easy 25 min total · Takeout Classics
Cashew Chicken
Tender diced chicken with toasted cashews and crisp vegetables in a light savory sauce. A gentle, kid-friendly stir-fry that still tastes like something.
Chicken Recipes
From velveted stir-fries to crisp fried classics. Learn why restaurant chicken is so tender and how to reproduce it with a supermarket breast.
6 recipes
medium 30 min total · Takeout Classics
Chicken Chow Mein
Pan-fried noodles with genuinely crisp edges, tossed with chicken and bean sprouts. The textural contrast is the whole point — and it's easy to get.
medium 40 min total · Takeout Classics
General Tso's Chicken
Crisp fried chicken in a dark, sticky, chili-spiked glaze — sweet, sour, and savory in balance rather than just sweet. The American-Chinese icon done right.
easy 25 min total · Sichuan
Kung Pao Chicken
Chicken thighs wok-tossed with blistered chilies, peanuts, and a sweet-sour-savory glaze. The Sichuan original, not the gloopy takeout version.
medium 40 min total · Takeout Classics
Orange Chicken
Shatteringly crisp chicken in a bright, citrus-forward glaze made from real oranges. Everything the mall-food-court version wishes it were.
medium 35 min total · Takeout Classics
Sesame Chicken
Crisp chicken in a dark, nutty, sesame-heavy glaze. Deeper and less sugary than the takeout version, and it comes together in 35 minutes.