Onion Scallion Chicken

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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.

What To Serve With Onion Scallion Chicken

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4.66 from 23 votes

Onion Scallion Chicken

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. Yeh Ximin says:

    5 stars

  2. Shane says:

    Hi Bee,
    Is it possible to use shrimp in this recipe, and if so, what changes should I make?
    Thank you so much! ?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Shane, sure you can!

  3. Meredith says:

    5 stars
    Thank you so much for this recipe. It is fabulous!!! Will definitely make this again.

  4. Neli Howard says:

    5 stars
    I just made this dish for lunch and it was brilliant, so simple yet flavorful. Thank you for sharing this :).

  5. Baquist says:

    I was planning to make it anyway but now I can enjoy it without feeling guilty. :-) Thanks!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Awesome.

    2. Lois says:

      5 stars
      I have had Chow Mein all my life mostly in San Francisco at Johnny Khans . Such a wonderful guy , Chef and Owner but I have never had Chow Mein with noodles. We always had it everywhere even in Beverly Hills several times with Bean Sprouts never noodle. May I have this recipe with Bean Sprouts?

      1. Rasa Malaysia says:

        Hi Lois, chow mein means fried noodles. There is no chow mein without noodles.

        1. Lois says:

          Since I am not allowed to eat noodles I will have to think of another addition. Your recipes are amazing and I am so anxious to try this!

          1. Rasa Malaysia says:

            Hi Lois, thanks for your sweet comment. Yes all my recipes taste delicious and amazing.

  6. Leona Rubinoff says:

    Do you have a recipe box where we can save our favorite dishes? I do not do Facebook or P.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Leona, sorry I don’t have a recipe box. :(

  7. Baquist says:

    Hi,
    Looks delicious and I’m planning on making it! I do have a question about the nutrition information. When you calculate the total, are you including the rice or noodles the chicken is served with? Based on the ingredients, I’m not seeing where the 671 calories per serving are coming from. Or am I missing something?

    Thank you!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      I am using a website to calculate and sometimes it’s not reliable. I don’t see how it’s so high either. Let me recalculate.

    2. Rasa Malaysia says:

      The nutrition label is wrong. Updated. Only 360 calories.

      1. Baquist says:

        Thank you! I was planning to make it anyway but now I can enjoy it without feeling guilty. :-)

  8. anon says:

    Hi, could we just have the recipe (ingredients and method) without having the narration and advertisements in the PDF printout?
    Thanks and regards,

  9. Barbara Karr says:

    After reading so many comments about your recipes I think I will just get your Chinese Recipes Cookbook.My head is swimming with all the substitutions offered. Will your book tell me what to use if I can’t find ingredients locally? I sure hope so! I am in need of “REAL” Chinese food.Your readers can talk about how to say or spell a dish. Or whether it is authentic or not. Bottom line is foods from the Orient have become a large part of American cuisine.Your comments and recipes are a huge attempt to make it the best we can have here. Thank you for your patience and dedication in helping us get the best we can get where ever we are.Does Amazon carry your cookbooks? B Karr

  10. Marilyn Holt says:

    This look’s delicious and going to Pin to try this month.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Marilyn, awesome, yes you will like this onion scallion chicken.