By the time you go and get some Chinese takeout food, you can have this slow cooker cashew chicken prepared, and it tastes just as good as the stuff in the takeout restaurant.
I adapted this recipe to make it more Weight Watcher Friendly. Instead of cooking the chicken in some cornstarch with oil in a pan, which adds on more fat and calories, I just cut up the chicken and threw all the ingredients in a slow cooker. No need to dirty up another dish or two. To make this carb friendly, leave out the rice or make cauliflower rice.
I’ve had this fascination with cashews since limiting my dairy intake. They are quite tasty but expensive like pistachios. Oh pistachios, how I love thee. I never knew you could turn cashews into cheesecake after doing a lot of extensive research on how to make a dairy-free cheesecake. I’ve got some raw cashews sitting in my pantry waiting to be used for cheesecake. I’m tempted to just puree them in my food processor and make nut butter.
Weight Watchers Slow Cooker Cashew Chicken
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours
- Yield: 4 to 6 1x
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Pin RecipeIngredients
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts (About 4 pieces)
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 4 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 4 Tablespoons ketchup
- 2 Tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 cup cashews
- Green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sweet chili sauce sugar, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes, and cashews in small bowl; pour over chicken. Add to crock pot. Garnish with green onions and serve with regular rice or cauliflower rice.
- Cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours.
- Serve over rice. Makes 4-6 servings. Between 1/2 cup to 1 cup.
Notes
SmartPoints: 6
- Category: Slow Cooker
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Chicken
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 306
- Sugar: 6.09g
- Saturated Fat: 2.187g
- Carbohydrates: 13.91g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Protein: 38.81g
Recipe adapted from The Recipe Critic.
Stacy Arick says
This was amazing! I ran out of time so I cooked it in a Dutch oven at 325 degrees for 1.5 hours. It cooked perfectly, and the taste was so good. I served it over cauliflower rice and my family absolutely loved it. We will definitely have this again soon. Thank you so much.
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Michelle R says
Loved this recipe but would recommend shredding the chicken after cooking. Also do not add cashews until the very end when serving as they became soft and chewy. The flavor is delicious- perfect amount of heat and sweet.
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Darlene says
Is the chicken cut up raw or after it is cooked?
Caroline says
This turned out so good! And it was so easy! I will make it often!
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Jennifer says
Found this recipe easy to make , full of flavour very nice
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Ashley Williams says
Is the calorie count of the slow cooker cashew chicken for 1 cup or 1/2 cup? Both measurements are mentioned but I wanted to be sure I have the right amount logged. Thank you!