The search for the perfect cashew chicken continues. This one was a bit further off the mark but good non the less. As far as the leftovers test goes this dish had none, that’s a good thing. The picture from the recipe I used looked a lot more like Archie’s amazing sauce/gravy that I’m looking for but when I made it, it looked nothing like that. So I’m assuming it’s the different brand of hoisin I used. Like, I don’t know how her’s came out with a more auburn color and mine was so dark and dry. It had to be the hoisin and as I think back I have a strange hankering that I forgot to add the 1/4 c. water, oops! Oh well, it was very edible and yummy just not anywhere near Archie’s. And the search goes on…

( I may try this one again with a different hoisin and make sure I add the H2O. The picture of her’s looks too much like what I’m trying to achieve that I feel something went horribly wrong here.)

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