Add about 5 extra minutes to the cooking time for this method. Once you have all the ingredients prepared, all you have to do is quickly deep fry the chicken, cashew nuts, and dry chilies, set them all aside separately, and then stir fry the entire mixture together. Then pour a cup of water in the bottom of the pot. Just get an oven safe dish* and put the ingredients inside it and place it in your instant pot on top of a trivet. However, if you’re worried about the Instant Pot coming to pressure you can always use the pot-in-pot method. I have not had issues with this recipe coming to pressure or getting the burn signal.
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For every pound of chicken ½ cup to 1 full cup of liquid is released. However chicken releases liquid when it’s cooked. Only a little soy sauce and rice vinegar. Yes, this recipe doesn’t call for a lot of liquid. I don’t think there is enough liquid to bring the pot to pressure. Just cut them into bite size pieces and use a 5 minute pressure cooking time with a 10 minute natural pressure release. Cook, flipping occasionally for about 4 minutes. Marinating chicken cubes with ground black pepper, cornstarch, water (or Chinese cooking wine), light soy sauce, salt and sesame oil. Add the cashew nuts and stir-fry for 1 min. Increase heat to medium-high, and add 1 tbsp of coconut oil and the chicken. Heat it until it is very hot, then add the 2 tsp of groundnut oil. Stir constantly, cooking until golden brown. However, I know there are some of you that do not like dark meat and will want to use chicken breasts. Heat a large wok or cast iron skillet over medium heat, and add 1 tbsp of coconut oil and the cashews. It makes the cashew chicken taste like something you’d eat at a chinese restaurant. In a separate bowl, make the sauce mixture by adding oyster sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, and sugar, and set to the side. Add the chicken, and massage well together, set aside for a few minutes. We served ours over rice with a side of broccoli.Ĭan I use chicken breasts instead of chicken thighs? I love using trimmed chicken thighs for this recipe because they are so moist, tender and succulent. In a medium bowl, make the cornstarch slurry by mixing the cornstarch with water.
Add chicken mixture, and sauté for 4 minutes or until lightly browned. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Combine chicken and next 3 ingredients in a bowl toss to coat. Add onions and stir fry for few seconds, and follow with the dried chillies. Cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. In the remaining pan, add more oil if needed and bring it to medium-high heat. I changed a few things around in the recipe to account for the differences in IP and the slow cooker. Add the marinated chicken pieces and stir fry for 2-3 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Now that I have an Instant Pot I wanted to see if I could make cashew chicken in the pressure cooker to speed things up a bit for those days when I haven’t planned ahead. The slow cooker cashew chicken was one of my family’s favorite. When I cooked every day for a year in my slow cooker I came across many wonderful slow cooker recipes.
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