Published 6/7/2022 This stir fry recipe is great for a weeknight meal and an even better meal prep meal for the week! You get all your veggies and your protein, too!
Easy Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry
Everybody knows what it’s like to get home from a long day at work and muster up the energy to make a balanced and healthy meal. This teriyaki chicken stir fry recipe is a meal you can whip up in a flash, especially if you have a jar of our homemade teriyaki sauce ready in the refrigerator (store bought teriyaki sauce will work, too)! All you have to do is chop the veggies and chicken, add the teriyaki sauce, and simmer to perfection! We like to serve our teriyaki chicken over rice! I’m sure you’re thinking–rice takes longer to make than the stir fry. Here is our little time saving secret—> We LOVE minute rice. The macros are the same and it takes 10 minutes max to make. Regular white and brown rice to have a nice bite to them, but minute rice (white or brown) works wonders and tastes amazing!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Vegetables: We use a mixture of broccoli, red bell peppers, and carrots as the vegetables in this recipe. However, you can use whatever vegetables you have in your fridge, including green bell peppers, snow peas or onions! The key to cooking the vegetables is checking them often to make sure they don’t get mushy! Chicken: We recommend using chicken breasts in this recipe! They are a great lean meat that cooks quickly and absorbs the teriyaki sauce well for a super tender and flavorful texture! Feel free to substitute the chicken breasts with chicken thighs, just be sure to cut your chicken thighs in chunks as well. Chicken alternatives? We love a good teriyaki stir fry with shrimp, beef, pork or tofu. Rice: We generally serve teriyaki chicken with white rice (normal or minute rice). There are many different grain options you can use, too! Quinoa, brown rice, cauliflower rice or even even this simple Asian salad or rice noodles would be delicious as a base for this stir fry. Toppings: If you’re good with just stir fry, skip the toppings! We love to give our stir fry a little extra garnish with some green onion or cilantro! You can also add a little extra crunch by topping your stir fry with sesame seeds or chopped cashews! Sauce! Let’s get into that a little more, shall we? 😀
We Love Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
Even if you have store-bought teriyaki sauce on hand, we promise you our homemade teriyaki is SO worth it! This classic teriyaki sauce is lightened up a bit with real ingredients that are better-for-you, but that still give you the classic flavor. Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
TERIYAKI Sauce INGREDIENTS
This homemade teriyaki sauce recipe calls for 5 basic ingredients and a little bit of cornstarch to thicken things up, so let’s get started! soy sauce or tamari – we suggest using normal soy sauce, but you can also use low-sodium soy sauce if you’re hoping to lower the salt content. Additionally, you can use tamari as a gluten-free option. maple syrup – we love using maple syrup in homemade teriyaki sauce because the warm sweetness plays with soy sauce and it’s better for you. Feel free to swap for honey. minced garlic – you can never use too much garlic! We prefer mincing fresh garlic for the best flavor, but you can feel free to substitute garlic powder or jarred minced garlic. fresh ginger – fresh ginger is such a bright addition to this recipe because it adds depth and another flavor profile. You can always swap for ground ginger, but you need to use about 1/2 the amount. sriracha – while sriracha is optional, a little bit of heat rounds out this recipe! You’ll notice one outlier in this recipe compared to most and it’s maple syrup. Most teriyaki sauce recipes call for brown sugar, however, we’ve found that maple syrup is equally as delicious, if not better. Plus, it’s an all-natural sugar with an amazing caramel flavor.
Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry Q&A
Storage
Let the teriyaki stir fry cool completely and then transfer to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 3-5 days.
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