Take-out Tuesday, Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Cashew Chicken
Yay! Crock pot season has begun!!
Fall means supper simmering in the slow cooker filling your home with tantalizing aromas!
This slow cook chicken is family friendly, easy to put together and can cook while you’re busy finishing up your afternoon errands
It is tangy and sweet, can be served alone or over rice or noodles, and can be garnished at the end so your more picky eaters don’t have to deal with “the green things!”
Cut boneless chicken into 1 inch pieces {I used chicken tenders to make cutting even easier} and place the pieces in a large ziplock bag with cornstarch and pepper
Give the chicken a quick saute in a skillet with a little oil
Turn pieces to get both sides golden
Place chicken in slow cooker and top with carrots
Combine sauce ingredients and pour over all
Set cooker to low and 4 hours later, dinner is ready!
Garnish with green onions and cashews and serve in a bowl or over noodles or rice
Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Cashew Chicken
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless chicken cut into 1 inch chunks
- 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
- 3 T brown sugar
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp ginger paste*
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes {optional}
- 12 oz. baby carrots
- 1 cup cashews
- 2 green onions tops chopped
Instructions
- Combine cornstarch and pepper in resealable food storage bag.
- Add chicken. Shake to coat with cornstarch mixture.
- Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken about 2 minutes on each side. Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Top with carrots.
- Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sweet chili sauce sugar, garlic, ginger, and optional pepper flakes, in a measuring cup.
- Pour over chicken and carrots.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours. Garnish with cashews and green onions. Serve in a bowl or over noodles or rice.
Notes
Enjoy!
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Well you already know what I’m going to say…
What an amazing recipe! Easy quick and delish! I’ll be making this soon! Sweet Man will love this.
hi Nancy, if you’ve printed this out there was an error in the recipe which I have fixed now, sorry for the inconvenience! Hope you enjoy!
Thanks so much! I’ll make sure to make amends.! 😊
Jenna, this looks delicious and so easy to prepare! Would you believe I don’t own a crock pot, I wonder why! It would be so helpful on the three days each week that I keep the girls. I think this recipe has convinced me to buy one. Happy Tuesday!
You will love a slow cooker Pam, it’s such a nice feeling to know dinner’s ready as you go about your day!
I am not certain I understand the tablespoon/cup measurements for some of the ingredients such as catsup.
Thank you Sue, it’s fixed now, I really appreciate you pointing that out!
Looking forward to making the corrected recipe. Thanks. Will use my instant pot for the browning and then carry on with the slow cooker setting. Love having a meal ready to eat at the end of a busy day.
sue
thanks again for pointing out the mistakes Sue, I really appreciate it! Using your instant pot for the browning sounds good…I still don’t have one yet, I feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t!!
Looks really tasty!
Thank you Dorothy!
Hi Jenna, I just got out my large crockpot this morning! I am making Lemon Chicken. Your recipe sounds very good – I will have to try it! 💗 I love using the crock pot liners as they make clean-up a breeze too. 😊 Do you buy your ginger in a tube?
yes, ginger in a tube! I used crockpot liners until I screwed up a recipe and cooked it on high and the liner stuck, but that was my bad, usually they work great, I just use spray it’s just about as easy…lemon chicken sounds lovely!
Hi Jenna, oh I love using my crock pot in the fall. This chicken dish sounds like a real winner. I will have to give this a go. Thanks for the recipe. Enjoy the week.
Julie xo
thanks Julie, I think you’ll find it easy and delicious!
Sounds good! Still lovin’ your Crock Pot:@)
ha ha, me too!! I love the size too! Bring on the cooler weather!
That looks really delicious! Rick would love it too!
Yes, I think he would! It’s pretty healthy too!
Yummmmmy! This sweet cashew chicken sounds so good, Jenna! I’ll have to make this soon. Thank you for sharing.
thank you Kitty, so easy!
I love cashew chicken and you’ve made it look so easy (and it looks tasty too!) – Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – Have a fabulous week!
sure! Thank you Helen!
Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday,450. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us soon!
Miz Helen