Quick & Easy Black Pepper Chicken
Ultra-tender chicken stir fried in a delicious black pepper sauce with crunchy celery, carrots, onions, garlic and ginger! This quick and easy black pepper chicken beats takeout and is a fantastic main dish best paired with rice.
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast sliced against the grain into ¼-inch thick pieces
- 1 cup celery chopped
- ½ cup carrots sliced into ¼ inch thick rounds
- ½ cup onion sliced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1.5 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Chicken Marinade
- 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch or tapioca starch/potato starch
- 2 tablespoon water cold
- ½ teaspoon baking soda do not skip!
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Stir-Fry Sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce or vegetarian stir-fry sauce
- 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch or tapioca starch/potato starch
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine or dry sherry wine/chicken stock
- 2 teaspoon white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ginger peeled and grated
- ¾ teaspoon black pepper add ¼ teaspoon more if you prefer a stronger taste
- ½ cup chicken stock low-sodium
Instructions
- Transfer sliced chicken breast into a medium bowl. Marinate chicken pieces with the marinade ingredients as listed above for 15-20 mins at most and don't marinate past this time frame.
- In a small bowl, combine the stir-fry sauce ingredients as listed above. Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon or 15 ml vegetable oil in a large pan on medium-high heat. Fry marinated chicken on both sides until cooked and slightly golden brown, about 3 mins in total. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
- Reduce to medium heat and add remaining oil into the pan. Then add onions, garlic, carrots and celery and fry until veggies are slightly softened but still crisp, about 1-2 minutes.
- Pour in prepared stir fry sauce. Toss everything together and allow sauce to simmer to thicken.
- Quickly toss in cooked chicken and mix with the sauce and vegetables until evenly coated. Remove off heat. Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 1097mg | Potassium: 640mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2864IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg