Comments on: Springfield-style Cashew Chicken

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:31:57 +0000

Great recipe. Very peppery though. Not like I am used to and I am native to Springfield. Perhaps I just used too much pepper by accident, but overall a solid 9 out of 10. I WILL be making this again (with less pepper). Even with the pepper, I am eating it now as I type this.

By: 4my4girls

4my4girls — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:35:50 +0000

Born and raised Springfieldian here….can’t wait to try this out!

By: alllove

alllove — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:28:17 +0000

The batter and chicken was good, but the sauce didn’t turn out well.. I’m not sure if it is the way the corn starch was added, but it was like a clumpy gelatin.

By: kendracooks

kendracooks — Mon, 02 May 2011 01:52:30 +0000

It was good- but I think it needed something, maybe a little more sweetness or a little more flavor in the batter. But I will definitely make this again, and add a little something to it- like add some fruit juice or brown sugar to the sauce and some salt or more season salt to the batter. Also, since I’ve got little kids I might leave out about half of the pepper. I really enjoyed the spice, but the kids didn’t.

By: cindypowell

cindypowell — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:38:30 +0000

Hi. I made this recipe and the sauce is not quite what I remembered from Gee’s East Wind. However, I added additional soy sauce after I plated the dish and the taste was VERY good. If I had to rate this recipe on a scale of 1-10, I’d give it a solid 7. Add additional soy sauce and it goes up to an 8 or 8.5! I will make this dish again, for sure.

By: zoltansmom

zoltansmom — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:13:09 +0000

Simple and delicious! The sauce was outstanding.

By: kimt

kimt — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:41:24 +0000

Another Branson native here and Cashew Chicken (Springfield style) is the best! I hated that I couldn’t get it at a restaurant when we moved away from the area. I usually make the recipe out of the Sasafrass Cookbook. It’s great but I may try this one too.

By: sherrylynns

sherrylynns — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:54:11 +0000

Excellent recipe!! BTW…I’m from Branson, small world!

By: rghawki

rghawki — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:51:47 +0000

The owner of Leong’s Tea House in Springfield, David Leiong, is the person who came up with this wonderful dish in the early ’60’s. He went on to open Gee’s East Wind in Springfield, and also served his famous dish there. Sadly he and his restaraunts are no more BUT his famous Cashew Chicken lives on.

By: kmcarlson0530

kmcarlson0530 — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:29:44 +0000

Frrom Springfield and grew up on Springfield Cashew Chicken!!! Love, love love it!!! And no one makes it better!!! (except this one!!! ;>} ) Thanks for posting…am going to be making this during the week!!! Yum!