Quick Ginger Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

Quick Ginger Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

This ginger chicken is a quick stir fry with a taste and flavor of earthy ginger over crisp pan fried chicken coated in a sweet tangy sauce. Enjoy it as a main dish with rice or noodles or as a side just on it’s own.

If you love crispy chicken or ginger – you must try this recipe. You will love it! This is not like any of the other stir fry recipes you are use to. This one is absolutely delicious with pan fried crisp marinated chicken then tossed with ginger and coated with a sweet tangy sauce. I promise you will be making it more than once.

My kids are big fans of this ginger chicken recipe and while I often serve it with either noodles or steamed rice the kids gobble the chicken leaving the rice and noodles for me and Ziv. This can be made as a main dish but it’s so addictive we end up eating it as a side dish. It’s makes a great addition to your wraps and sandwiches.

It’s really simple and easy to make too. Ideally if you deep fry the chicken you will have a more crispy outcome but I’m not a big fan of deep fry. Not just because of health but also because I’m not very fond of the house smelling of fried food later. I’m a cake person remember?

Ginger the star of this dish!

I grew up with ginger being a big part of my mom’s every day cooking. In fact, we say onion, ginger and garlic are the holy trinity in Indian cooking.
Do you know that these three are some of the best natural antioxidants?  Of course along with some others like turmeric, cloves cinnamon etc. If you know the benefits of turmeric you probably know that ginger comes from the same family as turmeric and galangal. Read more about ginger here.

Ginger has been a big part of my diet and now it’s become a big part of my family’s diet. Similar to garlic; ginger makes meat taste better. So when possible I add a bit of ginger to my meat preparations.

So let’s talk ingredients and substitutes 

• Egg – The egg contributes to the crispy coating we have on the chicken, so I do recommend you use it. If for some reason you can’t use egg, I’d say omit it but try using rice flour instead of corn flour.
• Rice Flour or Cornstarch – I know we always have corn flour readily available so go ahead and use it. Having said that rice flour makes things more crispy. So if you can.. use rice flour. You will be amazed at the result.
• Ginger – this is the star of this dish and you will see we have quite a bit of it in this recipe. So if you make this recipe I presume you like ginger. Use fresh ginger and slice them as thin as possible. The crispy ginger taste absolutely divine.
• Garlic – garlic makes all meats taste better; right? I mean I cant’ think of a meat dish I ever cooked without garlic. It just adds so much to the meat.
• Onion – You can omit the onion if you want but I think it adds a unique crunch and sweetness to the dish.
• Canola Oil – Yes, we do have a fair bit of oil in this recipe when we cook as well as stir fry the chicken later – go ahead and reduce where you think you want to or use olive oil to stir fry the second time. The left over oil you get in the dish is really tasty with all the flavors in it. My Rhea dips her bread and enjoys it.

Recipe – Quick Ginger Chicken Stir Fry

Tools 

• Saute Pan
• Wok
• Spatula
• Chopping board / Kitchen KnivesKitchen Knives

Ingredients

• Chicken thighs – 2 thighs approx 500 grams / 1 lbs
• Ginger sliced- 100 grams / 1/4 cup
• Garlic  slices – 1 medium
• Onion sliced – 1 large
• Sweet Paprika – 1/2 tsp
• Canola – 3 to 4 tbsp
• Cilantro – 1/4 cup chopped

Marinade

• Egg – 1 large
• Rice flour or corn starch – 2 tbsp
• Ginger grated – 1 tsp
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Sauce

• Soy Sauce – 2 tbsp
• Chilly Sauce – 1 tbsp
• Honey – 2 tbsp
• Vinegar – 1 tbsp

Method 

Prepare

• Cut chicken into bit size pieces
• Slice ginger and garlic into think long slices.
• Cut onion into thick slices
• Chop cilantro fine.

Marinate Chicken

• In a large bowl – beat egg
• add the flour, grated ginger, salt and pepper
• Stir well to combine.
• Add chicken and leave to marinade for 15 mins or an hour up to 3 hours.

Cook Chicken

• If necessary cook the chicken in small batches but do not over crowd the pan.
• Add 2 tbsp oil in a non stick saute pan
• Individually place the chicken pieces and cook on both sides making sure they are almost cooked and evenly brown on all sides
• When almost done – sprinkle the paprika over.
• The paprika gives a pretty color to the final dish.
• Remove from the pan and set aside – keep warm.

Prepare Sauce

• Add all sauce ingredients to a small bowl
• Stir well and set aside.

Stir Fry Chicken

• In a wok or a wide saute pan add 2 tbsp canola oil
• Add the ginger slices – saute on low heat until the ginger is almost crispy.
• Remove half the ginger for garnish
• Then add sliced onions and garlic to the pan.
• Sauce on high for a minute or two – you want the onions to still have a bite.
• Add the chicken – saute for a minute cooking on high
• Slowly sprinkle the sauce over the chicken – still cooking on high.
• Lastly, add the cilantro
• Remove from the pan and serve hot garnished with the save crispy ginger slices.

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Recipe Card – Quick Ginger Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

My kids really enjoy those crisp ginger slices.