The BEST Stir Fry Sauce
The BEST stir fry sauce recipe you’ve ever had! Delicious on vegetables, chicken, beef, pork, or shrimp. Can be made gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and vegan.
Allow me to introduce you to the BEST stir fry sauce in the world. Yes, it is very necessary that BEST is in all caps.
I love a great Asian stir fry packed with veggies and meat. But let’s be honest, the best part is always the stir fry sauce soaked into the rice.
Now, this may not look like much, but it’s lack of beauty is more than made up in flavor. Delicious Asian flavors like soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame seed oil and rice vinegar. It can easily be adjusted to be vegan or gluten-free without losing any flavor. Just add all the ingredients to a pint sized mason jar, shake it up, and your sauce is ready in minutes.
It’s the only stir fry sauce you’ll ever need. I’ve used it with just about every combination of vegetable, and with every type of meat. It’s great with chicken, beef, pork, even shrimp.
Have I convinced you yet? If not, you must try this stir fry sauce in my very favorite Green Bean Stir Fry with Chicken and Sesame Seeds. One of our favorite dinners I cook at least twice a week!
Watch how to make the BEST Stir Fry Sauce:
The BEST Stir Fry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce or Tamari if gluten free
- 1/2 cup chicken stock or vegetable broth if vegan
- 1 tablespoon corn starch or arrow root
- 1 tablespoon honey or agave nectar if vegan
- 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 2 inch piece of ginger peeled and grated or finely minced (or 1 tablespoon ginger paste in a squeeze tube, and other readers have had success with 1 tablespoon ground powdered ginger)
- 2 garlic cloves grated or finely minced
- Vegetables and meat of your choosing for the stir fry I get my meat from ButcherBox, which I highly recommend
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together. Adjust the amount of sauce you add according to how much stir fry you're making. When adding to your stir fry, allow to cook for 3 full minutes to allow the corn starch to thicken the sauce.
- Makes 1-1/4 cups. Will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for 1 week.
Recipe Video
Nutrition
Nutrition facts are calculated as a courtesy and not guaranteed.
UPDATED HEALTHIER RECIPE VERSION ALERT!!!
I’ve created an even healthier version of this oh-so-popular stir fry sauce. Check out my Paleo + Whole30 Stir Fry Sauce too!
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504 Comments on “The BEST Stir Fry Sauce”
Throw a tablespoon or more of sambal olek in here and it’s beyond incredible. Thanks for the recipe!
Awesome! So glad you liked it!
Really quick and easy to whip up and absolutely the BEST standard sauce I’ve ever made ❤️❤️
Thank you, Jennifer! So so glad you liked it!
Perfect as always. I know I’ve commented before, but I can’t help it. Every time I make this I swear it’s more delicious than the last time. You should be an award winner with this sauce!!!!
This TOTALLY made my day! You are so sweet. Glad you like it and keep coming back to comment again! Means the world to me!
I made this for my family tonight, and served it over riced cauliflower. I’ve been following a very limited diet recently, and mostly cook something for the family and then eat what is on my plan on my own. It’s nice to find recipes that we can enjoy together. Thank you!
Hi Sharron! I am so glad you are able to find my recipes versatile and good for the whole family! Honored that you’re here!
Its so much funny and tasty, saw the results first time and got ferrade but taste was delicious
I love this! Thank you!
Delish. whole family loved it.
You are so sweet, Fredda! It’s the BEST when the whole family agrees on a meal, right?!
I don’t know if I’ve commented before (and I’m too lazy to read through all the previous comments), but the title of this recipe is absolutely perfect. This is the BEST stir fry sauce. I use it all the time, and it’s always perfect. This makes my stir fry the BEST stir fry. Thank you for sharing
Hi Celie! This totally made my day! I am so glad you love it and honored that you’re here!
I followed this recipe exactly, and I think it has a ton of potential! However, I used even a little smaller than a 2-inch piece of ginger and it was way too overpowering. I’m going to try making it again with like 1/4 the amount of ginger and see if it helps!
I hope you enjoy it next time with less ginger Heather!
This recipe is amazing! It tastes like the sauce on some chinese chow meins! I didnt have soy suace so used double veg stock, didnt have rice vinegar so used normal vinegar and didnt have ginger so just used powered ginger! And added a little cayenne pepper for a little kick, it was perfect!
I love that you were able to adapt the recipe based on what you had on hand Gillian. That is fantastic!
Delicious and easy! Made double and used it up over a couple of days. Just had to shake up the mason jar before adding it to the veggies.
What a fantastic idea to double the batch and use it over a few days with stir fried veggies. Yum! Thanks so much for sharing that tip!
Actually mad the recipe and followed recipe but doesn’t taste good at all
Well shoot! Sorry you didn’t enjoy it Tamara.
This sauce really is the best! I’ve used it three times now for stir-fry night; I impressed the heck out of my amazing-at-cooking mother-in-law-to-be tonight. I recommend the following veggies: Baby corn, water chestnuts, green onions, broccoli, carrot shreds, spinach and cilantro. For the meat, I used beef skirt. Oh…and I used slivered almonds, too. MMMMM <3 Thanks for the recipe!
I love that you have made it several times and even impressed your mother-in-law Shell. That is just the best! Your serving suggestion sounds delicious!
Hi
Can sauce be frozen?
I have never frozen it but I think you could Laura. I would portion it out into serving sizes and freeze in an airtight container for up to three months.
Way too salt for us and nothing special. – SORRY!
Sorry you didn’t enjoy it Daina!
Love this stir fry sauce. I use a little more ginger and Sesame oil. I Have also used it without the cornstarch to marinade Salmon. Yummy
I love that you add more ginger and sesame oil Fredda. Sounds delicious. It does pair beautifully with salmon, too.
This was so easy and actually so good! Very flavorful. I cut down on the soy sauce to about half, and added some more water instead, but it was still just very delicious!
I am so glad that it was easy to make and flavorful Jenny. Thank you so much for your feedback, it really means a lot to me.
I just made your sauce and must say it the best one I have tried. Easy and delicious. Thanks!
I love that it is the best one you have tried Sue. So glad it was easy to make and delicious.
I love it. Thanks for sharing such a great post!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Super simple, quick & easy sauce to make. Always have these ingredients on hand so it was a joy to find this recipe! Really tasty & we really love it so it gets made often 😁👍🏻🥢
I love to hear that it was quick and easy to make and turned out tasty Helena! I too always have the ingredients on hand and make it all the time.
I was excited about this sauce, had all the right ingredients, quick and simple, but it was waaaay too salty…made my nice stir fried vegetables inedible,I used salt reduced tamari instead of soy. I would recommend anyone making this to use at least one half of the soy sauce called for.
So sorry it was too salty for you.:(