5.0 from 18 votes
Quick Chicken Stir Fry
This Easy Healthy Chicken Stir Fry recipe, with oyster mushroom sauce, ginger, vegetables you desire, noodles or rice, and the best healthy stir fry sauce.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 302 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian-American Fusion
Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into 1 inch chunks or boneless, skinless, chicken thighs, shrimp, sliced steak or cubed tofu.
- 1-2 sweet peppers, green, yellow, orange or red, cored, sliced
- 3 large carrots, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2-3 portobello, shiitake or regular mushrooms, chopped or sliced
- 1-2 cups sugar snap peas, trimmed
- 1-3 tblsp olive oil - 1-3 tblsp
- 2 tblsp garlic, minced
- 1 tblsp ginger, minced
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tblsp oyster sauce
- rice, quinoa or noodles of your choice
Options
- green onions, thinly sliced
- crushed red pepper flakes
- dry roasted, unsalted, peanuts or cashews
- water chestnuts
- add fruit such as pineapple, mandarin oranges or mangos
- use sesame seeds or even better, toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Get out and measure all of your ingredients.
- Chop up your chicken into bite sized pieces or chunks.
- Wash and slice your peppers.
- Wash and chop or slice your mushrooms.
- Peel and chop the onions of your choice.
- Prepare the rest of the vegetables you want to include. Put aside.
- Prepare noodles, quinoa or rice according to package directions and set aside.
- In a small bowl combine hoisin and oyster sauce. Stir and set aside.
- In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat. Wait until the oil shimmers or a drop of water flicked in the oil dances.
- Add chicken and onions.
- Sauté and stir with a wooden spoon until chicken is no longer pink and starting to brown, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic, ginger, carrots and mushrooms.
- Stir until vegetables soften and become tender, about 4 or 5 more minutes. Add snap peas and sweet peppers after a few minutes.
- Add hoisin and oyster sauce.
- Stir until vegetables and chicken are coated with sauce.
- Taste your stir fry. If needed you can add some sweetness with a little brown sugar or honey. If you prefer a sweet kind of heat add sweet chili sauce.
- Add dry roasted, unsalted, peanuts or cashews, water chestnuts or add fruit such as pineapple, mandarin oranges or mangos if desired.
- Sprinkle of sesame seeds, green onions, or crushed red pepper flakes.
- Serve with noodles and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
302kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
23g
(8%)
Protein
39g
(78%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.02g
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
720mg
(30%)
Potassium
1053mg
(30%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
10272IU
(205%)
Vitamin C
63mg
(70%)
Calcium
67mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 302
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 302kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 39g | 78% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 720mg | 30% |
| Potassium | 1053mg | 22% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 10272IU | 205% |
| Vitamin C | 63mg | 70% |
| Calcium | 67mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.