This Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry is quick & easy to make with your own homemade teriyaki sauce (included in the 15 minutes!), and so filled with beautiful crisp rainbow veggies that you don’t even need to add rice if you don’t feel like it. Better than take-out any day of the week, both for your tastebuds and for your health!
So you guys know I’m all about my carbs, my pasta, my butter, my cream… But sometimes even I need a break. Sometimes I just crave something fresh & vitamin filled.
Sometimes, I just own up to the fact that having pasta for lunch really doesn’t work for me. Not unless I’m working from home and can take a long nap, that is.
I don’t know about you, but I get so tired after lunch. Like seriously fatigued. I’ve tried everything I can think of over the years, and sadly enough the only thing that really works for me is to just lay off the starches. Just for lunch, mind you. Crashing on the couch in the evening after a big pasta meal might be one of my favorite pastimes.
I’m not saying I skip the carbs for lunch every day. No way. Most days I do have my pasta for lunch and then struggle through a few hours of food coma. But when I do skip them my afternoon becomes so much more fun & productive.
Enter this beauty – a delicious Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry, loaded with so much carrots, broccoli and bell peppers that you don’t need the rice. You can add rice as well, of course, and it will be amazing. But it’s wonderful and very filling just as it is.
And come on – I know you’re probably not getting your 5 a day so this might be the best opportunity ever!
The Teriyaki Sauce then. Homemade, so you know just what’s in it. Simple, because I wouldn’t put you through a weekday recipe that’s not quick and simple.
Now the sauce may be homemade, but it being a Teriyaki Sauce it does have a bit of added sweetness. Not too much, but a bit. It needs it. I used honey instead of sugar just because it feels a bit healthier, but it’s still sugar no matter which form it comes in. However, at one tablespoon for four portions you don’t need to worry too much. I promise there’s more in your takeout version. And there’s definitely more in your glass of juice. If you’re gonna get it somewhere – here, together with all these colorful veggies, is the place.
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Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry
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- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 500 g chicken, cut in bite-size pieces
- 2 red bell peppers, sliced
- 1 head of broccoli, florets cut in bite-size pieces and stalk peeled and sliced
- 2 carrots, julienned (fancy name for cut like matchsticks )
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 0.5 tsp salt
Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 dl mirin
- 0.5 dl Japanese soy sauce
- 1.5 Tbsp honey
For serving
- sesame seeds (optional)
Instructions
Teriyaki Sauce
- Combine the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce in a sauce pan. Let simmer for about 10 minutes, until thickened and a bit sticky.
Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry
- Season the chicken with salt and ground ginger. Heat up 1 Tbsp of oil in a wok and cook the chicken over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes, until just cooked through. Remove the chicken from the wok.
- Heat up another 2 Tbsp of oil in the wok over high heat and add in the vegetables. Cook for 1 minute on high heat, then lower to medium-high and cook for another 3-5 minutes, until veggies have softened a little bit but are still crispy.
- Add in the chicken, stir and allow it to heat back up.
- Add in the teriyaki sauce, mix well, sprinkle some sesame seeds on top and serve.
Notes
- Cooked Jasmine rice is a great addition if you want some more carbs with your meal or want it to feed more people.
- Mix up the veggies and use whatever you like or have available at home. Adjust the cooking time accordingly - you want the veggies to be nice and crisp.
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This is mouthwatering! Super easy too!
Nothing better than easy AND delicious food, right?!
This sounds sooooo good right now. I love teriyaki chicken. I think the thing I love most about this recipe is that it takes 15 minutes to make haha. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for commenting! Haha yes I love quick meals 😉
YUM! I love this medley mixture!!! All those veggies with the sauce sound divine!
Thank you so much GiGi!
Seems delicious 😋, I will surely try it.
Thank you so much for commenting!
This recipe sound delicious and easy to make.
Thank you so much for commenting!
I love chicken teriyaki but never made at home.I am going to try this
Thank you so much for commenting! I hope you try it! So much easer than I thought.
This looks delicious and I love the fact that is so easy to make.
Thank you Lydia! Same here!
I’m definitely going to make this 🙂 It looks delicious. Just replacing the chicken with tofu 🙂
That’s a great idea! Thank you Maartje!
I make these at least once a week for my boyfriend and I – it’s quick and easy (and very filling too!)
Love it! Thank you for commenting!
This looks nice and simple to put together but so delicious! Perfect for a weekend treat!
Thank you so much for your comment, Alexandra!
I love finding a new recipe to try. I’m always so scared I am going to mess it up somehow. This looks easy enough for me though. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your comment, Clare!
Wow, I love this recipe it is so delicious and look so easy to prepare. I will def try to make this for the whole family.
Thank you so much for your comment, Miljana!
Wow, I have never tried this recipe looks really delicious and easy. I will try to make this for my kids, thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for your comment, Preet!
I used this recipe tonight, sub veggie oil with canola, used1 red pepper and 1 orange pepper and it was delicious!
Sounds amazing, Cassie! Thank you so much for commenting & glad you enjoyed it!
I always cook chicken teriyaki.. And I must admit, it taste plain for me. I gotta check this recipe, I’m sure it might have a more flavourful taste
Hm, interesting! I think it’s all in the sauce – I use a lot of it 😉
I like recipes that you can put together quickly…the bite-sized chicken pieces with crunchy fresh vegetables look super yumm.
– Nandita
Thank you so much for your comment, Nandita!
yummy, you can never go wrong with a good stir fry! Definitely worth a try.
Thank you so much for commenting Mickal!
I love chicken, I love the flavour of teriyaki and I love stir fry veg so this is a winning recipe for me!!
Thank you so much for commenting, Rachel!
Ok this was delicious! It was just like takeout but less greasy. Adding to my rotation for sure! For all those asking about veggies, frozen etc. use whatever you have. That s the point of stir fry! You can use whatever! ?? I didn t use ANY of the veggies in the recipe, but used leftover onions,green peppers and some random mixed bag of frozen veggies. I make a lot of Asian dishes and almost always double the sauce amount regardless of what the recipe says, and glad I did this time as well. The amount of sauce in the recipewouldn t have been enough for z of pasta IMO, but like I said I cook a lot and can gauge if the sauce will be sufficient. But great great recipe!!!
So happy to hear you liked it! And yes, you’re right about the veggies – anything goes. Sorry to hear about the sauce, I’m a sauce lover and for me this amount is sufficient but I definitely often do double sauces for recipes so I totally get you.