The Best Chicken Mince Stir Fry (15-Minute Recipe)
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This Thai inspired chicken mince stir fry is loaded with so much flavour, you’ll be surprised how quickly it’s made. Ready in around 10-15 minutes, it’s one of those chicken mince recipes you’ll be sure to get into your weekly rotation. Try my Easy Din Tai Fung Cucumber Recipe on the side.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- ✅ Recipe Name: The Best Chicken Mince Stir Fry (15-Minute Recipe)
- 🕦 Ready in: 15 minutes
- 🤝 Serves: 4
- 🍴 Calories: 419kcal
- 🧑🍳 Main ingredients: chicken mince, thai basil, fresh ginger, red chillies
- ✨ Summary: This Asian chicken mince stir fry is packed with fresh ginger, garlic and chili. You’ll be surprised how quickly it’s made!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This chicken mince stir fry is fast, flavourful, and a regular in my rotation.
- Protein: This is great if you’re looking for high-protein Asian chicken mince recipes that aren’t boring.
- So flavourful: This minced chicken recipe is packed with umami from fish sauce and soy. Make sure to make my Gyoza Dipping Sauce for a similar flavour profile.
- Minimal effort: This chicken mince stir fry comes together in around 10 minutes, just like my Prawn and Chorizo Pasta.
Need inspiration for some main meal recipes using mince? Try my: How to Cook Ground Turkey, Beef Keema (Mince Curry) and Gochujang Fried Rice.
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Ingredients
You only need a few bits for this chicken mince stir fry. Here are the key ingredients:
- Chicken mince: I use 5% fat chicken mince for one of those easy chicken mince recipes that still tastes great. If you have extra poultry, you can also try my Tender Cast Iron Chicken Breast.
- Thai basil: It makes it feel restaurant-level and works well for healthy chicken mince recipes where you want flavour without extra calories. You can then use it as a topping on this Thai Noodle Salad with Peanut Sauce.
- Fresh ginger & chillies: The aromatic foundation for chicken mince stir fry. Adjust the chillies to your spice preference.
See the recipe card for full information on all ingredients and quantities.
Variations/ Adaptations
Use this chicken mince stir fry as a base and tweak it depending on what you’ve got.
- Add greens: Add pak choi or tenderstem broccoli, which is ideal if you’re thinking what to make with chicken mince and want extra nutrients.
- Cashews or peanuts: Adding nuts for crunch works really well on a minced chicken stir fry.
- Meat swap: Use beef, pork, or turkey mince – the sauce still works with any of these for a chicken mince stir fry variation.
How to make Chicken Mince Stir Fry
- For the quick pickled cucumbers, start by slicing the cucumber in quarter slices and place in a meal prep container (Image 1).
- Add salt, pepper, red chilli flakes and rice vinegar (Image 2).
3. Then slice the spring onions, red chillies, basil stems and ginger on a chopping board (Image 3).
4. Add these into a large frying pan with the rapeseed oil. Fry for around 2-3 minutes over a low/medium heat. Season with salt (Image 4).
5. Next, add the chicken mince and season with salt and garlic powder and increase the heat to high (Image 5).
6. Stir to combine all of the ingredients and cook over a high heat for around 4 minutes (Image 6).
7. After this time, add the soy sauce, honey and a crack of black pepper. Continue to cook for two minutes. When the liquid has evaporated and the stir fry has taken on some nice colour, kill the heat (Image 7).
8. Serve over rice. Add the quick pickled cucumber to the bowl and top with Thai fresh basil, any reserved green spring onion and optional sesame seeds. Enjoy! (Image 8).
If you love chicken, you’ll need to try my Breakfast Burritos, Peri Peri Chicken and Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta.
Tips for the best result
- Fry on a really high heat to stir fry chicken mince quickly and get colour without drying it out.
- Prep your veg/aromatics before the hob goes on, as this is one of those chicken mince dishes that moves fast, just like my Spicy Korean Gochujang Noodles.
- Don’t overcrowd the pan so the mince browns properly in your chicken mince stir fry.
- Taste at the end and adjust chilli/seasoning to suit.
How to Cook Chicken Mince (So It Isn’t Dry)
The biggest question I get is how to cook chicken mince without it becoming rubbery. The secret is high heat and speed.
Unlike beef, chicken mince has less fat. If you cook it slowly, it releases water and boils in its own juices, becoming white and chewy. Instead, get your pan smoking hot with a little oil. Throw the mince in and let it sit for 30 seconds to sear before breaking it up. This locks in moisture and gives you that golden, caramelized texture essential for the best simple chicken mince stir fry.
Serving Suggestions
Chicken mince recipes are famously versatile because they soak up flavour so well. That makes this specific chicken mince stir fry perfect for pairing with almost anything, whether you want carbs or greens. If you are looking for chicken mince recipe ideas to round out the meal, here are my top picks:
Leftover Storage and Reheat Instructions
Refrigerator: Keep the chicken mince stir fry in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Freezer: You can freeze it for up to 3 months, but it’s so quick that I usually make it fresh. But still handy if you want to batch cook once and eat later.
Reheat: Reheat the chicken mince stir fry in the microwave for 2 minutes on high, or in a pan over a high heat for around 4 minutes.
FAQs
Yes, they’re the same. They are both referring to chicken meat which has been chopped finely or ground. Ground chicken is an American term, whereas most other English speaking countries say chicken mince.
Yes! This chicken mince stir fry is made in around 10 minutes once everything is prepped.
You sure can. You can add chicken breast into a food processor and blitz until you achieve a mince-like consistency. It won’t be exactly the same but it’ll be very similar.
Cook over a high heat for a short amount of time, as this will prevent the chicken from drying out.
I’d say so! It works well for meal prep because the chicken mince stir fry reheats easily and keeps for a few days in the fridge.
Try these other recipes using chicken mince, instead of pork: Easy Cajun Dirty Rice, Minced Pork Noodles and Creamy Tuscan Inspired Rigatoni with Pork Mince
If you tried this Chicken Mince Stir Fry recipe, it would be mean so much to me if you could leave a review & a star rating to let me know how you found it! I love hearing about your experiences – it motivates me to keep creating more and more recipes for you guys 💛 Let’s get cooking! – Mimi x
Chicken Mince Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced (£0.89)
- 200 g rice, thoroughly rinsed and cooked to packet instructions (£0.52)
- Handful of fresh Thai basil £0.52
- 50 g spring onion, sliced into large strips, handful thinly sliced for garnish (£0.65)
- 2-3 red chillies, finely chopped (£0.60)
- 25 g fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped (£0.11)
- 500 g chicken mince (5% fat) (£2.50)
- 130 g baby corn, sliced in half (£1.20)
Cupboard Essentials
- 1 tbsp rapeseed/canola oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Optional - chilli flakes
Method
Note: use an extra chilli to thinly slice as a garnish if you fancy an extra kick of spice.
- For the quick pickled cucumbers, add the thinly sliced cucumbers to a jar with salt, pepper and rice vinegar.
- Start by adding the basil stems, ginger, spring onion and chilli into a large frying pan with the rapeseed oil. Fry for around 2-3 minutes over a low/medium heat. Season with salt.
- Next, add the chicken mince and stir to combine all of the ingredients. Season with salt and garlic powder and increase the heat to high. Cook over a high heat for around 4 minutes.
- After this time, add the soy sauce, honey and a crack of black pepper. Continue to cook for two minutes.
- When the liquid has evaporated and the stir fry has taken on some nice colour, kill the heat and serve over rice. Add the quick pickled cucumber to the bowl and top with Thai fresh basil, any reserved green spring onion and optional sesame seeds. Enjoy!
Notes
- Fry the chicken mince over high heat to ensure it gets colour and cooks quickly without overcooking.
- Prepare veggies and aromatics in advance to reduce stress, as the recipe comes together quickly.
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