The Well Plated Cookbook is now available! Easy, Healthy Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry with Vegetables! This fast, healthy meal comes together in a flash, and everyone loves it! The sweet, sticky healthy store bought teriyaki sauce teriyaki sauce is irresistible.
I demand a lot from my dinners, especially the ones I cook on weeknights. My ideal dinner needs to be healthy, reasonably easy to make, minimize dishes, AND taste indisputably delicious. I don’t think so, and neither does this healthy Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry! A lightened-up version of the Japanese teriyaki chicken stir fry that was my high school takeout love—and let’s be honest, my post-high-school takeout love, because who doesn’t love juicy chicken and vegetables bathed in sweet and sticky teriyaki sauce? Just like with my Healthy Orange Chicken, it pleases every member of your household, even the picky ones. Be quick and easy to make.
Use ingredients you already have in your pantry. In fact, I believe so strongly in the universal appeal of teriyaki chicken that I’ve come up with multiple cooking methods for it. This Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken was the original. Its popularity then inspired this Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken and this Teriyaki Chicken Casserole. And now today, we complete Team Teriyaki Chicken with this simple, sublime ginger teriyaki chicken stir fry.
It cooks on your stovetop in minutes, no extra appliances required. An easy, healthy weeknight dinner that the whole family will love! Japanese cooking where meat is grilled or broiled, teriyaki sauce is actually considered to be a product of America. This tasty recipe is my adaptation based on healthy ingredients. I wanted the dish to be quick, easy, and use simple, everyday ingredients you can find at any grocery store. How to Make the Best Healthy Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry The secret to making healthy chicken teriyaki tasty: it starts with the sauce. The best teriyaki sauce is the one that you make yourself.
Homemade teriyaki sauce is super simple. It tastes better than a teriyaki chicken recipe using bottled sauce because it’s freshly made. Further, making your own teriyaki sauce from scratch allows you to make the chicken teriyaki healthy. Since you are in control of the ingredients, you can avoid the excess refined sugars, sodium, and preservatives found in most store-bought sauces. You can find all the ingredients you need to make this recipe right in your pantry or with a quick trip to your neighborhood grocery store, no specialty ingredients required. How to Make Healthy Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry So, what does chicken teriyaki taste like? Well, if you love the idea of a sticky, sweet-yet-savory sauce coating tender pieces of chicken and vegetables, then you’re going to relish each and every bite!
It’s better for you overall, and it keeps the stir fry from becoming too salty. Sweetness is part of what makes teriyaki sauce so darn addictive and gives it its signature stickiness. An authentic Japanese teriyaki chicken stir fry recipe would probably call for brown sugar, but I find honey perfect. Its acidity balances the honey’s sweetness. I promise the mincing is worth it.
To thicken the teriyaki sauce so that it coats every morsel of chicken and veggies in glossy goodness. For those who like a kick. Made with chicken, veggies, and homemade teriyaki sauce. Once you have your sauce prepared, what do you put in chicken stir fry? Here are a few of my favorite basic ingredients!