Quick Chicken Stir Fry (without the shop-bought stir fry sauce!)
Quick Chicken Stir Fry! Easy Chicken and veggie stir fry - a quick mid-week meal with a kick of chilli heat that you can get on the table in less than 20 minutes!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Any Time Of the year, Chinese New Year, dinner party, Fakeaway
Add the oil to a wok and heat on high. When the oil is very hot, add in the chicken and fry for 5-6 minutes – turning a couple of times until lightly browned.
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Add in the sugar snap peas and peppers and fry for a further two minutes
85 g (1 cup) sugar snap peas/snow peas, 1 yellow pepper, 1 red pepper
Add in the garlic, soy sauce, Chinese rice vinegar, brown sugar, sweet chilli sauce, and tomato ketchup. Continue to heat on high, tossing everything with a spatula, until heated through. Check the chicken is cooked by taking a large piece and slicing it in half. If it’s no longer pink in the middle, it’s cooked.
Stir through the chopped spring onions and the chopped chilli, and heat for one more minute until they’re hot, but still crunchy
1 bunch spring onions/scallions, 1 small red chilli
Serve with rice or noodles.
boiled rice or noodles
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Notes
Sauce Variations
You could add a little more sugar, plus the juice of a lime for a tangy-sweet sauce.
Try adding pineapple chunks and juice, a tablespoon of malt vinegar and sugar and an extra squirt of ketchup for a quick sweet and sour stir fry.
Add hoisin and oyster sauce for an earthier sweet/salty flavour
Chicken thighs or breast?You can use either for this recipe. Coating the chicken in the cornflour helps to keep the chicken juicy and tender, so go with your own preference.I use chicken breast for this recipe because I find chicken breast generally less fiddly to slice up.Vegetarian versionSwap out the chicken for quorn, mushrooms or tofu for a vegetarian alternative.Veggie swaps/additionsYou can use whatever you've got in that will cook relatively quickly over a high heat. Such as:Baby corn, beansprouts, bamboo shoots, tender stem brocolli, strips of carrot, asparagus, strips of cabbage (white or green), leeks, radish or courgette (zucchini).Nutritional information is per serving - without rice.