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The Ultimate Chicken Stir Fry

chicken stir fry
chicken stir fry

The Ultimate Chicken Stir Fry

This quick and tasty stir fry uses simple ingredients to give a huge flavour explosion.
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Chicken, Stir fry
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 2 Chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsps Cornflour
  • 80 g Sugar snap peas
  • 1 Yellow pepper sliced
  • 1 Red pepper sliced
  • 2 Cloves of garlic minced
  • 4 tbsps Soy sauce
  • 2 tbsps Cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsps Sweet chilli sauce
  • 2 tbsps Tomato ketchup
  • 40 g Soft brown sugar
  • 80 g Spring onions sliced
  • 1 Red chilli sliced

Instructions

  • Slice the chicken breast into thin strips. Place the chicken into a bowl, then add the cornflour and mix it until it's fully coated.
  • Heat some oil in a wok or a large frying pan over a medium to high heat. Pan fry the chicken until it's golden brown on both sides.
  • Add in the sugar snap peas, yellow pepper and red pepper. Stir fry for a few minutes until the peppers start to soften
  • Add in the garlic and stir fry for one more minute before adding in the sauce ingredients.
  • Add the soy sauce, cider vinegar, sweet chilli sauce, tomato ketchup and soft brown sugar. Stir the ingredients together and bring to the boil.
  • Stir through most of the spring onions, then take it off the heat.
  • Serve the chicken with either rice or egg noodles. Finish with the remaining sliced spring onion and red chilli.
  • Enjoy!

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21 comments on “The Ultimate Chicken Stir Fry”

  1. 5 stars
    I find cooking such a chore so was delighted to find Jonโ€™s recipes. My family absolutely love this dish and it is so easy to follow. Have made this a couple of times now which has turned out to perfection.

  2. 5 stars
    Delicious. Itโ€™s so easy to make. Im not a very creative cook. This was easy to follow and very tasty.

  3. LOVED this recipe!! Both me and my husband raved about it and managed to make some for extra that week. Will definitely be making this again. Love all your recipes and can’t wait to try more out ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. 5 stars
    Amazing, quick midweek meal. Fresh healthy, ingredients. This will be a regular meal in our household so tasty. Iโ€™ve saved lots of Jonโ€™s recipes on Instagram and I canโ€™t wait to cook more.

  5. 5 stars
    Love this recipe sooo easy for a poor cook like me, I have started following Jon On Instagram and I will be trying and reviewing more of his delightful recipes.

    1. Really tasty and easy to make! Thank you so much, I am going to make a different one this evening!๐Ÿ˜

  6. 5 stars
    Made this a few weeks ago, was a huge hit in my house. Think will have to try the crispy honey chilli chicken soon too ๐Ÿ˜

  7. 5 stars
    Loved it! Dead quick and easy to make, didnโ€™t cost the earth for ingredients and the sauce was better then any jar Iโ€™ve had.
    Will definitely make again and would recommend you giving it a try!

  8. Clare Underwood

    5 stars
    Made this for the first time and clean plates all round. Lovely and tasty and new family favourite ๐Ÿ˜

  9. 5 stars
    Absolutely loved this recipe, one family one meal, very rare in our house due to autism and very rigid eating preferences, many thanks canโ€™t wait to cook more. Youโ€™ve deffo inspired a non cook to cook ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ ๐Ÿคฉ

  10. 5 stars
    Made this for dinner last night. Unbelievably tasty. They even asked for seconds! The chicken was so tender and the sauce is so nice.

  11. 5 stars
    Tried this recipe for a midweek family dinner. It was easy to make and really delicious. 2 picky kids loved it too – so much so I have it prepped for tea tomorrow evening again!! Have recommended this to my hairdresser and her client too.

  12. I made this last week, it was delicious and tasted much nicer than a takeaway. Really easy and quick to make will definitely be making it again!

  13. 5 stars
    Love this recipe, it goes down an absolute treat at home, and itโ€™s great served with rice too ๐Ÿ˜

    1. Really enjoyed cooking this, super tasty and a big hit in our household.. served it with homemade egg fried rice, canโ€™t wait to cook it again.. thanks for the recipe

  14. Absolutely stunning, made it last week, so quick, easy and super tasty. Another firm favourite ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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