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Cashew Chicken Springfield Missouri Style!! I grew up in Springfield Missouri, "The Cashew Chicken Capital of the World!" Chef David Leong, moved to the U.S. from China in 1940 and created this recipe to appeal to local residents' taste buds. His famous deep-fried cashew chicken recipe was so popular he then opened Leong's Tea House in Springfield. This dish became exceedingly popular in the Springfield area. As word spread about this dish, so did the recipe. Leong's Tea House closed it's…

Growing up, there was only one option when you wanted Chinese food… the menu may have had a ton of great choices, but if it wasn’t Springfield Cashew Chicken, was it even really worth ordering Chinese food? You see, traditional Cashew Chicken is a Chinese-American dish that’s stir fried in a wok, but Springfield-style CashewRead more

My hometown of Springfield, Missouri is the birthplace of cashew chicken. I tell people this literally every chance I get, and NO ONE ever believes me. They probably think I’m making stuff up in the vain attempt to attribute something to the Ozarks besides Branson, Anita Bryant and Hill People. And they’d be right. ...

Make the signature Springfield dish, straight from the recipe of the man who invented it.

My version of Leong's Cashew Chicken. Close enough! Early last year (Jan. 24, 2014), I wrote a blog about Springfield’s (MO) signature dish, Cashew Chicken, and I included a recipe for slow cooker cashew chicken, which I found to be not half bad. In the story I mentioned that the first time I remember eating cashew chicken was at Leong’s Tea House back in the early 70s when I was in high school. Having grown up on the stuff, I sure did miss it when celiac disease forced me to give it up…

Cashew Chicken is a crispy on the outside and tender on the inside chicken recipe combined with cashews in a sweet and savory garlic sauce.

This Springfield Style Cashew Chicken recipe is the perfect blend of salty and sweet and is the ultimate comfort meal.

I grew up in Springfield, Missouri, which is pretty proud of their claim to inventing cashew chicken. For me, cashew chicken is a very nostalgic food as it was a part of my childhood. For it to be true Springfield-style cashew chicken, the chicken pieces have to deep fried and there will be no colorful…

Make and share this Springfield Cashew Chicken recipe from Food.com.