Autumn Ginger-Garlic Chicken & Egg Snack Bowls

By @chef1
A protein-rich, savory snack perfect for a chilly fall afternoon. This 30-minute recipe utilizes quick-cooking thinly sliced chicken and fluffy eggs, tossed with warming ginger and crisp seasonal carrots.
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Ingredients
- ●1 unit frozen chicken breast (partially thawed)
- ●2 large eggs
- ●1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- ●2 garlic cloves, minced
- ●1 cup carrots, julienned
- ●2 tbsp soy sauce
- ●1 tsp sesame oil
- ●1 tbsp vegetable oil
- ●1 tsp cornstarch
- ●2 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- 1Run the frozen chicken breast under warm water for 5 minutes to slightly thaw the exterior, then slice very thinly against the grain (semi-frozen meat is easier to slice thinly).
- 2Whisk the eggs in a small bowl with a pinch of salt.
- 3In a separate small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, minced ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and cornstarch.
- 4Heat half of the vegetable oil in a skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the eggs and scramble quickly until just set, then remove from the pan and set aside.
- 5Add the remaining oil to the hot pan. Add the chicken strips and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
- 6Add the julienned carrots and stir-fry for another 2 minutes until they are tender-crisp.
- 7Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken and vegetables, tossing constantly for 1 minute until the sauce thickens and coats everything glossy.
- 8Fold the scrambled eggs back into the pan to warm through.
- 9Divide into two small bowls and garnish with sliced green onions before serving immediately.
Recipe details
- Category
- Snack
- Preparation
- 35 minutes
- Cooking
- 20 minutes
Estimated total: 62 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Setup workspace: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
- Mince ginger and garlic, julienne carrots, slice green onions: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Slice chicken breast: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Whisk eggs with salt: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Whisk sauce ingredients: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Preheat pan with oil for eggs: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Scramble eggs: 8 min planning allowance (saute)
- Remove scrambled eggs from pan: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Fold scrambled eggs back into pan: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Divide into bowls: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Garnish with green onions: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Run under warm water
- Slice thinly against the grain
- Soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, cornstarch
- Half vegetable oil, medium-high heat
- Until just set
- Set aside
- Add remaining oil, until golden brown and cooked through
- Until tender-crisp
- Tossing constantly until sauce thickens and coats
- To warm through
- Divide into two small bowls
- Before serving immediately
- frozen chicken breast (partially thawed): USDA piece portion weight
- Using generic raw, skinless, boneless chicken breast for frozen chicken breast.
- large eggs: USDA large portion weight
- fresh ginger, minced: USDA tsp portion weight
- Using raw ginger root, assuming 1 tbsp minced is equivalent to 3 tsp.
- garlic cloves, minced: USDA clove portion weight
- carrots, julienned: USDA cup strips or slices portion weight
- Using raw carrots, assuming julienned is comparable to strips/slices.
- soy sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Using generic soy sauce (shoyu).
- sesame oil: USDA tsp portion weight
- vegetable oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Using generic soybean oil for vegetable oil.
- cornstarch: USDA cup portion weight
- Using cornstarch, 1 tsp.
- green onions, sliced: USDA stalk portion weight
- Using green onion tops, assuming 'stalk' is equivalent to 'onion' for counting.
- frozen chicken breast (partially thawed): 272 g · USDA reference 171077
- large eggs: 100 g · USDA reference 171287
- fresh ginger, minced: 6 g · USDA reference 169231
- garlic cloves, minced: 6 g · USDA reference 169230
- carrots, julienned: 122 g · USDA reference 170393
- soy sauce: 32 g · USDA reference 174277
- sesame oil: 4.5 g · USDA reference 171016
- vegetable oil: 13.6 g · USDA reference 172370
- cornstarch: 2.67 g · USDA reference 169698
- green onions, sliced: 24 g · USDA reference 170006
chicken · eggs · ginger · carrots
Estimated nutrition per serving
363 calories · 39.1 g protein · 10.4 g carbohydrate · 17.7 g fat · 2.2 g fiber · 1056 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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