I don't usually toot my own horn, but toot toot! I hate cooking and got a bug to make stir-fry and it was amazing!

by Boss_LadyZ

37 Comments

  1. Cool_Cartographer_39

    Tips. Dust your chicken with a tiny bit of baking soda and roll in cornstarch. Fry separate from veggies and then everyone back in the pan for sauce time

    This does look good, though

  2. Maybe tastes ok, but need to get way more water out. Cooking on stove top has nowhere near the energy of a wok fire.

  3. Cook chicken separately in very hot oil. Cause you got chicken stir-boil.

    Would still eat tho!

  4. Yarfunkle

    too soupy, use much less liquid, and cook things in batches, add back protein at the end and toss in sauce in the last couple minutes of cooking

  5. Looks great! I’ve gone on a chinese home cooking bender for like 2 years now and a couple things I have learned…

    1) If the sauce is too thin so it kinda pours though the rice and pools in the bowl, you can pull all the stuff out and just blast the sauce on max heat til it tastes like it has a good intensity, then mix a bit of cornstarch with cold water to make a slurry and pour that in a bit at a time while stirring til it’s a noticeably thicker than water but not as thick as like mac n cheese sauce.

    2) Similar to other people’s thoughts on chicken, you can get great improvements to texture and flavour by cooking in batches so the pan is never crowded. That way it fries instead of steaming/boiling. Aromatics first (garlic/onion/ginger/chilis) first, then meat/protein, then chunky veg (like broccoli and carrots), then lighter veg (like bok choy or beansprouts or baby corn or green onions), then add it all back in the pan and pour in sauce.

  6. swallowshotguns

    Stir fry is hot and fast. You made a stew.

  7. SparkPoint

    Nice job, stir fry is one of my goto ways to prep a meal. Take a look at [https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-velvet-chicken-stir-fry/](https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-velvet-chicken-stir-fry/) . It’ll make the chicken even more tender! Also, their site is full of great recipes, tips/techniques and even has an ingredient glossary.

  8. I’m not sure any frying happened here. Poaching/boiling happened.

    Sure it tasted good though, keep at it.

  9. Forsaken_Taste3012

    Don’t listen to the naysayers. This is good. Yes, the specific term “stir fry” should not technically be applied. But cooking one-pan as a large batch this works perfectly.

    This is a very healthy meal full of flavor and other good stuff. Keep making it. People get too hung up on specific terminology.

    Yes, you *can* cook the chicken separately at high heat, with less liquid, and in batches. But if you just want solid, tasty, & healthy meal in one pan? You succeeded.

    It’s stir-fry-esque. Which is close enough as a term.

  10. Unlucky_Childhood156

    I think you nailed it…looks good to me!!!

  11. No_Mercy_4_Potatoes

    Definitely not stir fry. But it looks good

  12. bollyeggs

    More chicken stew than stir fry but well done for trying.

    Veg, seasoning and colour are all authentic

    Buy a wok tho. You’ll never look back

  13. bollyeggs

    Made with lau. Souped up recipies, best YouTubers for Chinese food IMO

  14. andrewsutton

    I’ve found that making individual portions gives better results, texture-wise. Less pan crowding. Sucks through cause you gotta do it more than once.

  15. Oohbunnies

    Firstly, it looks delicious.
    Having said that it’s bot really a stir fry, more a casserole, with the same ingredients. A stir fry using very height heat, for a shot amount of time. It’s also 1000 times better than my first attempt. I still remember it and it would’ve been over 30 years ago. I think it had an hour cooking time. It was more a very wet bolognaise, with bean sprouts in it.

  16. AaronBurrIsInnocent

    Looks good. Did you velvet the chicken?

  17. Try more woking and less boiling, makes it even better

  18. CLE216ers

    “Too much liquid”

    🙄

    Scrubs…smh

    The final product doesn’t even have any liquid, even if it did, I’m starting with that then making my way to the actual food.

    Looks delicious 🤤

  19. WAY too much liquid, and the wrong type of pan. Ingredients steam themselves.

  20. CocomyPuffs

    Love the veggie to chicken portion! I need a little meat and alotta veggies, looks really good

  21. nature_nate_17

    As someone who won’t be able to eat tonight, this looks so good

  22. LayYourGhostToRest

    What are those things that look like little corn called?