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Cashew Chicken

Writer: Natalie Findlay
Natalie Findlay
Jan 20
1 min read

Sorry chicken, even though you are a staple dinner item, you can be kind of monotonous. 

 

Chicken can get boring and repetitive if you are doing the same thing over and over, and nobody really wants a boring dinner. However, being plain is also chicken’s greatest superpower because this allows it to become a chameleon. With the right flavourings, chicken can take you anywhere in the world. 


Let’s take a quick jaunt over to the United States for Cashew Chicken. Yes, Cashew Chicken was invented in Missouri by a Chinese chef that was looking to find ways to blend his traditional cooking with flavours that Americans would like.  


28 Comments


mmtoinches.im
3 days ago

Love how you highlighted the adaptability of chicken in this dish—Cashew Chicken is such a perfect example of cultural fusion done right. It’s fascinating how flavors can evolve, much like converting measurements for recipes from different countries. When I’m switching between metric and imperial for cooking, I often use mmtoinches.im to get precise results, which helps when adapting global dishes at home.

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Sep 18

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Sep 18

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Guest
Aug 23

I keep coming back to scrandle because the results can be surprisingly hard to predict. A dish that looks like the obvious winner isn't always the choice I expect most people to make, which keeps the guesses interesting.

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Jul 22

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