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By bon appétit
Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry With Celery and Peanuts
This one-skillet recipe is fast and furious—ideal for those nights when you have 10 minutes to stand at the stove, tops. The cooking technique is in the tradition of Chinese stir-fry, in which proteins and vegetables are chopped small so that they cook quickly over high heat, then bound together with a cornstarch-thickened sauce. If you have a wok, now's the time to use it, though a cast-iron skillet will also do the trick. The wildcard ingredient is Medjool dates. They may not be a common stir-fry ingredient, but their jammy sweetness is a welcome surprise between bites of crunchy celery, salty peanuts, and spicy chicken.
Updated at: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 07:50:16 GMT
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Ingredients
4 servings
⅖ cupsoy sauce
2 ½ tspcornstarch
divided
1 ½ tspsugar
divided
½ tspkosher salt
plus more
1 lbskinless boneless chicken thighs
3 Tbspsambal oelek
2 Tbspunseasoned rice vinegar
4garlic cloves
1 x 2 "ginger
piece
6scallions
4celery stalks
4 ozdates
preferably medjool
1 ½ cupscilantro leaves
with tender stems, divided
⅓ cupvegetable oil
¾ cuproasted salted peanuts
rice
for serving, optional
Instructions
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