Recipe: Yummy Lemon Chicken Stir Fry

Lemon Chicken Stir Fry. Best lemon chicken stir fry ever! This is a delicious stir fry recipe. We loved the lemony flavor of the sauce with a little peppery bite to it.

This quick weeknight Chicken and Asparagus Lemon Stir Fry is perfect for spring, made with lean chicken breast, asparagus, fresh lemon, garlic and ginger. Stir fry nights happen often in my house! I add any vegetables I have on hand and try to use vegetables that are in season. You can have Lemon Chicken Stir Fry using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lemon Chicken Stir Fry

1. Prepare 2 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breast.
2. Prepare 1 of lg or 2 sm bunches of asparagus.
3. It's 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
4. You need 1 of lemon.
5. You need 2 tsp of corn starch or arrowroot powder.
6. You need to taste of salt.
7. It's to taste of pepper.
8. Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of soy sauce.
10. Prepare 2 tbsp of sugar or sugar substitute.
11. Prepare 6 tbsp of water.

I've got you covered with this Easy Lemon Chicken Stir Fry. I love having stir fries for dinner because they are so quick to pull together. This quick and easy lemon chicken stir fry is just the thing for a busy weeknight meal. My stir fry features bok choy, red and yellow peppers, onions and green onion.

Lemon Chicken Stir Fry instructions

1. Peel and mince garlic. Zest and juice lemon. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces. Trim woody ends off of asparagus and cut into 2 inch pieces..
2. In a bowl mix corn starch and water to make a slurry. Add soy sauce, garlic, lemon juice and zest, and sugar to corn starch water and stir..
3. Add about 1-2 tbsp of olive oil to a frying pan over med high heat and cook chicken until done and a little browned on all sides. Then remove chicken from pan. Add a little more olive oil and saute asparagus until bright green. Add chicken back to the pan. Give the sauce another quick stir and add it to the pan and stir fry until sauce thickens and everything is well coated..
4. Serve over rice or (for a low carb option) serve with cauliflower rice..

All of these are really fast-cooking vegetables, so the time in the wok is really short. Fry the chicken with the garlic for another few minutes, then add the asparagus, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Stir again, before mixing in the soy sauce. Serve with rice and sprinkle with lemon zest on top. Bright and lemony, this superfast chicken stir-fry makes an excellent weeknight dinner.