Easy Sesame Chicken Green Bean Stir Fry
Healthy sesame chicken green bean stir fry made with gorgeous veggies like fresh green beans, carrots and red bell pepper all cooked in a flavorful sesame ginger sauce. This easy chicken and green bean stir fry takes just 30 minutes to make for a paleo, protein-packed weeknight dinner that's great for meal prep. Enjoy as-is or with rice, cauliflower rice or quinoa!
Ingredients
- for the sauce
- ⅓ cuplow sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos
- ⅓ cupwater
- 3 clovesgarlic, minced
- 2 tablespoonscoconut sugar or brown sugar (or sub 1 tablespoon honey)
- 1 tablespoonsesame oil (preferably toasted sesame oil)
- 1 tablespoonrice vinegar
- 1 tablespoonfresh grated ginger
- 1 tablespoonsesame seeds (or sub 1 tablespoon tahini)
- ½ teaspoonred pepper flakes
- ½ tablespoonarrowroot starch (or sub cornstarch)
- for the chicken
- ½ tablespoonsesame oil (preferably toasted sesame oil
- 1 poundlean ground chicken (or ground turkey)
- ½ teaspoongarlic powder
- freshly ground salt and pepper
- for the veggies
- ½ tablespoontoasted sesame oil (preferably toasted sesame oil)
- 2 largecarrots, thinly sliced
- 1white onion, chopped
- 1red bell pepper, chopped
- 12 ouncesfresh green beans, trimmed and cut in half
- for serving
- ½ cuproasted cashews, chopped
- scallions (green part of the onion only)
- extra sesame seeds
Directions
- 1
First make your stir fry sauce: in a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, water, garlic, coconut sugar, sesame oil, rice vinegar, fresh ginger, sesame seeds, red pepper flakes and arrowroot starch (or cornstarch). Set aside.
- 2
Add ½ tablespoon sesame oil to a large pot and place over medium heat. Once oil is hot add in ground chicken and season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Quickly begin to break up the meat and cook until no longer pink. Once cooked, transfer meat to a bowl and set aside. Keep heat in pan.
- 3
In the same pot, add ½ tablespoon sesame oil. Add in chopped onion and sliced carrots and cook for 2-4 minutes until onions begin to soften. Next add in green beans and bell pepper and cook, stirring frequently, for an additional 6-8 minutes or until green beans are slightly tender but still have a bite. Add cooked ground chicken back to the pot with the veggies. Immediately turn the heat to low and add in the sauce. Cook for an additional 2-4 minutes over low heat until the sauce begins to thicken.
- 4
Serve with brown rice or quinoa for a healthy dinner. Garnish with roasted cashews, a few extra sesame seeds and scallions. Serves 4.