Quick and Easy Chinese Stir-Fry Recipe
This Quick and Easy Chinese Stir-Fry Recipe is such a go-to for us that I get slightly panicked if I don’t have the three ingredients in my stash!
There comes a time in every busy mom’s life where she has to decide between takeout and frozen. I know this feeling, I have 3 very active children.
Fortunately, I also have a large amount of super quick recipes in my arsenal! This means I can give my kids a much more nutritious meal than either of the aforementioned options. Not as good as it could be, but still much better than the others!
I love stir-frying meals because they are so super quick and leave very little clean up. This quick and delicious menu will save you time and satisfy your taste buds.
Specialty Ingredients:
The following ingredients are affiliate links on Amazon because they may be a bit hard to find in your normal store. I wanted you to be able to see exactly which things we are using.
Reminder, not all ingredients are linked above, just the ones that may be a bit difficult to find or that you might be unsure of what to look for.
With only three ingredients in the entire recipe, the above list is mighty short! 🙂
Need a quick dinner idea? This quick meal menu has got you covered.
Make it a Meal:
Oh, who are we kidding? This recipe is a meal – it has veggies and protein in one convenient dish! However, if you want to serve it over rice, like we do, then you will need to cook some of that up.
Or, if you still want to make lots of dishes, the following items pair really well with it:
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- side dish: Easy Tortellini Salad
- bread: Asparagus Spirals
- dessert: Magic Cookie Bars
Must Have Stir-Fry Tools:
Ok, so you can actually make this without any of the below items, but then what is the fun in that? If wee have to cook, we might as well have some fun toys at our disposal. 😉
Stove Top Wok: 12″ Wok/ Stir-Fry Pan with Glass Lid, Coated with New Teflon Platinum Non-Stick Coating
—OR—
Electric Wok: Aroma Housewares AEW-305 Electric Wok, Black
Knife: Okami Knives CHEF KNIFE 8″ for Deluxe Cooking, Professional German Steel for Easy, Fast Cutting & Precision Slicing, Extra Sharp Multipurpose Kitchen Knife for Fish, Meat & Vegetables
Cutting Board: EXTRA LARGE Organic Bamboo Cutting Board with Juice Groove – Best Kitchen Chopping Board for Meat (Butcher Block) Cheese and Vegetables | Anti Microbial Heavy Duty Serving Tray w/ Handles – 18 x 12
Noodle Bowls: Sweese 1303 Porcelain Square Bowl Set – 16 Ounce Deep and Microwavable for Cereal, Soup and Fruit – Set of 6, Matte White
Chopsticks: Youmi Japanese Natural Wood Chopstick Set Reusable Classic Style Chopsticks 5 Pairs Gift Set
When a recipe only has 3 ingredients and 3 directions you know it is going to be easy! 🙂 We love it… even Tank the very pick eater 🙂
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Quick and Easy Chinese Stir-Fry Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into strips
- 1 pkg. 16 oz. frozen stir-fry vegetables
- ½ Cup(s) KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Dressing
Instructions
- Heat large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat. Add chicken; stir-fry 2 to 3 min. or until chicken is no longer pink.
ADD vegetables and dressing; stir-fry 3 to 4 min. or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are crisp-tender.
SERVE over rice.
I was skeptical about the Zesty Italian dressing, but the end result was great! This is one of our go-to recipes for busy weeknights now.
This Chinese stir-fry recipe is so delicious! Life is hectic, and your quick and easy recipes are real life savers. I’m so glad to have run across this fabulous gem. I’ll be making it again next week when I invite my parents over for dinner, They’re going to love it too!
This is a great quick dinner! I never would have thought to use Italian dressing but it works!
This is the perfect recipe for getting my kids to eat veggies! Delicious AND easy enough for week days.
wow, sounds like a great recipe, i’ll have to try it!
Sounds great.. we are doing our best to eat low fat, which means a lot of chicken, this is perfect, mmm good, im going to fix this tomorrow..