As I wrote this blog post, Abra and I were sitting with Perrier waters at a small bistro table outside our hotel room in the middle of Assignan, France. It seems like a lifetime ago (5 whole years!) and I love looking back on that time.
While we were there I wrote up this gorgeous mango chicken stir fry filled with a rainbow of vegetables and incredible sauce. The seasonal mango brightens and sweetened the stir-fry and the sauce gives it a creamy umami flavor that you won’t forget anytime soon.
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If you’re looking for a read from our past travels, here’s a fun excerpt before you get cooking:
“Truth be told, our bellies are feeling full and happy. We just had a meal that might have just been our favorite and a little untraditional in French culture and from an Ugarian chef who has a small restaurant in the village square.
Here’s what’s on our plates: pork belly, lamb and a delicious herb-marinated steak with a wide array of beautiful, perfectly roasted vegetables including mushrooms, roasted sweet potato, beets, red onion, fingerling potatoes and garlic. Served with rose, of course!
What I’ve noticed about the French is that they take their time throughout the day to truly enjoy life and the simple pleasures, which includes a lunch and daily rest from 12-2pm, where after they return back to work feeling a bit more rejuvenated and refreshed.
And perhaps they need it, because from what I’ve observed most of the French take wine with lunch (which puts me into a deep coma ha!).”
Ingredients in this mango chicken stir fry
Juicy chicken and mango simmer in a sweet and spicy sauce with tender vegetables to give you a stir fry that’s truly packing the flavor. Here’s everything you’ll need to make it:
- Chicken: you’ll dice up boneless skinless chicken breast to cook right in the skillet with a little coconut oil, salt & pepper.
- Produce: we’re adding garlic, red onion, red bell pepper, mango, and snap peas or snow peas.
- For the sauce: the stir fry sauce is sweet, savory, and a little spicy made with soy sauce, cashew butter, garlic, fresh ginger, honey, red pepper flakes, arrowroot starch (or cornstarch), and water to thin it out.
- To garnish: I like to add cashews and cilantro to round out the dish.
Customize this stir fry
You can easily make this stir fry your own with your fav produce and protein. Here are some ideas:
- For the veggies: feel free to use whatever vegetables you have on hand like broccoli, mushrooms, and even pineapple for the mango.
- Choose your protein: feel free to cook up ground chicken or turkey instead of dicing chicken breast, or swap the chicken for tofu or chickpeas to make the dish vegetarian.
- For the nut butter: if you’re looking for more umami flavor in the sauce, try adding peanut butter in place of the cashew butter.
Learn how to cut a mango properly
Before you cook up this delicious stir fry, check out these tips and tricks for cutting a mango safely and properly! It will help you whip this up in no time.
Our fav ways to serve this mango stir fry
This wonderful mango chicken stir fry is delicious on its own, but I love serving it with:
- My famous coconut rice
- Fluffy quinoa
- Rice or ramen noodles
- Easy low carb cauliflower rice
Store it for later
Store any leftover stir fry in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days. Simply reheat in a microwave safe dish.
More easy one pan meals to try
- One Pan Ginger Chicken Meatballs with Peanut Sauce
- One Pan Caribbean Jerk Chicken with Pineapple-Coconut Rice
- Spicy Thai Peanut Chicken Sweet Potato Noodle Stir Fry
- One Pan Thai Coconut Yellow Curry Chicken & Rice
- Healthy Sesame-Orange Ginger Chickpea Stir-Fry
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil or olive oil, divided
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, diced into bite-sized pieces
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 red onion, diced
- 8 ounce snap or snow peas (or sub chopped broccoli)
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 large ripe mango, diced
- Optional: Cashews and Cilantro, to garnish
- For the sauce:
- 2 tablespoons gluten free soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 2 tablespoon cashew butter (or peanut butter)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 tablespoon warm water, to thin
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon tapioca flour, arrowroot flour or cornstarch
Instructions
- First prepare your stir fry sauce: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, cashew butter, garlic, ginger, honey, warm water, red pepper flakes and tapioca flour. Set aside.
- Now you’re ready to cook your stir fry: Add coconut oil to a large wok or pot and place over medium high heat. Once oil is hot, add chicken and generously sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook chicken for 5-6 minutes or until fully cooked and no longer pink. Once chicken is cooked, transfer to a bowl.
- Add in the other ½ tablespoon of coconut oil to the skillet and reduce heat to medium. Add minced garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant, then chopped red onion, snap peas and red bell pepper. Stir-fry for 5 minutes or until onions cook down and bell pepper becomes a little tender. Reduce heat to low, add in chicken, mango and your sauce, gently stirring to coat veggies and cook for another few minutes.
- Serves 4; I love serving this meal with brown rice or quinoa for a full meal.
64 comments
I learned the same living in Spain and I have to say I’m curious to go back and see if cell phones have changed this lifestyle at all.
Absolutely! It was definitely a nice change of pace.
I learned the same living in Spain and I have to say I’m curious to go back and see if cell phones have changed this lifestyle at all.
Absolutely! It was definitely a nice change of pace.
Hi Monique
I’m going to make this dish but I was wondering if I could use any other nut butter instead of cashew?
Thanks😘
Niki
Hi Monique
I’m going to make this dish but I was wondering if I could use any other nut butter instead of cashew?
Thanks😘
Niki
Stir fry meals are some of my favorites!! This sounds amazing!!
Mine too! Quick, easy, so delish.
Lol……never mind. I got my answer..cashew or peanut…
I didn’t read properly…..😆
Lol……never mind. I got my answer..cashew or peanut…
I didn’t read properly…..😆
This looks awesome! A quick and delicious meal. Do you think you could add a link to the recipes drop down menu to feature meals that are ready in 30min or less?
Absolutely! And we’re actually in the middle of a website redesign, so you’ll see some new features + categories soon 🙂
This looks awesome! A quick and delicious meal. Do you think you could add a link to the recipes drop down menu to feature meals that are ready in 30min or less?
Absolutely! And we’re actually in the middle of a website redesign, so you’ll see some new features + categories soon 🙂
I made this today.
OMG….it’s so delicious Monique😋
My husband & 2 boys LOVED it.
I truly enjoy your recipes. I made so many of them & I even left comments on your YouTube.
You are awesome…thank you for the healthy recipes🙌
Lots of love from Canada❤
Niki
SO happy to hear that Niki! Glad you all loved it (and thanks for the love here + on YouTube!) <3
Sounds so so delicious. Loved the recipe and i m preparing it today 🙂 And is so healthy and green. I am sure everyone will love it. Thanks for the recipe.
Amazing! Hope you loved this one!
digital detox wow, very impressive, hopefully you’re enjoying the freedom from the digital world! Thank you for this very inspired recipe, love these ingredients
It was a great detox! Hope you love this recipe 🙂
Looks delesious. Will surely try this. Very inspiring and great idea to have grouped these recipes by ingredients, thank you!
I cant eat nuts as I have a allergic reaction to them, do you have any recommendations for alternatives
I cant eat nuts as I have a allergic reaction to them, do you have any recommendations for alternatives
Wow! This one was a winner tonight! So good and such amazing flavor! Love all of your recipes, Monique! You have such a talent!
Thanks so much, Anne! I’m glad you loved this one 🙂
Hi Monique,
I’d love to try this recipe, but my son has severe nut allergies to peanuts and tree nuts. Any recommendations for substitutes for the nut butter? Thanks!
Hi Lili! You could try tahini (sesame seed butter!) or a sunflower seed butter?
Made this last week and my husband raved about it. Guess what’s on my grocery list this week too?? SO yummy!
So happy to hear that! Perfect weeknight dinner 🙂
Monique this was SO GOOD!!! The mango goes so well with all the flavors. Yum!
YES love it! Glad you did, too.
Would it be ok to sub fresh pineapple for the mango? That’s all I have on hand. Thanks!
That sounds delicious!
Holy hell just post the recipe. I shouldn’t have to scroll through eight paragraphs of insipid, self-important prattle to find the goddamned instructions.
This was great. Definitely a keeper!
Glad you liked it!
Hi could I use frozen mango instead?
absolutely! 🙂
Such a great dinner!
This was yummy, but too spicy for us! Would recommend less red pepper flakes for anyone who does not like heat.
Feel free to leave those out! Glad you enjoyed regardless 🙂
I absolutely ADORED this meal. I’m real lover of sweet and sour, and this ticked all the boxes. Thank you… so tasty. The flavours seemed deep and complex, something between Thai and Chinese flavours. The vegetables were still crisp and fresh, Will use the remainder tomorrow. 👌
As a help for making again, can I ask how many garlic cloves you would mince for the stir fry. (the bit when you fry the garlic in coconut oil). There isn’t an amount listed; garlic only listed for the sauce. Thanks … can’t wait to try out more recipes.
So happy to hear that! And use 1 clove 🙂 Thanks for the catch!
So delish!! The perfect summer meal! So easy to put together for weeknight dinners and it was the perfect blend of sweet and spicy! Tastes even better the next day! Will definitely be making this again.
Absolutely! Glad you loved it!
Loved the idea of this recipe, but felt like it was missing something … maybe tossing the chicken in some spices before sauteing to give it a bit more flavor? Maybe a combo of ginger powder, garlic powder, a dash of ground red pepper? Easy to make though!!
Feel free to mix it up based on your taste preferences — that’s what cooking is all about! I think fresh ginger, garlic powder and red pepper sound fabulous!
This is one of my families all time fav meals. My 14 month old eats it up like crazy and it’s so packed with veggies and chicken I know he’s getting the good stuff. I’ve swapped in frozen peas a couple times before and find it works wonderfully too. Yumm
So happy to hear that! Perfect dinner 🙂
This was a perfect simple weeknight stir-fry. Served it with brown rice as suggested and threw in some extra broccoli. Tasty, fresh, and simple!
So delish! My husband told me to pick a meal for him to make for a treat! ( I usually cook)
I picked this and it was outstanding! If you like mango, don’t delay, make it today!
I was looking for something different to make this week and this ended up being a great choice. The mango added a sweetness to the stir fry that I love. I used broccoli instead of snap peas. It smelled so delicious that I had to have some right away when it was supposed to wait for during the week. Will definitely make again!
Amazing! I had everything but the mango, but it was still so delicious. It was my first stir fry with cashew butter, but I was licking the sauce with a spoon and already looking forward to leftovers tomorrow. I’ll definitely have to try it with mango soon!
Awesome! SO happy to hear you loved it, Hilary 🙂
The recipe is most delicious. Will definitely make it again.
Thank you, Dale! SO glad you enjoyed it 🙂
This is not a comment but a question, can I, instead of using cashew butter, just finely grind some cashew nuts, only I don’t like peanut butter and the odds on finding cashew butter in Cyprus are pi times zero?
Hi! The nut butter is really what helps the sauce come together, so it might be a bit too dry with regular, ground nuts.
5 stars! I don’t know why it wouldn’t allow me to give five stars, but this recipe was excellent. Used frozen mango because it’s what I had and almond butter (again, it’s what I had). We loved it. Would make again.
Perfect! So happy you loved it!
Very good recipe. My only note would be if you are sensitive to spice to be careful with the red pepper flakes. I used half the amount of what the recipe called for and still found my mouth to be burning, but I know I’m a wimp when it comes to spice. Next time I’ll just use less. Very tasty though, I used peanut butter instead of cashew butter and it worked beautifully.
I’m glad you enjoyed regardless! Feel free to omit the red pepper flakes completely next time 🙂