Healthy, Easy Chicken Tenderloin Stir-Fry Recipe
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 140kcal
Cost: $8
Chicken tenderloin is the healthiest and easiest part of the chicken to make into a stir-fry. I flavored it with black bean sauce, but you can easily adapt the recipe with your favorite stir-fry sauce. See the recipe notes at the bottom if you need to make some substitutions.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken tenderloin or chicken breast
- 2 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoon olive oil divided
- 1 red onion or sweet onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon black bean with garlic sauce or from scratch
- 1 tablespoon rice wine
- ¼ cup scallion chopped, reserve some for garnish
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into 1-inch bite-sized pieces and transfer to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Add the soy sauce, cornstarch, and sugar, and mix. Set aside to marinate for 10 minutes.
- Preheat a medium or large nonstick frying pan for 4-5 minutes on medium heat until a drop of water sizzles in the pan.
- Add 1 teaspoon of oil and swirl to coat. Add the chopped onions and stir-fry they’re slightly translucent and wilted (2-3 minutes).
- Push the onions to the side of the pan and add the remaining oil, add the black bean sauce and stir gently until the sauce is sizzling and fragrant.
- Add the chicken, spread the pieces out, and allow them to sear for 1 minute. Stir fry until it’s no longer pink on all sides.
- Add the rice wine and some of the scallions, stir fry until the chicken cooks through and the rice wine evaporates.
- Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with the remaining scallion.
Notes
If you are using fermented black beans, rinse and drain the beans and then coarsely chop. Coarsely chop 1 clove garlic and add to the chopped black beans and mince to combine.
If you are not using black bean sauce, you can substitute with hoisin sauce and add it into the stir-fry in the middle at step 6. If using any kind of Asian sauce with sugar in it (sweet and sour, orange sauce, etc.) add it at the end at step 7 and cook until warmed through and the chicken is thoroughly coated.
Nutrition
Calories: 140kcal