I love Chinese Cuisine since I was a Kid. My mother is a great cook but she didn’t know how to cook Chinese food, So I learned making Chinese food since I was in grade 9 or 10. I still remember how my younger sister loved the Manchurian I made.Well,after coming to US the best Chinese food I ever found was in Panda Express. I love Cashew chicken from PANDA express.
The place where we presently live have no Panda Express joints, so when one day my family wished to have Chinese dinner, I surfed the recipe of Cashew Chicken. I mixed and matched few recipes and added few of my flavors to the dish.

Cashew chicken is a popular Chinese recipe. You can make this easy recipe at home with two simple ingredients: cashew nuts and chicken.
The key to a great Chinese stir-fried chicken dish is simple: smooth and tender chicken meat lightly coated with a sauce, stir-fried over HIGH heat using a wok
To make the chicken tender, I am going to share with you a secret, one that is used by many restaurants and Chinese chefs, BAKING SODA.
Baking soda serves two purposes:

1. rids the chicken of any smell (I am sure you have had bad experiences eating chicken with a foul chicken odor;
2. to tenderize the meat.
CASHEW CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS:

1 boneless skinless chicken breast, about 10 oz., cut into small cubes
2 tablespoons oil
5 slices peeled ginger
1 small green bell pepper, cut into small square pieces
1 small onion cut into small square pieces
1/2 cup unsalted cashew nuts
MARINADE

1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon corn starch
1/2 teaspoon rice wine, optional

Sauce:

1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce(optional)
3/4 teaspoon soy sauce
3 tablespoons water
1 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp vinegar
1/4 tsp oil
Salt to taste
Method:
1.Marinate the chicken meat with the baking soda for 15 minutes and then rinse the chicken thoroughly. Please make sure that the chicken is properly rinsed clean of the baking soda.
2.Pat the chicken meat dry with paper towels and then marinate with the rice wine and corn starch, for 15 minutes.

3.Mix all the Sauce ingredients together and set aside.
4.Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the chicken meat until the color turns white or half-cooked. Take out and set aside.

5.Add another 1 tablespoon of cooking oil into the wok and add in the ginger slices, bell pepper and onion.

6.Stir-fry until you smell the peppery aroma from the green peppers and add the chicken meat back in.
7.Add in the Sauce and stir continuously until the chicken meat is cooked and well coated with the sauce. Add salt to taste, if you like.

8.Add in the cashew nuts and do a few quick stirs. Dish out and serve the Cashew Chicken hot with steamed white rice.