This honey garlic chicken stir fry recipe is full of chicken and veggies, all coated in the easiest sweet and savory sauce. A healthier dinner option that the whole family will love!
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So it seems like stir fries have kind of become my thing. It wasn’t something I set out to do, but my stir fry recipes tend to be some of the most popular recipes on my site! Today I’ve got a honey garlic chicken version that’s quick, healthy and incredibly easy to make! I love that you can customize the meat and veggies exactly to your liking, and the honey garlic chicken sauce only has 4 ingredients, how can you go wrong with that?
Let’s first talk about how to make honey garlic chicken. Cook the vegetables in a hot pan, then remove the vegetables and add diced chicken breast and minced garlic. When the chicken is cooked through, add the vegetables back into the pan. Whisk together chicken broth, soy sauce, honey and corn starch, then pour over the chicken and vegetables. Simmer for a few minutes then enjoy!
You can use whatever vegetables you like here, I typically go with carrots and broccoli because that’s what my family prefers. Other great options are mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, snow peas, green beans or even asparagus. This recipe is written for garlic lovers with 4 cloves of garlic in the dish. If you prefer you can cut that amount down to 2-3 cloves and it’ll still be delicious. Serve your honey garlic chicken over rice for a quick meal that’s sure to please the whole family.
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Honey Garlic Chicken Stir Fry
This honey garlic chicken stir fry recipe is chicken and vegetables, cooked to perfection and tossed in a sweet and savory sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon vegetable oil divided use
- 1 cup thinly sliced peeled carrots
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup low sodium chicken broth or water
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a large pan over medium heat.
Add the broccoli and carrots and cook for approximately 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Remove the vegetables from the pan; place them on a plate and cover.
Wipe the pan clean with a paper towel and turn the heat to high.
Add the remaining tablespoon of oil.
Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper and add them to the pan in a single layer - you may need to do this step in batches. Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through.
Add the garlic to the pan and cook for 30 seconds.
Add the vegetables back to the pan and cook for 2 more minutes or until the vegetables are warmed through.
In a bowl whisk together the chicken broth, honey and soy sauce.
In a small bowl mix the cornstarch with a tablespoon of cold water.
Pour the soy sauce mixture over the chicken and vegetables; cook for 30 seconds.
Add the cornstarch and bring to a boil; cook for 1 more minute or until sauce has just started to thicken.
Serve immediately, with rice if desired.
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Looks fantastic! I want to try that sauce!
Would like too know recipes please
Recipe super easy to follow and it turned out amazing! My veggies were broccoli, carrots and yellow bell peppers. Next time I’m going to add pineapple chunks.
Delicious.
Having the family over for dinner this week so I had to try this recipe for something new.
I will definitely be making this.
Mmmmmmm
Okay, so here’s my story. On my way home yesterday I stopped at the local Chinese restaurant to pick up some fried rice because it’s really good and only costs like $4 for a huge carton. Before I settled down to eat I came across this recipe…. just the rice wouldn’t do anymore. lol So I whipped this up, put it on the rice, and…. YUM!!!! Happiness!! This recipe is soooo good, I loved it! Thanks!! 🙂
So glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Made this tonight – it was super delish! Even my 3 year old loved it! We enjoyed it over cooked white rice. Thank you for this easy & tasty recipe, it will definitely be added into my dinner rotation!
This came out so good! Thank you for a great, easy and healthy recipe! The perfect amount of veggies and delicious sauce! 🙂
Does anyone know how many grams/milliliters or other measurable unit equates to one cup? Looks like there are a lot of possible variations when I Googled it. We don’t have USA cups in the UK.
One American cup is 250 ml. Don’t trust any answer referencing grams to cups because, you know, weight vs volume…
One cup is 240 ml.
Oh my gosh, this was so so so good! Made with broccoli and carrots and put over rice. Over cooked the rice so wound up eating just the chicken and veggies and was just fine without the rice! Tastes just like takeout!
I made this lastnight for my meal prep. It turned out so good. I added sugar snap peas as well, and they work so well with this dish!
Trying this recipe tonight, and I can’t wait! Tired of the same old chicken recipes, this will for sure be a welcomed addition to my recipe book! Thank you for sharing!!
Absolutely delicious and super easy!!
My husband and I made this for supper today and it was delicious!
I made this and it’s delicious! I’m not much of a cook, but even I was able to make it. Healthy and takes like restaurant food, my family loved it! I used carrots,broccoli, and yellow peppers.
Made this this evening and it is yummy! I added onions, just because we like them, and I will make a bit more sauce next time just because we like it!!! Spot on! Thanks for sharing!!!
Sorry to say, I was disappointed in this recipe. Wasn’t enough sauce and was a little bland compared to most stir fry I’ve eaten.
I have made similar dishes but I double the sauce and add minced ginger and red pepper flakes to taste, about a teaspoon or so
Jerry
This recipe is amazing! Very easy to follow and it came out so well!
Delicious, easy recipe but I doubled the recipe. Extra sauce and extra veg!
I didnt think the original recipe would have fed my family of 4 and boy was I right! They ate every bit of it!
I will be making this again!
Thank you so much for that recipe!!! This is delicious and so quick to cook! LOVE IT!
I made this tonight! So easy and delicious!
I had frozen vegetables and chicken and made it watery. Seemed like WAY too much soy sauce and my heart rate shot up after eating it. I wouldn’t call this healthy.
amazing mouthwatering recipe…wish ti know how you can have such shiny green of broccoli??
The longer you cook broccoli the more the color fades, so I cook it to just tender to get that color!
Just made this last night for dinner and it was delicious! Will definitely be making this again!
Just made this for dinner. The sauce is perfect! Thanks for sharing.
Very Good! I used liquid aminos instead of soy sauce and it was still yummy!
I made this last weekend and it was so delicious! I loved it so much I’m featuring it in my Foodie Friday post today (http://www.obtainingbliss.com/foodie-friday-honey-garlic-chicken-stir-fry/)! Thank you for the awesome recipe!
I have saved this recipe. Will give you a feedback when I make it. Thanks
I just made this recipe for my parents & my sister and they really loved it! I’m 15 and that was the first time I’ve ever cooked a real meal and it actually didn’t look anything like in the pic.I put more honey in it and added sweet peas to it as well & I also put garlic powder to the chicken and chives & a little bit of butter to the rice.😂 My family was thrilled bout it! My mom said she would’ve never thought of putting honey in chicken. So thanks for your great recipe they loved it! As did I!😊🍗🍚🍛🐓
Excellent recipe. I doubled the sauce because I had a lot of chicken and broccoli. Wish I had thought to add sugar snap peas. Really the possibilities of what you can add are endless: mushrooms, water chestnuts. I plan to make it again and add some. We have leftovers — can’t wait to have it for lunch tomorrow.
Boyfriend& I made this recipe a couple nights ago & we loved it! The only problem we found was that after adding the cornstarch to the chicken & veggies, it had turned into clumps instead of being incorporated into the sauce. Any suggestions on how to prevent this next time? We think that we may have not had enough sauce in with portion of chicken that we decided to use. Regardless, awesome & delicious recipe! Will be looking for more!!
I’m sorry you had that experience! You can try adding more water to the cornstarch, maybe 2 tablespoons instead of one and make sure it’s completely dissolved in the water before you add it to the sauce. Hope that helps!
An making this tonight again! This is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve made it for my family. We like it so much it immediately became part of our dinner rotation! I followed the recipe as written each time, although I can see many variations would be just as good.
Loved loved tbis!! I used frozen stir fry blend to cheat little the first go and it tastes amazing!! The sauce is exceptional!!
This is a quick, easy & amazing recipe! Thank you for sharing. I added baby bellas and my husband grilled boneless chicken thighs with a spicy lime marinade. Between the spice on the chicken (if chicken wasn’t already spicy, I would add some hot pepper flakes to marinade, we like spice 🙂 ) and your the simple ingredients that I already had, this was so delicious!
How many cups in 1 serving?
Approximately 1.5 cups!