This Ginger Chicken Recipe will remind you of a delicious dish from your favorite Chinese restaurant. The key to a tasty ginger chicken dish is fresh ginger, and lots of it. You won’t need hard to find ingredients, just a little soy sauce, sesame oil, and some fresh produce will make all of the difference.
What You Need To Make This Ginger Chicken Recipe
1 lbs. CHICKEN
1 Tbsp CORN STARCH
1 Tbsp SESAME OIL
1 Tbsp SOY SAUCE
SALT and PEPPER (to taste)
4-6 cloves GARLIC
½ cup GINGER
½ cup ONION
½ to 1 cup CARROTS
½ to 1 cup CASHEWS
1 cup chopped Zucchini or other veggies (optional)
some OIL for sauteing
HOT PEPPER (optional)
Sauce Ingredients:
1 Tbsp SESAME OIL
2 Tbsp SOY SAUCE
2 Tbsp RICE VINEGAR
2-3 Tbsp JAM (or substitute sugar)
1 Tbsp CORN STARCH
½ to 1 cup WATER
How To Make Ginger Chicken
- Use skinless and boneless white or dark meat chicken, whichever you prefer.
- Chop chicken into bite-sized pieces and place into a bowl.
- Add 1 Tbsp sesame oil, 1 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 Tbsp corn starch, and salt and pepper to taste.
Mix well with the chicken and then set the bowl aside. - In another bowl, combine sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Prepare the veggies; this dish will cook fast, so have all the veggies chopped before beginning to cook the chicken.
- Chop fresh ginger into matchstick sizes; fresh ginger and lots of it make this recipe delicious,so don’t be shy with the ginger.
- Cut carrots into matchstick sizes.
- Finely chop the garlic.
- Chop onions (I prefer green onions if I have them on hand, but any onion will work.
- Chop hot pepper if desired; the fresh ginger will add a bit of bite to the dish,
so skip the pepper if you prefer a milder recipe. - Heat a skillet and oil on medium high heat. Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes, and adjust heat as needed. If you need a nice skillet, you can check current prices for a NON-STICK SKILLET on Amazon.
- After 5 minutes, add onion, garlic, ginger, and hot peppers.
- Cook another 5 minutes, then add carrots and any other veggies; add sauce and mix well and continue to cook for 5 more minutes.
- Add more water if desired. The sauce will be thicker or thinner depending on the amount of water added.
- To finish the dish, stir in cashew nuts and remove from the heat.
And that’s it! Serve over rice.
Give this this super simple and flavorful ginger chicken recipe a try and let me know what you think, and bon appétit!
And for another Chinese favorite, check out this General Tso’s Chicken Recipe.
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