If You Love Ordering This From Cheesecake Factory, Then You Are In Luck.

This is the kind of meal that you make when you have a bit of time to just allow things to simmer. I used to love cooking with my daughter. We would spend time chopping and cutting up food and then, after the meal was eaten, we would rate how we liked it in our cookbook. This recipe would have been a 10.

CHEESECAKE FACTORY’S SPICY CASHEW CHICKEN (COPYCAT)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast, cut into bite size chunks
• Seasoned Rice Flour, ingredients below
• Rice Flour Batter, ingredients below
• Spicy Soy-Sherry Sauce, ingredients below
• 8 ounces Cashews
• 6 green onions, cut into 1/4″ pieces

SEASONED RICE FLOUR

• 3/4 cup Rice Flour
• 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1/8 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon Paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon Baking Powder

RICE FLOUR BATTER

• 1 1/2 cups Rice Flour
• 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
• 1 1/2 cups Ice Water

SPICY SOY-SHERRY SAUCE

• 1 cup Hoisin Sauce*
• 1/4 cup Soy Sauce*
• 1/4 cup Sherry Wine
• 2 tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
• 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
• 2 ounces Fresh Garlic , minced
• 1/4 teaspoon Crushed Red Chili Flakes

DIRECTIONS:

TO MAKE SEASONED RICE FLOUR
Mix the ingredients into a bowl together

TO MAKE THE BATTER
Combine all the ingredients together, in a bowl over ice.Keep cold.

TO MAKE THE SAUCE
Combine the sauce ingredients together and mix well.

TO COOK THE DISH

1. Toss the chicken with the seasoned flour.
2. Put the batter into a large bowl with the chicken.
3. Carefully combine the two until well coated.
4. Heat the canola oil in a large pan or wok on medium high.
5. Add the chicken pieces to the pan, and cook 3 minutes on each side until browned and crispy.
6. Break apart any pieces that stay stuck together.
7. Add the sauce and cashews into the pan.
8. Add in the chicken and green onions.
9. Toss all the ingredients together until well coated.
10. Let cook for 30 seconds to a minute for the sauce to thicken.
11. Garnish with sesame seeds, parsley and crushed cashews.

Quick Tip: Serve over rice.

Recipe adapted from ABC News courtesy of the Cheesecake Factory.

Photo and recipe courtesy of  Sabrina and Dinner Then Dessert.