![]() ![]() Dredge the chicken pieces in this flour before frying them. Heat oil in a pan and make sure the pan is hot enough before frying chicken. Add chicken to egg mixture and coat well. While the sauce is cooking, chop up the chicken into cubes. I must have followed directions correctly because I do not recall any mishaps with missing water or anything, although I can see how that could reasonably happen…with me.Īfter that, add the mixture to the boiling water and stir constantly until it boils again. Then, you stir in cornstarch, oyster sauce, and sugar into the other half. You start off by boiling half the water and add the boullion. This is me…making the cashew chicken sauce which is the star of the meal. I do know that I didn’t burn anything and that the meal itself was well received. Since we made this meal nearly three months ago, I’m afraid I’m not sure whether the cooking process was easy or complicated. We could have cashew chicken-a meal no one in the house would refuse. Needless to say, I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized we didn’t need to have any Ozark style squirrel potpie or roasted possum or fried catfish or anything like that for our Missouri meal. This version is not to be confused with regular cashew chicken which is not deep fried, but stir fried instead. The result was what would be known as Springfield-style Cashew Chicken which was so popular he opened Leong’s Tea House. He initially created the dish at the Grove Supper Club by combining traditional Cantonese cooking with some Ozark flavor. In Springfield in 1963, a man named David Leong invented Springfield-style Cashew Chicken. ![]() Why Cashew Chicken for Missouri?Ī little known fact…Springfield Missouri is the cashew chicken capital of the United States. With the craziness of the holidays, I not only forgot to post our Missouri meal of Cashew Chicken-eaten back in the end of October-I forgot we even apple and pumpkin season, year end book challenges, and Christmas stress basically took over my blog and my life. And those commissions are what makes it possible for me to blog. This means that if you click on those links and make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no cost to you. ![]() FYI.my posts may contain affiliate links. ![]()
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