Quick Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry
A lightning fast noodle stir fry made in just 20 min with simple pantry ingredients. It doesn’t get easier or quicker!
There’s nothing quicker than a noodle stir-fry for those busy weeknights.
And you can use any type of noodles here – fettuccine, spaghetti, angel hair, udon, etc. Really. Any will work just fine.
You can also add in additional veggies to your liking. Mushrooms, carrots, and/or bell peppers would be great additions. You can also swap out the chicken for beef, pork or even tofu.
See, that’s the beauty of stir-frys (Stir-frying? Stir fries? What’s the plural of stir-fry?). It’s completely adaptable to what you have on hand, making dinner an absolute breeze.
Quick Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry
A lightning fast noodle stir fry made in just 20 min with simple pantry ingredients. It doesn’t get easier or quicker!
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 12 ounces linguine
- 16 ounces broccoli florets
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- ½ teaspoon sesame seeds
For the sauce
- ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, sesame oil and Sriracha; set aside, reserving 2 tablespoons.
- In a large bowl, combine reserved 2 tablespoons soy sauce mixture and chicken; set aside.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions. Within the last 2 minutes of cooking time, add broccoli; drain well.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add chicken to the skillet and cook until golden, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in pasta, broccoli and remaining soy sauce mixture until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley and sesame seeds, if desired.
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My family loves beef and broccoli so I’m certain this would be a hit too! Perfect for weekday meals!
Can I use fish sauce instead of oyster sauce?
thanks!
You can certainly try substituting fish sauce but without further recipe testing, I cannot speak for how much this will change the overall taste/texture of the dish. Please use your best judgment.
Ok, I’m going to be the one to answer that question honestly. Wow, that is the silliest question I have ever heard. Two completely different flavours. Don’t do it.
Such a wonderful base recipe, so versatile. With the chicken would also add carrots and red peppers for colour, and, mini corn for fun.
With pork, would consider green and red peppers and pineapple.
Thank you for the inspirations.
Love the versatility of this recipe! I’ve made it many different ways and it always hits.
Question though, do you think the sauce could be made ahead of time and frozen or kept refrigerated for a few days before using? We are going to be traveling and prep things ahead of time to bring with so that day of we can just throw it all together.
Do you have the nutritional values for this easy and delicious sounding recipe?
Many thanks!
Iris, the nutritional information has been added below the recipe.
I am so sorry I have not commented sooner! I love your blog and your recipes! I just made your recipe for Pasta Carbonara last night! It was crazy good. I talk about your recipes on my book blog…and always credit you…so many
people love your recipes!
I am going to make this one on Sunday! It looks so good!
You asked about the plural of ‘Stir-fry’. Isn’t it “Stirs-Fry”? Like “Attorneys general”?
I tend to disagree, the stir is singular, the fry .. or fries is plural, hence the use of the plural as there are many choices based on the base recipe.
Oh, sesame seed – it will be my favourite meal! Thanks for your recipe! 🙂