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30-Minute Garlic Ginger Chicken Stir Fry

30-Minute Garlic Ginger Chicken Stir Fry is a quick and easy dinner recipe, marvelous for whipping up any night of the week!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Chicken Main Dishes
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 3 Servings
Calories: 444kcal
Author: Julia

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons avocado oil or coconut oil
  • ½ large yellow onion sliced
  • 1 large red bell pepper cut into match sticks
  • 1 large carrot peeled and sliced diagonally
  • 1 medium head broccoli chopped into florets
  • 2 tablespoons fresh ginger peeled and grated
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts about 1.33 lbs, cut into thin strips
  • 3 tablespoons liquid aminos*
  • 1 to 2 Tbsp red chili sauce such as Sriracha, optional
  • 1 to 2 tsp fish sauce optional
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Heat the avocado oil in a large skillet (I use a 12-inch skillet that has deep sides and comes with a lid) over medium-high heat. If you have a large wok or sauté pan, feel free to use it.
  • Add the onion, bell pepper, broccoli, and carrots. Sprinkle with sea salt and cook veggies, stirring occasionally until the vegetables begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
    Onion, carrots, broccoli, and bell pepper cooking in a large stainless steel skillet.
  • Stir in the grated fresh ginger and minced garlic and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes, until fragrant.
    Fresh vegetables with ginger and garlic added on top to be mixed in.
  • Move the vegetables off to one side of the skillet and place the cut raw chicken on the open surface. Allow the chicken to brown for 2 to 3 minutes before stirring it into the vegetables.
    Stainless steel skillet with raw chicken breasts on half of the skillet and sauteed vegetables on half of the skillet. Browning the chicken.
  • Add in the coconut aminos, sriracha, and fish sauce (if adding) and stir well. Reduce the heat to medium heat, cover the skillet with a lid and cook for 4 to 6 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables have reached your desired level of doneness. Taste the stir fry for flavor and add more salt to your personal taste.
    Chicken stir fry cooking in a skillet with coconut aminos or teriyaki sauce added in.
  • Once the chicken is fully cooked, you’re ready to serve your stir fry; however, if you’d like the sauce to be thicker, you can increase the heat to high and continue cooking until much of the liquid has evaporated. I don’t do this step because I like pouring the juices over the rice.

Notes

*Or low-sodium soy sauce
Steam rice before you start cooking the stir fry if you're serving the stir fry with rice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1(of 3) | Calories: 444kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 50g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 1186mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g