Cashew Chicken Lettuce Cups – Paleo, Gluten-Free
I love Chinese food but eating healthy and Chinese food don’t always go together. I’ve posted a couple of great paleo Chinese dishes like my paleo orange chicken and paleo faux fried rice which I make on a regular basis so this dish will feel right at home.
I found this great recipe, made a few minor tweaks, grabbed some butter lettuce and I was a happy Bunny. Nommy nom nom.
Even better was that the main cooking time of this dish goes on in the slow cooker but it’s the quickest slow cooker recipe I’ve made. What sped it up was the few minutes of sauteing the chicken. A few minutes saved a few hours in the slow cooker so that was cool.
My hubby is usually my taste tester and I knew he loved this recipe because after he had eaten this 2 times he asked if there was any more left. The first time he had it he ate it warmed but then he started eating it on organic pita bread cold like it was a fancy chicken salad.
{ I always use organics whenever available }
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size chunks
- ¼ cup arrowroot flour
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 Tbsp ghee (can sub with coconut oil)
- 2 green onions, chopped (white parts and green parts separated)
- 2 tsp minced garlic (I used the kind from a jar)
- 2 Tbsp organic tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp coconut palm sugar
- ¼ tsp dried ginger
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 Tbsp coconut aminos (can sub with soy sauce or gluten free tamari)
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ cup cashews
- In a bag, combine the black pepper and flour. Add the chicken and give the bag a good shaking to the chicken is coated in the flour.
- In a skillet, heat the ghee and cook the chicken for a few minutes on each side on medium-high heat.
- In a bowl, combine all other ingredients (except for the green parts of the onion and cashews)
- Put the chicken and sauce into a slow cooker. Stir in the cashews.
- Cook on low for 2⅓ - 3 hours.
- Serve in butter lettuce cups and sprinkle with the green parts of the onion or on top of my paleo faux fried rice (see link to recipe in body of posting).
