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simple orange and cashew chicken

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Recipe by
Shelley Simpson
Swartz Creek, MI

This is from my "Dixie Cook Book". And a family favorite.

(1 rating)

Ingredients For simple orange and cashew chicken

  • 4
    chicken breasts
  • 1/4 c
    flour
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    paprika
  • 1/4 c
    butter
  • 1 c
    orange juice
  • 1/4 c
    toasted cashews (sometimes i use toasted almonds)
  • *****
    prepared white rice

How To Make simple orange and cashew chicken

  • 1
    Dust chicken lightly in flour with salt and paprika.
  • 2
    Saute in butter until golden brown (turn only once).
  • 3
    Add orange juice; cover and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
  • 4
    Uncover, remove chicken to a serving dish.
  • 5
    Reduce liquid to a thickened sauce. Pour over chicken, sprinkle with nuts and serve over prepared white rice.
  • 6
    *****TIP: I have made this both with boneless skinless chicken breasts and with bone-in and skin on chicken breast. It just depends on what I have on hand. Just be sure that if you use bone-in, that you make sure that chicken is cooked all the way through.
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