Chicken and watercress stir fry

A stir fry is the perfect quick and easy meal. Add this chicken and watercress recipe to your repertoire and serve on hot summer evenings

Chicken & Watercress stir fry - Recipes - Marie Claire
Chicken & Watercress stir fry - Recipes - Marie Claire

A stir fry is the perfect quick and easy meal. Add this chicken and watercress recipe to your repertoire and serve on hot summer evenings

A stir fry is the perfect quick, easy meal. Add this chicken and watercress recipe to your repertoire and serve on hot summer evenings. Serves 4

Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil 3 chicken fillets, sliced 6 spring onions, sliced 2 carrots, peed and cut into sticks 100g broccoli florets 75g frozen soy beans 5cm piece root ginger, grated 1 clove garlic crushed 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped 100g bag watercress roughly chopped 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce noodles to serve

Method: 1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok, add the chicken and stir fry for 4 mins until golden. Add the onions, carrots and broccoli florets, add 2tbsp water and stir fry for 3 mins until tender.

2. Stir in the beans, ginger, garlic and chilli and stir fry for 2mins, add a little more water if things begin to stick. Finally add the watercress and soy and stir fry for a final 1 minute. Serve straight away with noodles.

Recipe courtesy of watercress.co.uk

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