This Asian ground chicken stir fry recipe is tasty, healthy and budget-friendly. The best part, it only needs a handful of ingredients, so it’s super easy to make and is ready within 20 minutes. If you’re looking for simple ground chicken recipes, this is a must-try!
In This Post:
- ℹ️ Recipe Overview
- 🛒 Ingredients
- 📷 How To Make
- 💭 Recipe Tips
- 🍚 What To Serve With
- 📝 Go Straight To Full Recipe
Recipe Overview
I love this ground chicken stir-fry (or chicken mince my Australian readers) because it’s super easy and has only a few ingredients.
This stir-fry features ground chicken, carrots and bell peppers cooked with aromatics, oyster sauce and a little chilli. It’s a little spicy, a little sweet with plenty of savoury goodness in every bite.
The recipe takes about 20 minutes to make (could be even quicker with a little prep ahead of time) and can be served in a variety of ways:
- On top of fluffy white rice, brown rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice.
- Tossed through your favorite noodles like these Hibachi noodles.
- In a delicious wrap with crunchy vegetables.
- Leftovers can be turned into a delicious ramen soup or stir-fried rice dish.
- With a side of stir-fried Asian greens or other vegetables.
This recipe is low-calorie, low-carb and can be made gluten-free with the right oyster sauce brand.
👉 If you’re looking for more quick and easy chicken dinners, make sure to check out my chicken and broccoli stir-fry, honey soy chicken wings, Asian chicken drumsticks, or this recipe for one-pan chicken and vegetables.
What You Will Need
Here is what you need to make this super simple ground chicken stir-fry:
- Ground chicken – in Australia, it’s pretty easy to get ground-up chicken mince from most supermarkets; you can also ask your butcher or make your own by processing a combination of chicken thighs and some breast meat. This recipe will work equally well with ground turkey, beef or pork.
- Aromatics – garlic and onion are the basic aromatics for this recipe, you can throw in some ginger if you like.
- Vegetables – this is up to you, I am using simple carrot and bell pepper (capsicum) as that’s what I had on hand and what I often have in the fridge. You can throw in some diced broccoli, green beans, zucchini, snow peas, baby corn etc.
- Condiments – oyster sauce is what gives this dish the main flavor, it’s salty and slightly sweet, plus a little chilli paste (or sauce) for some heat. For those interested, this is my absolute favorite brand of Oyster sauce (they also make the best fish sauce in my opinion).
- Optional garnishes: sesame seeds and green onions (scallions) or chives.
How To Make Ground Chicken Stir-Fry
Find the full list of ingredients, nutritional info, and instructions in the recipe card below. Here are some step-by-step pictures to guide you along.
- Step 1. Heat a non-stick skillet with 1 tablespoon of oil on medium heat. Sauté chicken, garlic and onion for 1 minute. Remove chicken and set aside on a plate.
- Step 2. In the same skillet, add 1 tablespoon of oil and sauté carrot and bell pepper for 5 minutes. Until tender.
- Step 3. Return the ground chicken to the skillet. Stir in chili paste and oyster sauce. Allow to cook for 2 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
- Serve with rice. Garnish with green onions or sesame seeds if you have some.
Storage Tips
- This stir fried chicken is great for meal prep and freezing. Divide between containers and cool down completely before storing in the fridge or freezer.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Freeze for up to 3 months. You can freeze the stir-fry with the cooked rice so you can defrost and reheat a complete meal.
Serving Suggestions
I love this dish served one of three ways:
- Over fluffy rice – super simple and delicious; quinoa works well too.
- With noodles – Asian egg noodles or rice noodles tossed through this chicken stir-fry are very delicious; I will often stir through some garlic chilli oil as well.
- For a quick lunch hack, I will often pull out a small portion of this chicken from the freezer and defrost it in a microwave to pimp up some 2-minutes ramen noodles.
- For a low-carb/grain-free version, serve with some cauliflower rice or zucchini noodles.
- If you want extra veggies, try my pan-fried broccoli or sautéed Napa cabbage.
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil divided
- 1 lb ground chicken about 450 grams
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 small red onion peeled and chopped
- 1 medium carrot peeled and diced (3.5 oz | 93 grams)
- 1 green bell pepper diced (4-5 oz | 120 grams)
- 1 teaspoon chili paste or Sriracha sauce
- ¼ cup oyster sauce (2-3 oz | 75 grams)
Instructions
- Heat a non-stick skillet with 1 tablespoon of oil on medium heat. Sauté chicken, garlic and onion for 1 minute. Remove chicken and set aside on a plate.
- In the same skillet, add 1 tablespoon of oil and sauté carrot and bell pepper for 5 minutes until tender.
- Bring ground chicken back. Stir in chili paste and oyster sauce. Allow to cook for 2 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Remove from the stove.
- Serve with rice. Garnish with green onions.
Notes
- This stir-fried chicken is great for meal prep and freezing. Divide between containers and cool down completely before storing in the fridge or freezer.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Freeze for up to 3 months. You can freeze the stir-fry with the cooked rice so you can defrost and reheat a complete meal.
Made this tonight and it was delicious!! Used 1 tbsp chilli garlic sauce instead of 1 tsp of chilli paste and also added 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger. So good and easy!! Served over 3 min chow mein noodles. Perfect!
Thanks, Donald. Chili garlic sauce is a great shortcut and love a bit of added ginger as well.
What I love best about this recipe is the simplicity and rich flavors. I usually make a similar recipe with ground pork. I have to give it a try with chicken. Thanks for the inspiration and I’m looking forward to making it.
So yummy! I didn’t have oyster sauce so I used a little Hoisin in its place. It was very good!
I love that this came together so quickly, and that it’s actually good for you, too! I added a little extra broccoli to the mix and everyone loved it.
Easy to make and delicious! It’s perfect for my weekly meal prep!
This look so, so good! And I know my family would love this. Adding this to my dinner plan for the week. 🙂