Cantonese chicken with mushrooms is a stir fry dish that packs punch of flavors. Great to be served as starter or main dish to pour over noodles or rice.
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Ingredients needed
Here’s what you’ll need-
- 1 lb boneless chicken
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms such as shiitake, oyster mushrooms, cremini or a mix
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ cup white part of green onions
- 1 bok choy, cut crosswise into 1 inch pieces
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoon ginger, minced
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- 1 tablespoon water
For Sauce-
- 1 tablespoon low sodium light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
Chicken Marinade-
- 2 teaspoon ground pepper
- Salt to taste
Garnish –
- 1 tablespoons green onion
- Tossed sesame seeds
Ingredients additions & substitutions
Use boneless chicken breasts or thighs.
Oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, cremini are best for this recipe. If you can’t find those two mushrooms use button mushrooms.
Bok choy can be substituted with broccoli or even spinach (to be added last while cooking).
Note this stir fry is saucy dish. Feel free to make it semi-dry or dry stir fry by reducing the amount of sauce accordingly.
How to make Cantonese chicken
- Cut chicken into small cubes. Add little salt and pepper to taste. Cover and marinate chicken for 30 minutes to 2 hours refrigerated.
- Heat 2 tablespoon sesame oil in a wok. Add minced garlic cloves and sauté for a minute. Add chopped white part of green onions and toss for 30 seconds.
- Add marinated chicken pieces and toss until chicken is partially cooked.
- Add sliced mushrooms and bok choy, toss for a minute.
- In a small bowl whisk together all the sauces. Pour it over chicken. Cook on high flame for about 2 minutes.
- In another small bowl whisk corn starch in 1 tablespoon water. Once chicken is fully cooked, pour corn starch slurry, stir well and cook until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thick and glossy, will take about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove from wok and transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with green onions, sesame seeds and serve hot over noodles or rice.
Tips for Cantonese chicken recipe
- Chicken breasts are best, you can use chicken thighs if you want juicy chicken. Chicken thighs are juicier and absorbs more flavor than breasts.
- Cook on high heat, tossing frequently to ensure not to over cook chicken or vegetables.
- Taste first and then add salt only if needed.
- Cantonese chicken is supposed to be soft with loads of sauce. This recipe will yield you saucy chicken. It won’t be thick and semi-dry like other stir fry especially Mandarin stir fry.
MORE CHINESE RECIPES –
Instant Pot General Tso’s Chicken
Cantonese style chicken chowmein
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📋RECIPE Cantonese Chicken with Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken boneless
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms such as shiitake, oyster mushrooms, cremini or a mix
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ cup green onions white part
- 1 bok choy cut crosswise into 1 inch pieces
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoon ginger minced
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- 1 tablespoon water
For Sauce-
- 1 tablespoon low sodium light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
Chicken Marinade-
- 2 teaspoon ground pepper
- Salt according to taste
Garnish –
- 1 tablespoons spring onion green
- Tossed sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes. Add little salt and pepper to taste. Cover and marinate chicken for 30 minutes to 2 hours refrigerated.
- Heat 2 tablespoon sesame oil in a wok. Add minced garlic cloves and sauté for a minute. Add chopped white part of green onions and toss for 30 seconds.
- Add marinated chicken pieces and toss until chicken is partially cooked.
- Add sliced mushrooms and bok choy, toss for a minute.
- In a small bowl whisk together all the sauces. Pour it over chicken. Cook on high flame for about 2 minutes.
- In another small bowl whisk corn starch in 1 tablespoon water. Once chicken is fully cooked, pour corn starch slurry, stir well and cook until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thick and glossy, will take about 2 to 3 minutes.
Janani Rakesh Kumar
Looks soo good jyo! LOve mushrooms and chicken! Yum Yum! beautiful pics!:-)
jyothirajesh
Thank you Janani
Bunny
What is boy choy?
jyothirajesh
type of Chinese cabbage
check this -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_choy
Jean Aue
could someone please explain which ingredients are marinade and which are for the sauce????
jyothirajesh
this old recipe needed to be updated with recipe card, did that now. Thanks for pointing out. Same recipe – just added recipe card
Mahy Elamin
It sounds delicious and I’m definitely going to change up my recipe this year. Can’t wait to make this.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Mahy
Dan Zehr
This couldn’t look any more perfect! I have to put this on my menu! Perfect easy dinner for my family.
jyothirajesh
Thanks Dan
Claudia Lamascolo
This is perfect for us i love mushrooms and this chicken dish looks fantastic! I need to make this soon
jyothirajesh
Thank you Claudia
Cheese Curd In Paradise
I love chicken and mushrooms and that savory sweet sauce looks rich and delicious. Saving this one for later!
jyothirajesh
Thank you
Tracy
Oh my gosh that is SO CUTE. I LOVE watching (listening) to language develop in little ones. It is SO Fun and so fascinating! It also glaringly pointed out to my husband and I what we say all of the time and our language habits! Ha! By the way, my daughter is going to love this recipe, too!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Tracy
Ruchi
Mushrooms and chicken in general is a fantastic combination. Added chinese spices and marinade makes a lovely dish!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Ruchi
Kylee from Kylee Cooks
This looks SO good, Jyothi! I love a good chicken dish, and this one looks like the whole family would love it!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Kylee, glad you liked it
Veena Azmanov
This sounds so light and refreshing. Love chicken and love mushrooms and we do love Chinese cuisine. Saving this for later.
jyothirajesh
Thanks Veena
Marisa Franca
Jo, the chicken looks so good. We eat lots of chicken and are always on the lookout for recipes. We’ve got all the ingredients, lucky us, plus some chicken tenders thawing. I’m making this tonight — I especially like the sauce.
jyothirajesh
Thanks Marisa. The sauce was delicious
Denay DeGuzman
What a savory satisfying dish! I’m so excited to have this recipe for Cantonese chicken with mushrooms. Yum. Yum!
jyothirajesh
Thank you
Checkmyrecipe
Thanks currytrail, for sharing this amazing recipe, please upload more recipe like this.
Wendy Uzelac
Fabulous quick meal. Hubby loved it!
jyothirajesh
So glad to hear you tried and your hubby liked this recipe. Thank you for trying!