Whole30 + Keto Chicken Stir Fry with Cauliflower Rice
Whole30 + Keto Chicken Stir Fry with Cauliflower Rice Recipe – a 30 minute healthy asian dinner or meal prep. Paleo, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free, soy free, clean eating, real food.
Meet the dinner I make at the end of the week almond every single week.
This chicken stir fry is the perfect way to use up all the leftover vegetables in my fridge that didn’t get eaten during the week. Sometimes I use leftover chicken from other dinners too!
My favorite chicken to use for this is boneless, skinless chicken thighs. They have the most flavor, and I love how crispy and golden brown they get when searing them off. Adds tons of flavor.
You can really use any vegetables you have in this stir fry, but I always seem to have leftover bell peppers, zucchini and cabbage. I add in some shredded carrots and scallions, top it all with my absolute favorite whole30 + keto stir fry sauce, and dinner is ready!
To add more crunch, top it with some chopped roasted cashews. Or sesame seeds. Or even sliced almonds.
Whatever you have on hand will work great.
This stir fry is great on its own. The stir fry sauce thickens nicely. It doesn’t get watery and drippy. I’ve served it warm in a bowl. Or sometimes I’ll go the extra effort and make cauliflower rice to go with it.
It’s delicious either way!
This makes an amazing meal prep also. This recipe makes enough for 5 servings. Lunch for the week in just 30 minutes!
My husband and 2 year old love this. And I love how healthy it is. Whole30, keto, paleo, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, soy free, refined sugar free, clean eating, real food.
Watch How To Make Whole30 + Keto Chicken Stir Fry:
Whole30 + Keto Chicken Stir Fry with Cauliflower Rice
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1.5 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite size pieces (I get my chicken from ButcherBox, which I highly recommend)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt + pepper
Vegetables
- 2 zucchini, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 bunch green onions, chopped (about 1.5 cups)
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 cups shredded carrots
- salt + pepper
Whole30 + Keto Stir Fry Sauce
- 1/2 cup coconut aminos
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon date paste, leave out for keto
- 1 tablespoon arrowroot starch
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
- 2 " piece of ginger, grated or finely minced (or sub ginger paste or ground ginger powder)
- 2 cloves of garlic, grated or finely minced
Serving
- 2 cups cashews, roasted or raw
- 1 batch of cauliflower rice
Instructions
Stir Fry Sauce
- In a small bowl or mason jar, combine all the stir fry ingredients. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
Chicken
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Season the sliced chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan, and cook the chicken (in batches if necessary), stirring occasionally, until golden brown and cooked to 165ºF with a meat thermometer, about 7-10 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
Vegetables
- In the same pan and cooking oil/chicken drippings, add the green onions, bell pepper and zucchini. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to soften and get a few golden brown char marks, about 7-10 minutes.
- Add the shredded cabbage and shredded carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, another 3-5 minutes until the cabbage and carrots have softened.
- Add the chicken back to the pan with the cooking vegetables, and add the stir fry sauce. Turn the heat to low. Cook for another 3 minutes. The stir fry sauce will thicken as it is heated.
- Top with cashews and serve warm with cauliflower rice.
- Leftovers will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for 5 days.
Notes
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20 Comments on “Whole30 + Keto Chicken Stir Fry with Cauliflower Rice”
Made it today and it was delicious. Love the stir fry sauce too feel it was more better than store bought and healthier. Thanks again for getting me out of the same dishes we needed these new fresh meals
Oh I love this! You are so welcome. It’s so fun to switch things up! I am honored that you like my recipes!
This recipe is one my favorites after just one meal!! The sauce makes it so yummy, tangy, and alittle sweet. I added a touch of crushed red pepper to add a bit of heat. I served it with fried cinnamon apples, which seemed to be a nice sweet tempering of the heat!! Thanks Natalie, you rocked another one!!
Yeah! I am so happy you liked my cauliflower rice! Serving it with cinnamon apples sounds delicious! So glad this recipe is one of your favorites.
Yum!! This is so simple, I always have these ingredients on hand. Thank you again for having the greatest recipes 💗💗
I seem to always have the ingredients on hand too, so I make it all the time Miranda! Thank you for your kind words about my recipes. I am so glad you enjoy them.
Hi, Can you freeze this?
Thanks
I don’t think this would freeze well Jessica. I think the veggies would be too mushy. I usually make a big batch and eat it all week.
I sure hope you like it!
Hi! I entered this recipe into my carb manager app and it says its about 34 carbs per serving… That doesn’t seem right according to your carbs…
I’m not sure how the carb count was calculated so high Dana. The recipe is for 5 servings did you divide it by 5? I checked each ingredient in the nutritional calculator I use and everything was entered correctly and the calculation seems accurate to me. I am sorry, but I am stumped! I am not familiar with carb managers, but I know the nutrition calculator I use is very accurate.
Yum Yum Yum!! Definitely get this in your week night rotation. I love that you can add in whatever veggies you have left over in the week, but I have made it just as the recipe states and it is very good. The stir fry sauce is da bomb. Just the right amount of flavor and it’s just enough arrowroot starch to make it slightly thicker. We’ve made many Whole30 stir fries from multiple sites and this one is the best by far. I made this twice in 1 week. Now its my go to when we feel like a stir fry!
Wow! Thank you so much for your very nice comment Liz! I am so happy that you like my stir fry. I also just LOVE the sauce. So yummy! I am so glad this is your favorite stir fry. That is quite the compliment!
Made this last night. Delicious!!! Doubled for our big family to make sure we had leftovers for later. Used chicken breasts by accident but will make it again FOR SURE and use thighs! Thank you!!
I am so happy that you and your family enjoyed my Chicken Stir Fry with Cauliflower Rice Julie. I bet it would be delicious with chicken breast, I do find the chicken thighs a bit more flavorful. I hope you enjoy it with chicken thighs when you make it again.
Hello! Thank you for the recipe. Do you know of any substitutions for the arrowroot starch? I need to substitute it but want to avoid any slime associated with some other thickeners. Any suggestions?
The arrowroot in this doesn’t slime at all! But if you need to skip it all together, I would leave it out, and just simmer and reduce the sauce until it thickens on its own due to reduction.
My family loved this recipe!!!! I added broccoli to the mix of veggies!! My dad and brother didn’t notice the difference in the cauliflower rice!!
Yea! I’m so glad to hear this! This just made my day! What a great gal you are to cook such a healthy meal for your family!
This is absolutely amazing!!! I added mushrooms with the zucchini because I forgot to buy a bell pepper. So delicious!
Yea! So glad you liked it! Thank you Kate! Adding in mushrooms would make it delicious. I want to try that next time!