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15-Minute Chicken Zucchini Stir Fry served on a white plate with glossy chicken strips and zucchini slices in savory sauce, bright natural kitchen lighting, healthy homemade dinner recipe poster.

15-Minute Chicken Zucchini Stir Fry – Healthy Recipe

This Chicken Zucchini Stir Fry is a quick and healthy dish made with tender chicken and fresh zucchini cooked in a flavorful sauce.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts sliced thin
  • 2 medium zucchinis sliced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon ginger minced
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Slice the chicken breasts into thin strips. Put them in a bowl and mix with the cornstarch, a little salt, and black pepper.
    Raw sliced chicken strips mixed with cornstarch, salt, and black pepper in a clear glass bowl on a bright kitchen counter.
  2. Wash the zucchinis and slice them into thin rounds. Mince the garlic and ginger.
    Fresh zucchini slices with minced garlic and ginger prepared on a wooden cutting board in a bright kitchen.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.
    Olive oil heating in a large black nonstick frying pan on a gas stove with bright natural kitchen light.
  4. Add the chicken strips to the pan. Cook for 5–6 minutes while stirring until the chicken is fully cooked and lightly golden.
    Chicken strips cooking in a black frying pan until lightly golden while being stirred with a wooden spatula.
  5. Add the minced garlic and ginger. Stir for about 30 seconds until fragrant.
    Golden chicken strips cooking with freshly minced garlic and ginger in a black skillet on a gas stove.
  6. Add the sliced zucchinis to the pan. Stir fry for 3–4 minutes until slightly tender but still fresh.
    Fresh zucchini slices added to chicken in a sizzling black skillet while stir frying over medium heat.
  7. Pour in the soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. Stir everything well so the sauce coats the chicken and zucchini evenly.
    Chicken and zucchini coated in glossy soy sauce and oyster sauce mixture inside a black frying pan.
  8. Taste and add more salt or black pepper if needed.
    Chicken zucchini stir fry cooking in savory sauce while seasoning with salt and black pepper.
  9. Cook for another 1–2 minutes until everything is hot and well mixed.
    Hot chicken zucchini stir fry simmering in glossy sauce in a black skillet with steam rising.