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Chicken Bok Choy Low Carb Stir Fry

The sauce in this low carb chicken bok choy stir fry recipe has been thickened with egg yolks and coconut flour instead of the traditional corn starch.

Course Dinner
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword Keto, Stir-Fry
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 468 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2.5 lbs boneless and skinless chicken breasts
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2 tsp coconut flour
  • 3 tsp tamari or soy sauce
  • 1-2 bunches bok choy (or baby bok choi)
  • 2 tsp minced garlic 2 extra needed for extra steps
  • 2 tsp minced ginger
  • 1 bunch Green Onions (Scallions)
  • 2 TBSP sesame oil or vegetable Oil 2 more needed for extra steps
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

If you have time for Prep (extra steps)

  1. Put Bok Choy in a bag with Sesame Oil, minced ginger and salt

  2. Marinate Bok Choy for 1-8 hours in bag

Main Instructions

  1. Cut the chicken into thin slices.
  2. Mix soy sauce, egg yolks and coconut flour. Coat chicken with egg yolk mixture and let sit.

  3. Slice Green Onions, separate the greens and cut into bite size pieces, put aside. Chop the whites and hold separately.

  4. Slice bok choy into small bite size pieces.
  5. Heat sesame oil in large skillet or wok. Cook 1/2 of the garlic, ginger, green onion whites in oil until golden.

  6. Add chicken to skillet and stir fry until no longer pink. Remove from heat.

  7. Use remaining oil, garlic, ginger, green onion whites to heat pan again.

  8. Put Bok Choy in pan and heat until it gets soft and fragrant. Add green onions (greens) and cook until soft.

  9. Put the chicken back in quickly to heat back up.

  10. Add additional soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste.