This gluten-free chicken stir-fry is full of fresh vegetables and covered in the most flavorful, easy sauce. Serve it over hot cooked rice for a delicious meal any of night of the week!
For more Asian-inspired gluten-free recipes, check out this gluten-free beef teriyaki, grilled honey sesame chicken and baked sticky chicken.
This chicken stir-fry is one of my very favorite meals to make on busy nights! It has simple ingredients that my kids love and the sauce is out-of-this-world delicious.
We also love this simple gluten-free chicken and rice recipe on busy nights! This gluten-free teriyaki sauce is another easy favorite!
Making stir-fry gluten-free is easy once you have gluten-free soy sauce on hand. This recipe includes my favorite gluten-free stir-fry sauce.
This sauce is my go-to when I’m making any kind of stir-fry! It has simple pantry staples that come together to make the most amazing sauce.
Ingredients for You’ll Need
- Chicken: I typically use boneless skinless chicken breasts. Chicken thighs also work great in this recipe!
- Vegetables: My family loves the combination of broccoli, red pepper and carrots, but you can use any combination of vegetables you like!
- Garlic/Ginger/Green Onions: These three ingredients add so much flavor to stir-fries. Their combination is the secret to an authentic tasting stir-fry.
- Gluten-free stir-fry sauce: This sauce is based on this recipe. The full details for the sauce are in the recipe card below.
Note: This recipe calls for tamari. Tamari is gluten-free soy sauce. Many soy sauces are made with a soybean/wheat blend, but tamari is made of 100% soybeans.
How to Make Gluten-Free Stir-Fry
- In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix together all the ingredients for the sauce. Set aside. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and heat for 30 seconds. Add the chicken and cook until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a plate.
- Add 1 tablespoon oil to the now empty skillet, followed by the broccoli, red pepper and carrots. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Add the green onions, ginger and garlic and cook for another minute.
- Add the chicken back to the pan. Pour in the stir-fry sauce and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until thickened and heated through.
How to Serve
This dish has all the vegetables and protein in one. Add some white or brown rice and you have a delicious meal!
I hope you like this recipe as much as we do! If you try it leave me a comment/rating below. I’d love to hear from you!
More Gluten-Free Chicken Recipes
Gluten-Free Chicken Stir-Fry
Ingredients
For the Sauce:
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup tamari gluten-free soy sauce
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
For the Stir-Fry:
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast cut into 1 inch cubes
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp oil divided
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 red bell pepper cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1/2 cup carrots shredded or thinly sliced
- 2 green onions white and green parts
- 2 tsp minced ginger
- 2 garlic cloves minced
Instructions
- In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix together all the ingredients for the sauce. Set aside. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and heat for 30 seconds. Add the chicken and cook until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a plate.
- Add 1 tablespoon oil to the now empty skillet, followed by the broccoli, red pepper and carrots. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Add the green onions, ginger and garlic and cook for another minute.
- Add the chicken back to the pan. Pour in the stir-fry sauce and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until thickened and heated through. Serve with hot cooked rice. Enjoy!
Notes
- Tamari: Tamari is gluten-free soy sauce. Many soy sauces are made with a soybean/wheat blend, but tamari is made of 100% soy beans.
- Red pepper flakes: I only add ¼ for a little flavor. It doesn’t make the sauce spicy – just more flavorful. Add more red pepper flakes if you want a spicier sauce!
Made this tonight and it was very good, and quite simple. Will make again!
I made this for myself as an 18-year-old, and I found this relatively easy to make. No fancy skills are needed for the prep of this dish. It tastes as good as it looks/smells. Perfect quick and easy dish, and I am glad, I will have leftovers for lunch and dinner the following days.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment.
This sauce is a keeper. We added a good splash of mirin for our shrimp stir fry.
That sounds delicious! Glad you enjoyed it!
Definitely a keeper! My family of six enjoys it every time! Even tried swapping out the chicken with Shrimp, and it was still so yummy!!
Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I’m so glad you and your family like the recipe! Shrimp sounds delicious!
So delicious and approved by two picky toddlers!
I’m so glad you and your toddlers enjoyed it!
So good!!! I used rice noodles instead of rice and loved it. Very good flavor.
Rice noodles sounds like a delicious addition! I’ll have to try that next time myself. Thanks for the comment 🙂
Which oil can you replace sesame oil with as we are glutenfree with a sesame allergy here?
You can use any oil you like to cook with! Avocado or canola oil will work great.
I I didn’t know rice was gluten free
Delish! The best Stir Fry I’ve ever made! Used chicken thighs, cauli-rice and added mushrooms. Used coconut aminos instead of soy sauce and monk fruit sweetener instead brown sugar.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
This was delious and so easy. Will be making it again.
Great! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
This looks delicious. Any thoughts on using liquid aminos instead of Tamari sauce? Thank you.
I think that would work great! I’ve had good success swapping that in myself. I hope you like it!
Love this simple stir fry recipe!! It’s so easy and even the kids like it!
Yum! So simple to make and a great way to shake up our normal dinner menu.
This is my favorite new fresh dinner! I love that I can throw it together in minutes and it only has a few ingredients. The leftovers the next day over salad were SO good!