Chinese home cooking

Chicken Stir-Fry with Young Ginger

Name: Chicken Stir-Fry with Young Ginger
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: chicken pieces; young ginger; garlic; bird's eye chiles; pickled chiles; garlic shoots; 2 spoonfuls cooking wine; 2 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 1 spoonful oyster sauce; as needed salt; as needed chicken bouillon; cooking oil

仔姜炒鸡

Chicken pieces are stir-fried with crisp young ginger, fresh and pickled chiles and garlic shoots.

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Published 2026-10-12

Small browned chicken pieces with chopped ginger and red and green chiles. — Chicken Stir-Fry with Young Ginger

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

chicken pieces
young ginger
garlic
bird's eye chiles
pickled chiles
garlic shoots
2 spoonfulscooking wine
2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
1 spoonfuloyster sauce
as neededsalt
as neededchicken bouillon
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Ingredient Notes

The source uses young ginger for a crisper, gentler texture and cooks the chicken directly without blanching.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Heat oil and fry the chicken over medium heat. Add cooking wine and stir-fry until golden and the fat renders.
02
Add young ginger slices and stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute.
03
Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt and chicken bouillon.
04
Add garlic, bird's eye chiles and pickled chiles and stir-fry until combined and the chicken is cooked through.
05
Add garlic shoots, toss briefly and serve.

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Cooking Method

Stir-Fry ↗

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