CILANTRO CHICKEN STIR-FRY is an easy, delicious, and HEALTHY dinner you can make in just minutes! So much flavor and none of the fuss. This chicken stir fry recipe is loaded with chicken, peppers, onions, and cilantro…yum!
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Cilantro Chicken Stir Fry
Cilantro Chicken Stir Fry is a delicious and easy dinner. This chicken and vegetables stir fry with rice is simple and healthy, the perfect combination for weeknight dinners!
Life has been crazy busy lately, so I have been looking for the absolute easiest weeknight recipes I can find. I have always loved simple flavors and ingredients in recipes because I think it allows the taste buds to pop that much more. This CILANTRO CHICKEN STIR FRY recipe is just too easy and good to be true, and is packed with an explosion of flavor you have to taste to believe!
This chicken stir fry recipe is made in minutes, perfect for dinner, or even taking to work for lunch the next day. You can feel good about eating it because it is packed with veggies and herbs, just the way I love it. You ready for an easy meal the entire family will ask for again and again?? Step right up!
This Cilantro Chicken Stir Fry recipe is the perfect easy and healthy dinner. Chicken with vegetables served over rice is so delicious!
Cilantro Chicken
The secret to this Cilantro Chicken Stir-Fry is obviously the CILANTRO! I am a HUGE fan of cilantro and throw it into recipes every chance I get. I think it adds just the right zing to this fun dish. To make things even easier, this time I used Gourmet Garden Lightly Dried Herbs in the recipe, and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the result. Have you tried this stuff?! YOU GUYS.
The beauty of the lightly dried herbs is that they absolutely come to life and rehydrate during cooking; providing a convenient and simple way to freshen up your favorite dinners. You get the same aromas, texture, and flavor of fresh herbs with none of the fuss. (PLUS, they stay fresh in the fridge for up to FOUR WEEKS! Way longer than fresh herbs).
They come in tons of varieties like Basil, Chili Pepper, Ginger, Parsley and Chives, but I knew Cilantro would be my go-to. I picked mine up at Kroger (the best!) and I think I have found my new ingredient obsession. You have just got to try Gourmet Garden!
How to Make Cilantro Chicken Stir Fry
I love making stir-frys because they’re so simple and taste SO good. This Cilantro Chicken Stir Fry recipe is one of my favorites because the chicken has so much flavor.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet and cook chicken for 2-3 minutes on each side, then remove from skillet
- Add olive oil and garlic to skillet, and mix in vegetables to cook
- Stir in soy sauce, vinegar, and chicken broth. Let it simmer for 1 minute then add cilantro
- Return the chicken to the skillet and cook everything for a couple more minutes
Serve the chicken stir fry over rice for a delicious and healthy meal!
Serve over rice and you’re instantly in favorite dinner Heaven. Let me know how you like it! I can’t wait for you guys to smell the steam coming off this Cilantro Chicken Stir-Fry as it cooks. My mouth is watering again just thinking about it! This is one of those easy and healthy staple dinners you’ll make again and again. And if you’re a fan of stir fry, be sure to try our Beef Stir Fry recipe too.
See the recipe card below for How to Make Chicken Stir-Fry with Cilantro.
If you like this chicken stir fry recipe, try these other delicious chicken recipes too:
- Queso Smothered Chicken Fajitas
- Best Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Chicken Parmesan Pasta
- Chicken Couscous with Bacon and Corn
- 40 Clove Garlic Chicken and Potatoes
- Egg Roll Stir Fry
Cilantro Chicken Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken tenderloins or breasts cut lengthwise
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 white onion sliced
- 1/2 red onion sliced
- 1 green bell pepper sliced into thin strips
- 1 red bell pepper sliced into thin strips
- 1 yellow or orange bell pepper sliced into thin strips
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Gourmet Garden Lightly Dried Cilantro
- cooked rice for serving
Instructions
- Dry your chicken on both sides with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add in chicken and cook each side until brown, about 2-3 minutes per side or until nearly cooked through. Remove chicken from the skillet and set aside.
- Add the remaining two tablespoons olive oil to the skillet along with the minced garlic. Stir to combine. Toss in all the veggies and stir while cooking until starting to brown and become tender.
- Add in the vinegar, soy sauce, and chicken broth, and stir to combine. Allow to simmer down for about one minute, then toss in the cilantro and stir.
- Return chicken to the skillet and nestle in the veggies, allowing to cook for 1-2 minutes more until chicken is fully cooked through and warmed.
- Serve over rice and enjoy!
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Not a rice eater but sounds like this chicken would be great on a tortilla
cant wait to make this! It looks so yummy! Im exciteD to try the cilantro!
I LOVE cilantro! I hope you love the recipe :)
I love the basil used that before. Wish my family loved cilantro as much as I do. Meh. Love these because o actually get to use them all not forget about them and they go bad.
Looking forward to trying this recipe; especially like that you use both red and yellow onions. Always looking for recipes to use up the occasional bunch of cilantro I buy before it gets ucky. The Gourmet Garden lightly dried herbs will solve many dilemmas; don’t recall seeing it in any of the stores where I shop. Love all the varieties you mentioned…. I’d be going for the basil; it goes in near everything I make. Will look for Gourmet Gardens next time I shop…. would it be in the produce section or ???
Thanks
I’ve recently started adding cilantro to many dishes and love it. Have seen the Gourmet Garden in the store and will try it out! Thank you.
Definitely Cilantro would be my favorite!
ME TOO!
My husband has Crohn’s disease so I am always in the kitchen preparing healthy meal options. We would definitely benefit from your giveaway. We would love to try the ginger because of it’s benefits when it comes to the intestinal tract.
Good luck on the giveaway! I love that you guys are committed to cooking healthy. These herbs would be perfect!
I would try the ginger as a lot of the recipes I make call for that ingredient and I always forget to buy it.
Ginger is oh so good!
Your recipe looks so good! I would like to try their cilantro.
Cilantro! I seem to run out of it often and love to have it on hand at all times.
YES!