining ingredients before starting to cook. Thinly slice pepper, then cut into bite-size lengths. Cut zucchini into julienne strips. Thinly slice celery and the white part of the green onions. Thickly slice the green portion.
• Mince garlic and ginger. In a small bowl, stir cornstarch with sherry until dissolved. Then stir in soy, hoisin and rice wine vinegar.
• To cook, heat canola oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add chicken and stir constantly until it loses its pink color, about 3 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, chicken broth, 1 tsp (5mL) chili powder, red chili pepper flakes and ½ tsp (5 mL) salt. Stir occasionally for 2 minutes. Add all the vegetables and stir another 2 minutes.
• Pour in the cornstarch mixture and stir almost constantly until vegetables are done as you like and sauce is coating chicken, about 3 minutes. Mix in half the cashews. Then spoon over rice and scatter with remaining nuts.