Sweet Chili Chicken Stir Fry

This Sweet Chili Chicken Stir Fry is an all-time favorite that’s packed with veggies, and popular with everyone that’s tried it!

Sweet Chili Sauce makes pretty much everything delicious. The only problem is it’s made up almost entirely of white sugar! So for a while now I’ve eliminated it from our refrigerator. However, like I said it’s incredibly delicious. So I finally came up with a healthier version to get this wonderful sauce back in our life!

Since I err on the side of easy in my recipes, (or read lazy/strapped for time) my chili sauce would probably be qualified as a hack. This means only good things because you don’t even need to make a sauce on the stove. You just stir a couple ingredients together and you’re in business!

I first started using this hack of a chili sauce recipe in my Thai Broccoli Salad. And just like magic, chili sauce swoops in and coats the broccoli, transforming it into some sort of ridiculously addictive semblance of it’s original self.

Anything that can turn veggies into magic is always a good thing. Especially since broccoli used to require copious amounts of cheese sauce to catch my attention.

One of my favorite things about studying the flavors of other cultures, is it’s taught me that I can indeed enjoy my veggies without making them vaguely unhealthy. All the exotic spices and flavorings that used to be so difficult to find are becoming readily available, even here in Montana, making it so much easier to branch out and get creative.

Now let’s dive into how to make this Sweet Chili Chicken Stir Fry:

• You’re going to start by prepping all the veggies and chicken first.
• Then mix together the sauce.
• Once everything is prepped, then you’re ready to stir fry!

Tip: To get the most out of your broccoli, peel the tough outer layer away from the stem with a peeler. Then just slice up the stem like you would a carrot! I love the stem of broccoli because it’s a bit sweeter and milder in flavor.

For the stir fry, first you sauté the chicken, then remove it from the pan. Next up sauté the veggies until crisp tender and the color is still bright like the above photo.

Finally add the chicken back into the pan along with the chili sauce. Cook for just long enough for the sauce to thicken and be thoroughly mixed in. Then serve it with freshly steamed rice/cauliflower rice, or even all on it’s own.

Stir Fry Tip: the best tasting stir fries are from cooking over high heat!

If you cook at a lower heat, the veggies and meat will steam/fry instead of the searing effect that happens at high heat. Don’t get me wrong, the stir fry will still be good. But the high heat is what really gives you that stir fry flavor we all know and love!

I hope you enjoy this stir fry as much as we have! If you do make it, I hope you’ll leave me a comment/rating below. And I always love hearing from you here, and over on Instagram where you can tag me at #getinspiredeveryday with your photos.

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