Healthy chicken stir fry. In this healthy chicken stir-fry recipe, the hominy is added along with the vegetables to make a hearty dinner. Look for hominy in cans in the Latin section of large supermarkets. Skip the take-out and make this Healthy Chicken Stir Fry recipe right at home!

Though the recipe calls for bell peppers, water chestnuts, and broccoli, try it with any vegetable you like! This chicken stir-fry is a little spicy and a little sweet. Fresh ginger and garlic add a little kick, which is balanced with brown sugar. You can cook Healthy chicken stir fry using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Healthy chicken stir fry

It's 4 of boneless, skinless chicken breast.
You need 1/2 head of cabbage cut into bite sized pieces.
Prepare 1 of onion quartered and julienned.
It's 3 cup of broccoli, steamed.
Prepare 2 clove of garlic thinly sliced.
You need 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
It's 1 of about 1/8 teaspoon ginger.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of 5 spice.
Prepare 1 of olive oil, extra virgin.
It's 6 of sliced button mushrooms (fresh).
It's of sauce (I know a cranberry based sauce sounds kind of odd but trust me it's really good and goes well with the other ingredients.
You need 1/2 cup of dried cranberries.
It's 1/2 tbsp of garlic powder.
You need 1 dash of ginger.
It's 1 dash of black pepper.
It's 1 small of dash cinnamon.
You need 1 dash of 5 spice.
You need 1 pinch of red pepper flake.
You need 1 of about 1 1/2 cup water...or as needed.

Though the recipe calls for bell peppers, water chestnuts, and broccoli, try it with any vegetable you like! This honey garlic chicken stir fry recipe is full of chicken, broccoli and carrots, all coated in the easiest sweet and savory sauce. A healthier dinner option that the whole family will love! When I'm looking for a quick meal, I turn to Asian style dishes such as chicken and green beans , chicken and asparagus stir fry and this flavorful.

Healthy chicken stir fry instructions

Prepare all ingredients first. Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Steam broccoli. Prepare sauce, direction follows.
Add about 2 TBS olive oil to saute pan and heat. When hot, but not smoking, add half of the onion and garlic and cook about a minute. Keep a close eye on this it will burn if you don't stir it..
Add chicken to onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, till chicken is cooked completely..
While this is cooking add a sprinkle of ginger, 5 spice, and garlic powder. A couple of pinches of ginger and 5 spice in this should be good. A little goes a long way!.
Once the chicken is done, remove from pan into a bowl. The pan is still very hot!. With the pan off of the heat for a minute add about 1-2 TBS olive oil. Place pan back on heat and add cabbage, other half of onion, and mushrooms..
Stir coating all vegetables with oil and cook about 5-7 minutes. You want the cabbage to still be crisp. Add garlic powder, pinch of ginger, couple pinches 5 spice, and some red pepper flake if you like. (Adds a nice little back heat :-) ).
When this is finished mix with chicken and add broccoli. Add sauce you made previously :-).
To prepare sauce............ put all ingredients for sauce in small pan. Cook on medium about 30-45 minutes until cranberries are soft. With a wisk stir and mash the sauce while it cooks. It will resemble jelly when it's done. It should not be as thick. While adding sauce to chicken mixture put through a sieve so it'll be smooth. Mix all together, serve with rice..

Ditch the takeaway and whip up a zingy chicken stir-fry at home. We've got lots of Asian-style chicken dishes, from fried rice to noodles and vegetables. Add broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, pepper, and onion and cook an. Top brown rice with carrots, chicken, and sweet peppers to create an Asian-inspired dinner everyone will love. Mild coconut milk adds a bit of sweetness, countering the heat from the classic Thai flavors found in this healthy chicken stir-fry.