Chicken stir fry

A delicious carb free stove top dinner
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American, Australian, Chinese, European, South African
Servings 4
Calories 400 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Large pan (Or wok)
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 Sharp knife
  • 1 Spatula or tongs

Ingredients
  

Main ingredients

  • 2 Skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil / Canola oil / Sunflower oil
  • ½ Head of cabbage
  • 1 Medium onion
  • 2 Medium carrots
  • 1 Green / red / yellow pepper
  • 100g White button mushrooms (Optional)
  • 50g Baby sweetcorn (Optional)
  • 50g Mange tout (Or green peas in the pod)
  • 1 tsp Chicken spice
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Cayenne or chilli powder

Sauce ingredients

  • Cup Soy sauce (50 ml)
  • 1 tbsp Honey
  • 1 tsp Sesame seeds (Optional)
  • 1 tbsp Fresh ginger (Optional)

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Chop the onion into small pieces
  • Cut the cabbage into fine strips
  • Cut the mushrooms into quarters
  • Cut the carrots into julienne pieces (thin strips about 1 inch in length )
  • Cut the chicken breasts into strips

Prepare the sauce

  • In a small bowl mix the soy sauce and honey
  • Add the fresh ginger and sesame seeds

Saute the chicken

  • Add t tbsp cooking oil to the pan and bring to a medium heat
  • Saute the chicken pieces for 3 – 5 mins
  • Season the chicken with salt and spices as you work
  • Move the chicken and its juice from the pan and to a separate bowl

Saute the vegetables

  • Use the same pan you just used for the chicken. Add 1 tbsp cooking oil to the pan and bring to a medium heat again.
  • Add the chopped onions, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms and other vegetables to the pan one after the other.
  • Mix the vegetable with a pair of tongs for 10 – 12 minutes

Combine

  • Add the chicken back into the pan with the vegetables
  • Add the soya and honey sauce to the pan
  • Mix until the sauce cover all the ingredients
  • Serve alone or on rice
Keyword Chicken, Dinner, Lunch, Stir fry

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