Grammy's Kitchen · Chicken Stir Fry · Chicken and Asparagus Lemon Stir Fry
One of 42 chicken stir fry recipes we measured
from www.skinnytaste.com
It ranks #1 of 42 for sear char among the chicken stir fry recipes we compared. 111 cooks on www.skinnytaste.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 42.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 27% | 22% |
| sweetener | 0% | 2% |
| thickener | 1% | 1% |
| aromatics | 3% | 2% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 53% |
| fat | 2% | 2% |
| acid | 7% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds skinless chicken breast (cut into 1-inch cubes) |
| Kosher salt (to taste) | |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth |
| 32 g | 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium shoyu or soy sauce (Coconut aminos for GF, W30) |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons cornstarch (arrowroot powder or tapioca starch for whole30) |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons water |
| 14 g | 1 tbsp canola or grapeseed oil (divided) |
| 1 bunch asparagus (ends trimmed, cut into 2-inch pieces) | |
| 18 g | 6 cloves garlic (chopped) |
| 6 g | 1 tbsp fresh ginger |
| 46 g | 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice |
| fresh black pepper (to taste) |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.skinnytaste.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I LOVE this meal and it’s perfection if you understand what it brings to the table. It has beautiful Asian flavor with much lower sodium. The lemon, ginger, garlic is so nice with the asparagus as the veggie. I’ve served this over brown rice, jasmine, and ca” — a cook, 5.0★
“This is a family favorite at our house and I find myself craving it. We are big sauce people so I double the sauce and usually use 2 pounds of chicken and sometimes extra asparagus. Extra goes a long way when feeding teenagers. I do find it takes a while to” — a cook, 5.0★