Chicken and Rice Noodle Stir Fry is a perfect combination of tender chicken slices, rice noodles, and colourful crisp vegetables. You can add any protein or vegetables and make it your own in less than 30 minutes. Perfect as a quick lunch or light dinner!
If you love rice noodles here are Chicken Chow Fun, Beef Chow Fun and Pad See Eww recipes you can try out at home.
What I love about this noodle dish is, I can add any stir fry vegetables left in my fridge. And also the seasonings are simple everyday ingredients, very light and satisfying. As everything is cook in one pan, cleaning up time is super quick. Plus, the taste is tastier and healthier than regular takeout.
Grew up as an Asian, we can have noodle dish in breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, snack or any time of the day. We even packed noodles for picnics and road trips. As I was never satisfied and enough with sandwiches or burgers, my mom used to make this chicken and rice noodles packed in bento boxes when we went to parks and zoo on weekends and holidays.
What is Rice Vermicelli Noodles?
Rice vermicelli noodles are also known as Beehoon, Mai Fun, or Meehoon, you can add in your stir-fries and soups. Made with rice flour and thin, white, round, thin, string texture. You can buy in most Oriental grocery stores and supermarket Asian aisles. A very popular noodle dish across China and Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, Vietnam, etc. But in Western countries like the UK and USA, it's known as Singapore Noodles and has a curry flavour in it.
Ingredients you will need :
Noodles:
I use rice vermicelli noodles for this recipe, as it can be easily buy in any supermarkets and grocery stores across UK. You can substitute with any noodles packets left in your pantry, glass noodles, flat rice noodles or even egg noodles goes well too.
My tips to prepare vermicelli noodles: Sometimes the vermicelli noodles broke apart if you prepare by the packet instructions. So, I don't always follow the packet instructions. I usually soak the noodles in warm water for 4-5 mins and drain the water out.
Vegetables :
Most stir fry vegetables like cabbage, carrot, onion, bell pepper, mushroom, bean sprouts or green beans go well for this dish. Feel free to use any of your favourite stir fry vegetables. My tips is not to dump all vegetables straight to the wok, add the hard vegetables first and later the soft ones. Sometimes I use mix stir-fry vegetable packet on my cheat cooking days and busy weeknights.
Protein :
I use chicken breast slices for this recipe, but you can add chicken thigh, prawns, beef, or any protein you wish. Season with a splash of soy sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper. That's it! If you prefer to make with beef, use tender beef steak cut like ribeye, rump, sirloin, or tenderloin cut for this recipe.
Stir Fry Sauce :
You need only 3 simple sauces, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce. Add sesame oil and white or black pepper to bring more flavour to the dish. This is a Chinese style basic stir-fry sauce you can add to any of your noodles, rice, or stir fry meat and vegetable dishes. You can make an extra sauce mixture and place it in an air-tight container and keep it in the fridge. Use it in your busy weeknight stir-fries!
Vegetarian Option:
For vegetarians, you can substitute meat with firm tofu. Cut tofu in small cubes, saute` in a pan until crispy brown coating and ready to add in your stir fry. Use vegetarian oyster sauce, mushroom sauce, or vegetable stock instead of oyster sauce. As this dish is packed with loads of colourful vegetables, it's so appetizing and filling without any meat. I used to make with dry shiitake mushroom and tofu for the days that I don't want to eat much meat and seafood.
To make a family banquet dinner you can serve this dish with, Hot and Sour Soup, Crispy Fried Wonton or Crispy Sweet Chilli Beef.
Watch recipe video how to make it
📖 Recipe
Chicken and Rice Noodles Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 150 g (5.5 oz) Chicken breast or thigh
- 120 g (4.5 oz) Rice vermicelli noodles ( dry )
- 1 Small carrot ( Julienne )
- ½ Onion ( thin sliced )
- 10-12 Green beans ( cut half )
- 1 Red chilli pepper ( cut thin slices ) Optional
- 2-3 Spring onions ( cut 2" pieces )
- 2-3 tbsp Vegetable oil
Stir Fry Sauce
- 2 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tsp Dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
- ¼ tsp White pepper
Chicken Marinade
- 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
- ¼ tsp White pepper
Instructions
- First of all, soak the rice noodles in warm water for 4-5 minutes. Drain the water out and set it aside. Mix the stir fry sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- Cut the chicken in thin slices. Marinate with soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. Set aside and marinate for few minutes.
- Prepare the vegetables by but the onion, spring onions and chilli pepper into thin slices. Julienne the carrot and cut the green beans into half.
- Heat the wok or skillet into medium-high heat, drizzle 2 tablespoon of oil. Add chicken slices and stir fry for 1-2 minutes until the chicken is cook through.
- Then add the green beans, carrots and onion slices, continue stir fry for another 1 minute. Add the noodles in the wok and pour the stir fry sauce mix in. Toss well and continue cook for another 1 min. ( toss gently to prevent the noodles from breaking. )
- Add the spring onions and stir well to combine all ingredients evenly.
- Garnish with extra chopped spring onions and serve immediately! Enjoy!
Nutrition
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Tammy says
this was nice but for some reason it was alittle bland.. i did follow the recipe as it was regarding the soy sauce and dark soy sause and the oyster sauce etc. but i felt it was still lacking something
Nola says
Gosh, I love this recipe so much! I have been making it at least once a month, sometimes more since I found it in 2020. It's great for meal prep if you increase the amount of noodles/meat/veg, and it is SO versatile. You can literally use any vegetables in it and it is great! I had to use up some carrot, red onion, Celery and mushrooms tonight - still awesome! Thank you for such a fantastic recipe!
Maddi says
I didn't have any tofu on hands or protein thawed so I actually just marinated some mushrooms in the stir fry sauce while I prepped everything else. then threw the mushrooms and noodles in at the same time. your recipe was SO GOOD! Its the first one that actually tastes restraunt style! definitely subscribing to get more of your recipes, thanks for this one
Alina says
This is by far the best rice noodles recipe I’ve ever cooked! I used carrots, tenderstem broccoli and green beans and it was perfect, thank you so much!❤️
Cyri says
Making this tonight! I always manage to ruin the rice noodles. I am hoping the soaking helps! Thank you ❤️I will let you know how it turns out.
Khin says
Hi Cyri, I hope these tips work well for you!
Hila says
the soaking was a great tip. they came out perfectly
Branislav says
Great recipe! As I had no green beans at home, added some broccoli, worked out great! My 11 years old daughter also loved it, and she's a very picky eater...
Greetings from Austria & thanks for the recipe!
BR, Branislav
Khin says
So glad that you enjoyed it, Branislav. Sounds delicious with broccoli. I love to swap with different vegetables so my family never gets bored of it. Thanks for trying it out and sharing feedback.
Vernon says
Good basic recipe. Marinating the chicken is a good idea.
I use this recipe as a base but often make some additions..
Firstly after the noodles have cooked I rinse the noodles in cold water to avoid a mushy mass when they go into the wok.
I have added on occasion, a few drops of sriracha sauce, 8-ounces chicken broth, a pinch of five-spice powder, one-cup sliced mushrooms, grated garlic toward the end and so on.
Gerald Schill says
You may want to edit your recipe. The chili pepper is in your video but not in the ingredient list but in the instructions. Just saying....BTW, love your recipes
Khin says
Thank you so much Gerald! Edited at recipe card.
Sue says
This is absolutely the best Chinese dish I have made from Pinterest recipes. A very different flavour. Added lots of different vegetables. Yummy.min will make this again and again.
Khin says
Sounds so delicious Sue! Happy that you enjoyed this recipe.