Leftover chicken stir-fry. Use up that surplus chicken with this easy healthy recipe that's perfect for busy weeknights. It's ready in just 15 minutes too!
This leftover chicken stir-fry is just so delicious!
It's another recipe of mine made the same week I made the leftover chicken burgers.
A week when I was challenging myself to be frugal, to see how many meals I could get from a leftover Sunday roast chicken.
When I surveyed my refrigerator for ingredients and ideas for dinner my eyes fell upon the remains of that roast chicken.
This inspired me to create this amazing flavourful leftover chicken stir-fry.
With each savoury bite of my leftover chicken stir-fry, we savoured not just the flavours.
We also relished the satisfaction of repurposing food in a creative and delicious way.
Truly embodying the spirit of resourcefulness in the kitchen!
You'll find this chicken stir fry recipe a perfect quick healthy meal for two.
Or if you have more chicken leftover from your roast than I did, then you can easily double up the quantities of the recipe to make a tasty family dinner for four!
If you don't have any leftover roast chicken?
Then simply grill a chicken breast until cooked throughout. Then when cooled shred it with a fork.
Other than the chicken, the rest of the ingredients should be ones you can easily source.
There's just a couple of eggs needed, basmati rice and some condiments to add even more flavour to the dish.
I use frozen peas and frozen sweetcorn as the vegetables. I always have a bag of each of these veggies in the freezer.
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It's suitable for all hobs including gas, ceramic, induction, electric, solid plate and hot plate.
Featuring a solid wooden handle for an authentic finishing touch it's made of 1.2mm Carbon Steel with a Non Stick Coating.
Suitable for all family cooking the size is 27cm (10.5") dia x 46cm (18") with handle x 11cm (4.25") high.
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Leftover Chicken Stir-Fry Recipe
This leftover chicken stir-fry recipe is so great because you can easily change it up and make it your own by using your own selection of leftover vegetables!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Leftover Chicken Stir-Fry Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 175 g leftover cooked chicken chopped up
- 100 g cooked basmati rice
- 75 g frozen peas
- 75 g frozen sweetcorn
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds to garnish
Instructions
- First make an egg omelette by beating the eggs in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Wipe the inside of your wok or frying pan with a little of the vegetable oil.
- Gently heat the wok or pan and pour in the egg mixture. For about 3 minutes cook the egg mixture (no need to stir) then remove it from the pan to a flat surface and allow it to cool.
- Add the remaining oil and gently heat the pan until it's lightly smoking.
- Add the chicken, rice, peas and sweetcorn and stir-fry for about 3-4 minutes, until warmed through and the peas and sweetcorn are cooked.
- Combine the soy sauce and sesame oil in a small jug together. Add to the stir-fry.
- Roll up the flat cooked egg omelette and slice it into ribbons.
- Serve the stir-fry topped with the egg ribbons and garnished with the sesame seeds.
David @ Spiced
This sounds delicious, Neil! Stir fries are a great way to use up random leftovers. In fact, we make stir fried veggies quite often as a way to fill up our plate without adding too many calories. But now I'm craving this chicken version! I hope you and Lynne are hunkered down and staying safe over there!
Neil
Stir-fries are definitely a great way to use up any leftovers David! With this leftover chicken stir-fry though I find myself deliberately cooking a roast chicken though so I can make and enjoy this the next day! Still in our bunker here David and no idea when we'll be allowed back out. Stay safe! 🙂
Katerina
Yum, Neil, and jinx - I just made something very similar for dinner tonight (and it was delicious)! I love using up leftovers and clear-the-fridge meals like this are my favourite. Hope you're been safe and well.
Neil
Thanks Katerina. I love getting creative with my leftovers. Sounds like you do too! All well here in our lock-down. Hope you guys are safe and well down there too. 🙂
Laura
I’ve been working to get a lot of meals out of a single roast or chicken,, too! It’s rare I can get more than 2 for the 4 of us, but, hey, I’m working it! This looks like a great way to use leftover chicken, Neil! I’m totally into Asian flavors right now, since they are so strong and hit all the notes: savory, salty, sweet and spicy. Thanks for the recipe! Stay healthy, Neil!
Neil
I just love using up leftover roast chicken in my stir-fries Laura. There's just something about the taste of that roast chicken with those Asian flavours. Yum!