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15-Minute Garlic Chicken Stir Fry – Simple Weeknight Dinner

A quick and flavorful garlic chicken stir fry made with tender chicken pieces, fresh vegetables, and a savory sauce. Perfect for busy weeknights when you need a fast and satisfying meal.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts sliced thin
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon ginger minced
  • 1 cup bell peppers sliced
  • 1 cup broccoli florets
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ cup water
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Slice the boneless skinless chicken breasts into thin strips. In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with the water until smooth. Set it aside.
    Sliced boneless skinless chicken breasts on a cutting board with a bowl of cornstarch mixed with water for garlic chicken stir fry.
  2. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
    Vegetable oil heating in a large black wok over medium-high heat before cooking garlic chicken stir fry.
  3. Add the sliced chicken to the hot pan. Cook for 4–5 minutes, stirring often, until the chicken is lightly browned.
    Thin sliced chicken cooking in a hot wok until lightly browned for garlic chicken stir fry.
  4. Add the minced garlic and minced ginger. Stir and cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant.
    Fresh minced garlic and ginger being stirred with browned chicken in a wok for garlic chicken stir fry.
  5. Add the sliced bell peppers and broccoli florets. Stir-fry for 3–4 minutes until the vegetables are tender-crisp.
    Chicken stir fried with sliced bell peppers and broccoli florets until tender-crisp in a black wok.
  6. Pour in the soy sauce and oyster sauce. Stir well so the chicken and vegetables are evenly coated.
    Soy sauce and oyster sauce coating chicken, broccoli, and bell peppers in a garlic chicken stir fry.
  7. Pour the cornstarch mixture into the pan. Stir continuously as the sauce thickens and coats the chicken and vegetables.
    Cornstarch slurry being poured into garlic chicken stir fry to create a thick glossy sauce.
  8. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Stir everything together and cook for another 1–2 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked and the sauce is glossy.
    Garlic chicken stir fry seasoned with salt and black pepper while the glossy sauce coats the chicken and vegetables.