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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56 Comments on “Broccoli and Bell Pepper Chicken Stir Fry”
I made this recipe last night dinner? I didn’t have broccoli so I substituted green beans and it turned out great! I really liked the sauce, next time I would add some chili paste to kick it up. Served over cauli rice to be keto.
Love the tweaks you made with what you had on hand! Brilliant! I bet the chili paste will work great! Thanks, Robin!
Loved the recipe! It was so delicious, each member of my family came back for more. I love that the stir fry tastes so delicious and is healthy. I added some mushrooms because we like them and had some on hand to use up. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Kylee! So glad you liked this recipe! Love the addition of the mushrooms, too! It’s so nice that with stir fry you can just throw in what you have on hand!
I don’t have rice vinegar. Can I use something else?
You can use any vinegar that you have on hand Caroline. You could also use lemon juice or lime juice. The flavor will be slightly different and I haven’t recipe tested it with a sub for rice vinegar. The vinegar is important because it gives the dish a hit of acid.
I sure hope you like it!
I noticed most of the comments talked about how good this stir fry “sounds.” I actually made it snd I want you to know it’s amazing! I made the sauce exactly like the recipe and I cooked the vegetables separately. I did season each batch of vegetables w salt, pepper and garlic powder. This stir fry is excellent! Loved by all. Highly recommended.
I am so glad you liked my stir fry Heather! I love that you seasoned each vegetable separately. That is a fantastic suggestion.
This sauce is wonderful with any combination of veggies!
I am so happy you liked my stir fry Rachel. I agree the sauce is so yummy! I use it all the time and it tastes great on any veggie.
This recipe is my favorite! Has anyone tried to freeze it and reheat? Wondering if it would still taste good.
I’m so happy to hear that Nicole! Thank you! And yes, this recipe freezes and reheats beautifully. Freeze in an airtight container for up to 6 months. Thaw, and reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop until steaming. Yum!
Thank you so much for the recipe! My dad and I made it for dinner tonight and loved it!
I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know Claire! Big hugs!
Just made the sauce and it smells sooo good! similar to one I used to make. Just waiting for my main squeeze to get home with the beef and pick the broccoli and snap peas from the garden! love your blog so far! thanks!
I had a large qty of bell peppers left over from a party, and a pkg of diced chic breasts in the freezer I wanted to use. Google that combo and this site comes up. The recipe is fantastic, and it made me try some new stir fry techniques. This was perfect, but I did add some dried red pepper flakes because that is what we like. Changed nothing else, and this is in my cookbook permanently!
Would one be able to water bath or pressure can this sauce?
Lens caps *always* go into my left back jeans pocket. When you have the same habit for 40 years, there is never any doubt where it is.
I need to pick up that habit! Would take all the stress out of it.
Wow!!!! This dish is amazingly easy and so good. We don’t have any Asian places by our house and we always have a taste for it. Thanks so much for posting this. My new favorite recipe.
So glad you loved it TC! I would definitely have a hard time not having any asian restaurants near by. It’s my go to for ordering take out! But if I have the energy, I can cook this and it’s just as delicious. Thanks for letting me know you liked my recipe! You made my day!
I am stuck in the snow but I had most of these ingredients on hand. I had all of the ingredients for the sauce but substituted some of the veggies. This dinner was AMAZING!!! Better than take out. Thanks for the delicious recipe.
Yea! That makes me so happy Tanya! And especially since you didn’t have to make a trip to the store. I bet going out in the snow was pretty much impossible this weekend. Now you have me craving this dinner again. I’m going to make it again this week! Big hugs to you!
I would prefer this combination. I have tried cook them together and I find that it was extremely wonderful. All members in my family appreciate this dishes. I will cook it again soon
I woke up this morning with the thought of cooking stir fry tonight. Thank you, you just made my dinner plans easier! :) I can’t wait to make this tonight.
I am so happy to hear that Chandra! Hope you loved it!
What a great hiding spot hahaha, it is sad when you loose something even if it was cheap.. I do not like loosing stuff. Great recipe.
Aren’t stir fries just the best? So quick and easy. Broccoli is my favorite veggie to add into a stir fry, so I am definitely into this! And that sauce…yum.
I’ve totally done that before! It’s the best hiding spot–maybe too good of a hiding spot? Well, I’m glad you found it! Looks like such a delicious stir fry, and I will definitely have to try this stir fry sauce :)
Hi Natalie,
I’m excited to test out this recipe! I make stir-fry often but, I’m sad to admin that I usually opt for a store bought sauce. I like the idea of making my own because I’ll know exactly what is going in it and I’m sure it will taste so much better! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Seems like it will do the trick :) Any thoughts on how long the sauce will last if I make it ahead of time or if I double the recipe and have extra leftover?
You are going to love it Alison! Just wait until you try this homemade stir fry sauce. You’ll never want to buy store bought again. And it’s so fast to make! I’ve made this sauce a week in advance and it’s been just fine! It may last even longer. But my husband is very weird about food being stored too long, haha! So I’ve never gone longer than than. Just give it a good shake before using it. Hope you love it when you try it!
LOVEEEE quick and easy stir-fries like this :) YUM!