Air Fryer Cashew Chicken

This Air Fryer Cashew Chicken has made a popular Asian Cuisine dish healthier and more affordable. Tender chicken thighs are cooked to crispy goodness is your Air Fryer and then are tossed with my homemade cashew chicken sauce. It’s just like ordering takeout!

Course:

Main Course

Cuisine:

Chinese

Keywords:

Air Fryer, cashew chicken

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

10 minutes

Servings:

2 people

Calories:

589 kcal

Ingredients

For The Chicken

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 1 egg scrambled
• 1/4 cup corn starch

For The Sauce

• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tsp corn starch
• 1/4 cup cashews
• 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp corn starch
• 2 tbsp water
• 1/4 cup broccoli cut into small crowns
• 1/2 bell pepper cut into one inch pieces
• 2 Green Onions Diced
• Sesame Seeds (optional) To Garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat Air Fryer to 375 degrees
2. Cut chicken thighs into 1 inch pieces.
3. Salt and pepper chicken thighs to taste. Dredge in egg and then in corn starch. Make sure fully coat chicken.
4. Spray Air Fryer with cooking spray and cook for 10 minutes, turning over halfway through. Take out when chicken is crispy on the outside and at least 165 degrees inside.
5. Cut Broccoli into small crowns. Cut red bell pepper into one inch pieces.
6. While chicken is cooking, combine broccoli, red bell pepper, water, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, cashews and brown sugar in a sauce pan. Cook for 5 minutes.
7. After 5 minutes, add garlic, corn starch and water. Lower heat and cook for 5 more minutes.
8. Combine chicken in sauce pan with sauce and vegetables.
9. Serve over white rice, garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.

Recipe Notes

For all of my Air Fried Asian Dishes, I’ve used boneless skinless chicken thighs as the protein. I’ve seen some other people use boneless skinless chicken breast for their recipes and I’m sure that will work fine too. So, if you want to make this a little healthier, you could certainly go that route. But I LOVE chicken thighs, what can I say? Also, many people will coat their chicken in Potato Starch instead of Corn Starch. I just use Corn Starch and feel that it works fine for me. But, it your one of those people that swear by your Potato Starch, don’t let me stand in your way! Go for it!