Sticky chicken stir-fry recipe

By Lucy Williams

  1. Serves 4
  2. Takes 20 minutes to make, 12 minutes to cook, plus marinating
  3. Rating

This tasty chicken stir-fry is super quick and healthy as well.

tried and tested
Sticky chicken stir-fry

Ingredients

  1. 2 tbsp kecap manis (Indonesian soy sauce, from Waitrose and Asian supermarkets)
  2. 1 tbsp soy sauce
  3. Juice of ½ lime, plus extra to serve
  4. 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  5. 3cm piece fresh ginger, grated
  6. 3 skinless free-range chicken breasts, sliced
  7. 2 tbsp groundnut oil
  8. 1 red chilli, sliced
  9. 3 shallots, finely sliced
  10. 3 baby pak choi, quartered
  11. 1 red and 1 yellow pepper, sliced
  12. 225g can bamboo shoots, drained
  13. Bunch fresh coriander, chopped

Method

  1. 1. Mix the kecap manis, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic and ginger in a bowl. Add the chicken, stir to coat, and leave to marinate for up to 30 minutes.
  2. 2. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan over a high heat and brown the chicken for 3 minutes. Add the chilli, shallots, pak choi, red and yellow peppers and any leftover marinade, and fry for 6 minutes more until the chicken is cooked through.
  3. 3. Add the bamboo shoots and warm them through. Stir through the coriander leaves, squeeze some lime juice over, and serve with boiled rice.

Nutritional info

Per serving: 229kcals, 7.8g fat (1.6g saturated), 31.7g protein, 8.4g carbs, 7.3g sugar, 2.5g salt

Chef's tip

Make your food stretch further by thinly slicing the chicken breasts in the stir-fry.

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gillwaite@googlemail.com

January 18

my daughter thought this was delicious....i was disappointed....it was not and sticky and sweet as i thought....i dont think i will bother again

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