Onion Scallion Chicken

ByBee Yinn Low

4.66 from 23 votes

Published Apr 15, 2019

Updated Sep 02, 2024

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Onion Scallion Chicken - Tender and juicy chicken stir-fry with onions and scallions in mouthwatering Chinese brown sauce that takes only 20 minutes.

Onion scallion chicken stir fry served in a bowl.

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Chicken Stir Fry

One of the most important techniques in Chinese cooking is stir fry. If you love Chinese food, you have to master this technique.

Many popular Chinese recipes are simple chicken stir fry where raw chicken are sliced to pieces, velveted with corn starch, and then stir-fried in a hot wok or skillet.

In this recipe tutorial, you will learn how to make tender and juicy chicken just like Chinese restaurants.

Onion and scallions are two common ingredients but when they are combined with chicken and flash cooked through stir fry with a crazy delicious brown sauce, you will have a dish that is sure to please, even the pickiest eater. Another favorite of mine is ginger and scallion, for examples: ginger and scallion beef.

Chinese Brown Sauce

Chinese stir fry chicken with scallions and onion.

Many people love the savory brown sauce in many Chinese stir fry dishes. The brown sauce is amazing when drizzled on top of steamed rice or chow mein.

It also adds great flavors to proteins such as chicken and beef. The best recipe for Chinese brown sauce calls for oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, white pepper and corn starch, which you will learn in my recipe section.

The sauce shouldn’t be gooey but nicely coat the ingredients.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 327 calories per serving.

Easy homemade Chinese stir fry chicken with onion and scallions in brown sauce.

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4.66 from 23 votes

Onion Scallion Chicken

By: Bee Yinn Low
Onion Scallion Chicken – tender and juicy chicken stir-fry with onions and scallions in mouthwatering Chinese brown sauce. This easy recipe takes only 20 minutes and goes well with rice or noodles.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2 people
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Ingredients  

  • 8 oz (230g) boneless and skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 3 stalks scallion, cut into 2-inch (5cm) strips
  • 1/2 onion, sliced
  • 1- inch (2.5cm) ginger, peeled and sliced

Marinade:

  • 1 teaspoon corn starch
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry

Brown Sauce:

Instructions 

  • Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients in marinade for 10 minutes. Mix all the ingredients in the Sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • Heat up a wok or skillet with 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil and stir-fry the marinated chicken until the surface turns white (half done). Dish out and set aside.
  • Heat up the remaining oil and stir-fry the onion and ginger until aromatic. Add the chicken into the wok or skillet and do a few quick stirs before adding the Sauce.
  • Continue to stir-fry until the chicken is completely cooked, then add the scallions into the wok. Do a few quick stirs, dish out and serve hot with steamed rice.

Nutrition

Serving: 2people, Calories: 327kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 72mg, Sodium: 846mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 7g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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33 Comments

  1. Dana says:

    So, so, so good! And I LOVED learning about velveting the chicken–a revelation! Every time I cook meat with Chinese dishes, it’s really dry and not nearly as good as restaurants. Velveting changed my life! YUM! PS: I would reco only a teaspoon, if any, sugar. Way too sweet with a tablespoon. But overall, fantastic recipe and so easy!

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    1. Bee Yinn Low says:

      Thanks Dana I am so glad you enjoyed my recipe.

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  2. Pam says:

    Absolutely awesome! Great flavors

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks!

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      1. Leslie says:

        Love this recipe.

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        1. Rasa Malaysia says:

          Thank you!?

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  3. Lena Lau says:

    Tried this and so delicious. We all loved it.

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    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Awesome!

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  4. StaceyN says:

    This was really good! I doubled the recipe (had to make enough for my family haha), added carrots and diced up the ginger so it wasn’t in slices. It was delicious!

    Reply