Chicken, bok choy & toasted peanut stir-fry

Name: Chicken, bok choy & toasted peanut stir-fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips; 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tsp Thai fish sauce; 1 garlic clove, chopped; 4 bok choy, halved; 80 g/2¾ oz/½ cup peanuts; 150 ml/5 fl oz/scant ⅔ cup Chicken Stock; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp raspberry vinegar; 80 g/2¾ oz bean sprouts; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

Stir-frys are another great way to rustle up a quick, healthy and interesting meal when you are pushed for time. Make sure your pan is hot when you add the ingredients and keep them moving around the pan all the time so that they cook evenly and do not burn.

Ingredients

4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch)
1

Asia
Main course

Method

Dust the chicken strips lightly in the cornflour. Heat a wok or frying pan over a high heat. Add the sesame oil and fish sauce, then add the chicken strips and fry for 1 minute, stirring continuously.

Add the garlic, bok choy, peanuts and bean sprouts and toss together. Add the vinegar, soy sauce and stock, stir together well and bring to the boil. Cook for a further 2 minutes, still st