Chicken with cashew nuts is one of the most popular Westernised Chinese dishes. It's based on a Sichuan dish called Gong bao ji ding (宫保鸡丁), which is the Chinese name for Kungpao chicken.

Quite different to a true gong bao ji ding, chicken with cashew nuts is nevertheless a great family dish. It came about as a result of ingredients being substituted to a traditional gong bao ji ding to create a dish that used ingredients commonly found in the West, and which also suited the Western palate. It uses capsicum/peppers instead of dried chilli and chicken thigh instead of chicken breast, and of course there is no Sichuan pepper to be found. It's a family favourite.

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