Broccoli and Bell Pepper Chicken Stir Fry
Healthy and delicious broccoli and bell pepper chicken stir fry, made with the BEST stir fry sauce.
After every wedding we film, Shawn has the stressful job of organizing and packing up all of our gear. And we have a lot of gear. Tripods, monopods, glidecam, sliders, all the microphones and audio recording stuff, batteries, walkie talkies, 4 camera bodies, soooo many lenses. It’s nuts. We have had very good luck, and have only lost 1 battery at all the weddings we’ve filmed.
But our luck ran out on Thursday. We couldn’t find 1 lens cap. Luckily it was to our cheapest lens we have, (which is also oddly my favorite and the one I use for all of my food pictures!). I had been using that lens, and I searched the pocket of my pants over and over and couldn’t find it. So then I started wandering around the room looking on the floor and every table for a small black lens cap that is barely bigger than an oreo cookie.
No luck finding it anywhere. It wasn’t such a bad thing to lose, I was sure we could replace it for cheap. So we gave up and headed home.
After we got home, I changed in to my pajamas to get ready for bed. As I was changing, I heard a little plastic *ping* hit the side of the bed. I looked down, and it was the lens cap!
I was confused at first, until I looked down and saw a perfect circle indentation on my chest. I had shoved the lens cap inside my bra, ha! It turned out to be a very good hiding spot. Good enough to even keep it hidden from me.
The next time I lose something, I know the first place I’m going to look…
Do you all love stir fries as much as I do? Such a great way to use up fresh vegetables that are taking up space in your fridge at the end of the week. I swear I make a stir fry almost once a week. Especially since perfecting the BEST stir fry sauce. That recipe has over 26,000 pins on Pinterest! And for good reason, it really is the best homemade stir fry sauce. Has great flavors of ginger, sauce sauce, sesame seed oil, yum!
Lately I’ve been loving this broccoli and bell pepper chicken stir fry. I threw in some zucchini and onion too since I had some that needed to be used up. But feel free to adjust and use whatever vegetables you have on hand.
Broccoli and Bell Pepper Chicken Stir Fry
Ingredients
Stir Fry Sauce
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce, or Tamari if gluten free
- ½ cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon corn starch, or arrow root if gluten free
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 2 inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated or finely minced (or 1 tablespoon fresh ginger paste)
- 2 garlic cloves, grated or finely minced
Broccoli Bell Pepper Stir Fry
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, chopped into 1" pieces (I get my chicken from ButcherBox, which I highly recommend)
- 1 large head of broccoli, chopped
- 2 red bell peppers, ribs and seeds removed, chopped
- 1 large zucchini, chopped
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- olive oil
- 2 cups jasmine rice, cooked according to manufacturers instructions
Instructions
Stir Fry Sauce
- In a mason jar or medium size bowl, combine all the stir fry sauce ingredients and stir to combine. Set aside.
Rice
- Cook the rice according to manufacturers instructions.
Broccoli Bell Pepper Stir Fry
- Heat a wok, or your largest skillet, over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and cook the chicken about 5-7 minutes, until cooked thru. Transfer to a medium size bowl.
- I find the stir fries turn out best if you cook each vegetable separately so it can get crisp tender. If you cook them all at once they tend to steam and get soggy. Cook each vegetable in the wok for about 5 minutes until crisp tender, then transfer to the same medium size bowl. Add in olive oil as needed.
- Once all the vegetables have been cooked, return all the cooked vegetables and chicken back to the wok. Pour in all of the stir fry sauce, reduce heat to medium, and cook for about 3-5 more minutes until the sauce has thickened and all the vegetables are heated thru.
- Serve warm over rice.
More Skillet Chicken Recipes
Green Bean Stir Fry with Chicken and Sesame Seeds
Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee
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54 Comments on “Broccoli and Bell Pepper Chicken Stir Fry”
Your story about the missing lens cap totally had me laughing, Natalie! Those things are just too easy to lose track of, aren’t they? :) I’m going to try this stir-fry soon! The sauce sounds perfect!
Haahaa… it must have driven you two crazy not knowing.. and then just walking away, perplexed! Then, ping, there it was! LOL!! Good thing it showed up! Hahhaa!
That FRY sauce! I’ve joined the other 26,000 pinners on that one! Love it and am looking forward to it! I love stir frys because it helps me clean out the fridge! They’re kinda like curries in that regard. Delicious Natalie! And always an inspiration! Thank you, enjoy your weekend!
Haha, I don’t think I’ve hidden anything in my bra for about 10 years! Lol. Love this stir fry — the perfect healthy dinner!
Lol! One time when I was younger, I had a string break on my violin, so I took the string off and just pushed the peg back in place. Well, next think I know, I look and the peg is gone! Ugh! So sad, because it can be hard to match a wood peg exactly. Well, when I was getting ready for bed, I heard something fall to the floor…same thing – it had somehow fallen into my bra. So crazy! I was so happy I found it though.
This stir fry looks wonderful!
What a great hiding spot :)
That is hilarious Natalie. I used to always stuff things in my bra too….except it was in 8th grade and it wasn’t a lens cap…it was half a box of tissues!!!!
This stir fry looks amazing! Pinned!
Oh man, how hilarious that you forgot the lens cap there and didn’t even notice!! HAHA! I love stir-fries too….. they’ll be really perfect when your zucchinis and squashes and peppers start coming ripe!
This stir fry looks amazing! Glad you found your lens cap too, haha. And that sauce…Yum!! Pinned!! :)
I love stir fry dishes! This looks delicious, and it made me laugh reading about your runaway lens cap!
I’m so glad you found that lens cap!!! that’s hilarious! and at weddings, watch your stuff!!! my friend, who was the photographer at my other friend’s wedding, set his gear down for a few minutes and someone stole it!!! it was crazy! who does that?! anyway, if you are in a secluded place, with one wedding guests you’re fine but it was out in the open with other people walking by . . crazy!!! I love this stir fry!!! stir fry is my go-to!! love this!
If you say that’s the best stir-fry sauce, then I need to try it! I love a good stir-fry, and that lens cap story was hilarious! :)
Such a fan of stir frys and this looks awesome! Can’t wait to give it a try!
What good luck you finding that lid! And I also had no idea you filmed weddings! I love weddings, they are just so fun!
Yum yum yum! What a delicious, fresh and flavoursome stir fry! You’ve put all of my favourite ingredients in here – I looove all of the vegetables you used. The sauce sounds amazing too with the ginger and garlic! Mmmm. I will definitely have to make this!
Haha I am always losing my lens cap too and think your hiding spot is awesome :) Love this stir-fry! It looks amazing and the perfect weeknight meal!
Awesome hiding spot for your lens. :) I always thought it was for money and drivers license, lol :)
Love stir fry’s – they are such an easy go to weeknight meal. Can’t wait to make this one.
You really make a mean dinner! I’m sure the whole family would love this dish! That sauce looks phenomenal!
I love a good stir-fry – you’re right, it’s a great way to use up leftover veggies at the end of the week! I’m definitely going to give your stir-fry sauce a try. So funny that the lens cap ended up being in your bra!
Hahaha! Oh man, I am ALWAYS losing my lens cap and it is so annoying! Definitely gonna have to try that “hiding spot” next time! LOL. And this stir-fry looks like all kinds of amazing! I definitely love mine loaded to the max with veggies and this skillet looks like it fits the bill! I so need to try your stir-fry sauce too! Pinned. :)
I’m such a sucker for good stir frys! This looks so delicious, Natalie! I’m actually craving this for breakfast right about now. That sauce sounds so flavorful! Can’t wait to try this out!