Ingredients

How to make it

  • There are no vegetables in this recipe..I repeat no veggies! So if you've been googling for it (you know who you are) and see a recipe with veggies in it, it is not Springfield style. You want veggies..get some eggrolls..lol (Ok well there are green onions if you want em.)
  • Dredge chicken in flour, egg, then flour again...fry in oil till a lovely golden brown.
  • While frying chicken, bring chicken broth and oyster sauce just to a slight almost not boil. Make a slurry with cornstarch and cold water. Whisk slowly into chicken broth/oyster sauce. Then bring to a boil till thickened..(took me a long time to get the timing right for a thick sauce, think I've got it down now!) Add soy sauce to taste....
  • I like to use white rice as the base but alot of places serve it with fried rice..both are good.
  • Top your rice with chicken, sauce, chopped green onion and toasted cashews. And enjoy!

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  • MrsHuf 4 months ago
    Perfect recipe. I like to see how others make their Springfield-Style cashew chicken because I see that many conflate it with the stir-fried version which I do not like. Even if they accept that the only "veggie" in the dish is the scallion garnish, I'll see the addition of garlic, ginger and hoisin sauce in the oyster gravy - ewww.

    You make yours very similar to mine. I wish this chicken dish could find its way out to the west coast so I could have somebody else having to with deal with the messy frying and cleanup.

    One thing that I do differently is I make homemade Chinese chicken stock which is a little different (and simpler) to make than Western-style chicken stock. It does help keep the flavor truer to what I think Mr. Leong would have made it.
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    chefelaine ate it and said...
    I'd give you a TEN if I could. Lovely recipe! :+D
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    mark555 ate it and said...
    Looks good to me too!
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  • adzell 15 years ago
    Looks good! :) Thanks for sharing...
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  • mamat 15 years ago
    hey angie i'm trying this recipe it looks so good and you really can only get it in springfield.thanks mamat
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  • annieamie 16 years ago
    This sounds great! Can't wait to try it!
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    zena824 ate it and said...
    Oh Ang... this is fabulous....cant wait to go to the grocery store so I can try it out....and looks and sounds delicious.....Great post..
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    linebb956 ate it and said...
    Now this is great! Good... Yummy... U and Lisa need to go into business!
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    knoxcop ate it and said...
    Oh my goodness. Ohhhhh my. See? This sounds wonderful! It was the "cash" thing that got my attention, but this is different and just what I needed for the chicken. Thanks!--Kn0x-- (I've never heard of this before...)
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    jenniferbyrdez ate it and said...
    Fantastic, Angel.
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    kukla ate it and said...
    Haven't I seen this somewhere else before?? LOL! Great recipe, Mrtnzangel8! Thanks :)
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    notyourmomma ate it and said...
    I like the red pepper flakes. Yummy. Now, we have our own Iron chef Springfield cashew chicken cook off...Yippee!
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  • justjakesmom 16 years ago
    This just up my alley! I don't want all the veggies either.
    Thanks, Mrtnzangel8!
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    chefmeow ate it and said...
    Yummer doodle. Great post.
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    luvshk ate it and said...
    Whoo Hoo ! Like your's just as much.
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