This post may contain affiliate links, please see our privacy policy for details.

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Oddly we are kicking Wednesday off with the very first recipe of the week, sweet and sticky vegetable stir fry.

Typically by Wednesday we’re on to our third recipe of the week, but between taking Labor Day off on Monday, and yesterday’s HBH cookbook pre-order bonus packet post (be sure to check it out!), today is actually the first recipe of the week! Thankfully, this stir fry was worth waiting for because it’s sweet, sticky, and all kinds of dinner perfection.

Before I dive into this recipe though, I feel like we need to catch up! How was everyone’s long weekend? With everything I have coming up in the next few weeks I spent the majority of my weekend working, which I am not at all sad about. So many fun things happening over here I can hardly contain my excitement…and happiness. I’ve been having plenty of moments of second guessing and self-doubt, but every time those thoughts begin to creep in I try my hardest to push them away and just focus all my concentration on the task on hand. Of course this is easier said than done, but I am trying!

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

I spent all of Saturday working on the menus and details for the upcoming HBH retreat. Pretty excited about everything we have planned. I did end up taking Saturday night completely off. My dad was out of town and my mom was home alone with little miss Asher, so we did a sunset walk and then I cooked us all dinner (buttered noodles with basil…aren’t we just so fancy) and mom made her oatmeal cookies (cookbook recipe). It may sound super lame, but it was the perfect night, and just what I needed to de-stress my brain.

Sunday was all about fall content for the blog (excited about this too!) and Monday was back into the kitchen. Busy, busy, but I love it!

But what about you guys, what did you do for the “unofficial” final weekend of summer? I clearly need to live vicariously through you all, so tell me what is happening!

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Meanwhile…let’s chat about this stir fry!

I know I say this pretty much every time I make a stir fry, but growing up my dad’s chicken stir fries were a staple. They used to be one of my favorite dinners because he’d throw in plenty of bell peppers and fresh basil, two for my favorite foods.

Today’s recipe is nothing like Dad’s, but regardless it still reminds me of the one’s he’d make.

Mine is loaded with just a bit more flavor and a few more veggies, plus noodles instead of rice…not complaining.

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

To start, you’ll want to make your stir fry sauce, which includes just three simple ingredients; soy sauce, rice vinegar, and honey. I like to use a high quality, low sodium, soy sauce to ensure the stir fry is not too salty. I don’t know why, but every time I use regular soy sauce I always find the dish turns out way too salty (even though I love salt!). So low sodium it is for me!

Once you have your sauce, you literally just throw everything into a big skillet, cook, add the sauce, chicken (omit if vegetarian) add noodles, and DONE.

This is so simple, so quick, so easy, and SO good!

The sauce is slightly salty, yet tangy, and just a little sweet. It’s the perfect balance. The veggies are caramelized, and the noodles soak up everything. Again, so delicious.

I used bok choy, bell peppers, fresh chile peppers, and plenty of ginger and garlic to flavor my stir fry. While I think the ginger and garlic are musts, you can really used any mix of veggies that you’d like. That’s what so great about stir fries, you can adapt them to what you love or have on hand. Broccoli, zucchini, and eggplant would also be great end of summer veggies to use.

One thing you don’t want to skip out on is the pomegranate arils. I know it might seem odd to top this recipe with pomegranate, but trust me, their tangy, sweet flavor adds a burst of freshness to every bite. They also make this dish a great transitional recipe from summer to fall. So psyched for fall…anyone with me?

Okay, and with that I think I am ending this semi long and wordy post (sorry about that). Happy Wednesday!

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories Per Serving: 497 kcal

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Ingredients

Instructions

  • 1. To make the stir fry sauce. In small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, and 1/2 cup water. 
    2. Heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes or until browned all over and cooked through. Remove the chicken from the skillet to a plate. 
    3. To the same skillet, add the remaining 2 tablespoons sesame oil. When the oil shimmers, add the bok choy and bell pepper and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic, red chile, and green onions and continue cooking another 2-3 minutes until the garlic is fragrant and caramelized. 
    4. Reduce the heat to low and add the stir fry sauce, noodles or rice, and chicken, tossing to combine. Cook for 5 minutes or until the sauce begins to coat the chicken. Remove from the heat and stir in the basil. 
    5. Divide the stir fry between bowls and garnish with pomegranate. Eat!
View Recipe Comments

Sweet and Sticky Vegetable Stir Fry | halfbakedharvest.com @hbharvest

Stir fry for dinner, right? yes, yes, duh.

Add a Comment

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Comments

    1. Hi Jessica,
      Sure, I would just follow the recipe as is and add a few minutes to your cook time:) Let me know if you have any other questions, I hope you love this recipe! xT

  1. 3 stars
    This turned out really watery, even though I followed the directions exactly. Definitely no sticky, so the sauce didn’t stick to the noodles/veggies/chicken. Also, how is the garlic supposed to carmalize when it’s in so much moisture from the bok choy? Mine did not turn out as expected =(

    1. Hey Karrin! Oh no, I’m so sorry about that! Is there anything you did differently? Let me know how I can help! xTieghan

  2. I made this last night! I didn’t have noodles on hand so I just served with rice… in hindsight I wish I hadn’t added the 1/2 cup of water to the marinade… it made the stirfry way to liquidy in my opinion. Not sure if I had used the noodles If the starch from them would have thickened the sauce? Your dish in the pics looks amazing and I should have just gone and bought the noodles. haha! !

  3. I made this last night! I didn’t have noodles on hand so I just served with rice… in hindsight I wish I hadn’t added the 1/2 cup of water to the marinade… it made the stirfry way to liquidy in my opinion. Not sure if I had used the noodles If the starch from them would have thickened the sauce? Your dish in the pics looks amazing and I should have just gone and bought the noodles. haha! !

    1. Hi! Yes, so the noodles soak up the extra liquid. Sorry it was watery for you though. If you use rice again, I would only use 1/4 cup water. Hope that helps and let me know if you have other questions. Thank you!

  4. Looks like a great recipe and one I will use. Just for clarification plz, what kind of red chile did you use? Dry? fresh? Coming from NM, red chile is something I am quite familiar with and I have a pantry full of different sizes, shapes, and colors. Not to include heat level too. What chile did you decide to use? Thx.

  5. Lovely dish and a lot good energy and calm from Miami. I’m pretty sure the book release is increasing your anxiety. Hugs!

  6. This looks fantastic – I had not thought of putting pomegranate in before! Another one to try, as I’m cooking for someone who was adamant he did not like stir fry, but who practically inhaled the one I made the other night!

  7. Can’t beat a fabulous stir-fry dish like this. Keep fighting the negativity and doubt! Wishing you a positive rest of the week.