Chicken Thigh Meat Stir Fry Recipes

CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Bring rice and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender, and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, and corn starch in a small bowl; stir until smooth. Mix ginger, garlic, and red pepper into sauce; coat chicken with marinade and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
• Heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir bell pepper, water chestnuts, broccoli, carrots, and onion until just tender, about 5 minutes. Remove vegetables from skillet and keep warm.
• Remove chicken from marinade, reserving liquid. Heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chicken until slightly pink on the inside, about 2 minutes per side; return vegetables and reserved marinade to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the middle and vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Serve over rice.

FIERY CHICKEN THIGH STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Combine onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, green beans, and 1 tablespoon sesame oil; toss until well combined. Spread vegetables out on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, turning vegetables after 8 minutes.
• Heat remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Stir in rice vinegar and chili-garlic sauce. Add chicken, minced garlic, and ginger. Stir-fry for 5 minutes. Mix in roasted vegetables. Sprinkle with bagel seasoning before serving.

PAT'S BROCCOLI AND CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, orange juice, light brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, cornstarch, sesame oil and red pepper flakes. Reserve.
• Set a wok over medium-high heat and coat with 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil. When the oil shimmers, add about half of the chicken thigh pieces. Stir-fry until the chicken is fully cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate and repeat the process with the remaining chicken thighs.
• Add enough peanut oil to the hot wok to coat the bottom. Add the ginger, garlic and green onions and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the chicken back to the wok along with the broccoli florets and stir to warm through. Pour in the reserved sauce and stir until the sauce is thickened and bubbly, about 45 seconds. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with rice.

CHICKEN THIGH MEAT STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Mix chicken, chipotle-flavored olive oil, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl.
• Heat garlic-flavored olive oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir snap peas, onion, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, and garlic until partially tender, about 5 minutes. Add white wine, garlic pepper seasoning, and ground ginger to vegetable mixture; cook and stir until chicken is almost cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk cornstarch and water together in a small bowl until dissolved.
• Mix mushrooms and cornstarch mixture into chicken mixture; cook and stir until sauce is thickened and chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes more.

CHICKEN STIR FRY RECIPE

Steps:

• Trim chicken thighs of excess fat and cut into bite-sized pieces. Cut the vegetables into even-sized pieces (about the same size as the chicken pieces).
• Combine all of the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl.
• In a large pan (or wok), on med/high heat, heat 1 Tbsp oil. Once oil is hot, add chicken in a single layer. Cook chicken until browned, mixing as needed. Once cooked, remove chicken from pan and set aside.
• Add the remaining oil and the butter to skillet with the broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms, red peppers, onion, and carrots. Cook until vegetables are crisp tender, mixing frequently.
• Add chicken back to the pan. Add the garlic and ginger and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.
• Add the cashews then pour the sauce into the pan and bring to a boil. Turn down heat and let stir fry simmer until the sauce thickens and is well incorporated with the remaining ingredients. Garnish with green onion and sesame seed before serving if desired.

SPICY BASIL CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Stir together oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sugar. Season chicken with salt; pat dry. Heat a large skillet or wok over high; swirl in 2 tablespoons oil. Add half of chicken and cook, undisturbed, until browned on bottom, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate; repeat with remaining 2 tablespoons oil and chicken, leaving second batch in skillet.
• Return first batch of chicken to skillet along with shallots, garlic, and chile. Cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant and chicken is cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in oyster-sauce mixture, then basil. Remove from heat; continue stirring until basil just wilts and sauce coats chicken. Serve immediately with rice, lime wedges, and basil leaves.