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15-Minute Ginger Garlic Chicken Stir Fry – Fresh Flavor

A quick and flavorful ginger garlic chicken stir fry made with tender chicken, fresh aromatics, and a light savory 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 chicken breasts sliced thin
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon chili flakes optional
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion sliced
  • 1 bell pepper sliced
  • 2 tablespoons spring onions chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed with water

Method
 

  1. Slice the boneless chicken breasts into thin strips. Season with a little salt and black pepper.
    Thinly sliced chicken breast seasoned with salt and black pepper on a white plate before cooking for ginger 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 nonstick skillet over a gas stove before cooking ginger garlic chicken stir fry.
  3. Add the sliced chicken and cook for 5–7 minutes, stirring often, until the chicken is fully cooked and lightly browned.
    Thin chicken strips cooking in a black skillet until fully cooked and lightly browned for ginger garlic chicken stir fry.
  4. Add the grated fresh ginger and minced garlic. Stir and cook for about 1 minute until fragrant.
    Fresh grated ginger and minced garlic added to cooked chicken in a skillet and stirred until fragrant.
  5. Add the sliced onion and sliced bell pepper. Stir everything together and cook for 3–4 minutes until the vegetables are slightly tender but still crisp.
    Sliced onion and colorful bell pepper cooking with chicken in a black skillet until slightly tender and crisp.
  6. Pour in the soy sauce and oyster sauce. If using, add the chili flakes. Stir well to coat the chicken and vegetables evenly.
    Soy sauce, oyster sauce, and chili flakes coating chicken and vegetables in a glossy ginger garlic chicken stir fry.
  7. Add the cornstarch mixed with water. Stir continuously until the sauce thickens slightly and coats everything evenly.
    Cornstarch slurry mixed into ginger garlic chicken stir fry as the sauce thickens and evenly coats the chicken and vegetables.
  8. Taste and season with more salt and black pepper if needed. Mix well.
    Ginger garlic chicken stir fry being seasoned with salt and black pepper before the final mix in a black skillet.
  9. Sprinkle the chopped spring onions over the stir fry and give everything a final stir.
    How to make the perfect chicken stir fry cooked in a wok with colorful vegetables