Easy Blackstone Chicken Stir Fry

If you’ve ever made stir fry before, you know that it can quickly heat up the kitchen, which is why we love that we can stir fry on our Blackstone!  It gets us outside, keeps the kitchen clean, and cooks everything perfectly.  This Blackstone stir fry recipe has it all; a healthy protein, tons of veggies, a homemade stir fry sauce, and hearty rice.  Don’t have a Blackstone? Use a large skillet over the stove top instead!  

What You Will Need

• boneless skinless chicken thighs – This is the juiciest part of the chicken and perfect for a stir fry. Scroll down to the recipe card to see the chicken breast option.
• soy sauce & fish sauce – Adds a nice umami and briny flavors.
• kosher salt & ground black pepper – Helps to let all the other ingredients shine.
• butter – just a bit to get the griddle prepped for cooking the chicken.
• garlic – Used throughout this recipe to add some warmth and a slight kick. 
• rice vinegar – A slightly sweet and sour vinegar that adds a nice depth of flavor.
• fresh ginger – A little bit goes a long way!
• sesame oil – We love the little bit of nuttiness that this adds!
• chili garlic sauce – One of our favorite sauces to add some gentle heat.  Feel free to sweet chili sauce if that’s your preference. 
• olive oil – Helps to cook the veggies to perfection.
• carrots, celery, & broccoli – Classic stir fry veggies.
• water chestnuts, red bell pepper, mushrooms, & red onion – Another bunch of fresh vegetables that we love in stir fry, but feel free to use your favorites here, instead!
• for serving: cooked rice of your choice.  Because we love this dish with white rice, but brown rice would work well too. 

How To Make Stir Fry On Blackstone

The first steps to this easy recipe are to bring the flat top griddle to a medium high heat. Place your chicken in a glass container and pour the soy sauce over the top to ensure it covers all of the chicken. Take chicken out of the soy sauce, place it on the hot griddle, season with salt and pepper and let cook approx. 4-5 minutes and then flip. Season the other side of the chicken and add butter and garlic to flat top. For best results, let the butter melt around chicken and feel free to add a little more soy sauce, as well.  Then use an internal meat thermometer to check that the chicken has reached 162 degrees F and remove the chicken from the grill onto a clean plate.

Next, let’s mix up that flavorful sauce!  Mix together the soy sauce, fish sauce, rice vinegar, fresh ginger, sesame oil, minced garlic, and chili garlic sauce in a small bowl or a mason jar. 

Now for the veggies.  Place some more butter and minced garlic on the hot flat top and let the butter melt.  Next, add the carrots, celery, broccoli and water chestnuts and move them around the pan until they start to soften, which should take around 5 minutes. Then, add the bell peppers, mushroom and red onion. Drizzle it all with soy sauce, a little more olive oil, and then season everything with kosher salt and ground black pepper.

And keep moving everything around the cook top with a large spatula until the veggies are soft, but still firm.