Easy Chicken Stir Fry
The perfect easy chicken stir fry that starts with a homemade stir fry sauce. This is a 5 minute stir fry sauce you can stir together or shake up in a jar, and pairs perfectly with the protein of your choice and your favorite stir fry ingredients. It thickens beautifully to coat your veggies and protein, isn't too salty, and has just the right amount of umami and heat. This is the stir fry recipe you have been waiting for.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 160kcal
Author: Rachael
Stir Fry Sauce
- 1 cup Warm Water
- 1 tsp Zoup! Beef Base with Bone Broth
- 1 Tbsp Mirin
- 1 tsp Sesame Oil
- 1 ½ Tbsp Soy Sauce or Braggs Liquid Aminos
- 1 Tbsp Garlic minced
- 1 tsp Ginger Paste
- 2 tsps Hoisin
- 1 tsp Sriracha
- 1 Tbsp Cornstarch or Potato Flour
Chicken Stir Fry
- 4 tsps Cooking Oil divided
- 3/4 cup Carrots matchsticks
- 3/4 cup Zucchini matchsticks
- ½ cup Mushroom sliced
- ½ cup Red Bell Pepper sliced
- 8 ounces Chicken Breast cut super thin
- Kosher salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 cup Broccoli florets
- 3/4 cup Snow Peas
- Garnish: Sesame Seeds and Green Onion
Chicken Stir Fry
Heat 2 tsps cooking oil in a wok over medium-high heat.
When oil is hot, add in carrots, zucchini, and mushrooms. Stir fry for 1-2 minutes until the veggies start to brown. Add in red bell peppers and stir fry an additional minute.
Remove veggies from wok.
Return wok to heat, and add 2 tsps cooking oil and heat
Once oil is heated, add in 8 ounces of finely sliced chicken, season with salt and pepper, and stir fry for 1 minute. Flip chicken over and stir fry an additional minute.
Pour stir fry sauce in over chicken and turn heat up to high.
When sauce starts bubbling and thickening, add veggies back in, as well as remaining vegetables (broccoli and snow peas)
Stir to coat everything in sauce, and cook until broccoli is crisp tender, and additional 2 minutes or so.
Serve over white rice, garnish with sesame seeds and green onion.
Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 189mg | Potassium: 545mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 4999IU | Vitamin C: 63mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg