Takeaway Style Wandering Dragon Stir Fry Recipe

This takeaway style Wandering Dragon is so easy to make at home. In this stir fry the chicken and shrimp are cooked together with plenty of vegetables, a delicious savory brown Chinese sauce, along with garlic and black pepper. This delicious Chinese recipe is healthy and quick to make plus it tastes better than takeout! Serve it with fried rice or noodles for a family dinner that is quick and healthy. Plus I'll show you how to get the soft tender chicken just like your favorite takeaway.

Prep time: PT10M

Cook time: PT10M

Total time: PT20M

Rating

3.85 stars (57 reviews)

Keywords

takeaway style recipe, tender chicken like takeaway

Ingredients

1 chicken breast
1 tbsp baking soda - see note 1
2 tbsp Chinese rice wine - see note 2
1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
3 garlic cloves (- crushed)
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp black pepper
½ cup chicken broth (- cold)
1½ tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp oil
1 onion (- peeled and chopped)
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 cup chopped yellow bell pepper
12 raw large shrimp/prawns ( - shelled and de-veined)

Cuisine

Chinese

Steps

Start with tenderizing the chicken
- Cut the chicken into thin strips across the grain.
- Place in a bowl and sprinkle with the baking soda.
- Let the chicken marinade for 15 minutes then wash off the baking soda and rinse the chicken several times. (See note 3)
- Pat dry with kitchen paper and set to one side.
Make the sauce.
- Combine the ingredients for the sauce together in a measuring cup or jug.
- Set to one side.
To make the wandering dragon stir fry
- Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, once the oil starts to shimmer add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes until almost cooked through. Remove from the pan.
- Add the remaining oil to the pan
- Add the onion fry for 1 minute.
- Add the bell peppers to the pan and cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Add the shrimp and then return the chicken to the pan.
- Cook for 2 minutes stirring well.
- Give the sauce another stir and then add it to the skillet and bring to a simmer.
- The sauce will start to thicken.
- Cook for 1-2 minutes until everything is cooked through and the sauce just coats the meat and veg.
- Remove from the heat and serve immediately.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 345 kcal
Carbohydrates: 21 g
Protein: 37 g
Fat: 10 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 247 mg
Sodium: 1751 mg
Sugar: 3 g

Reviews

DavidF on 2025-12-01 (5 stars):
Wow, I thought it was hard for us as DINK's, but we're Teachers so we have lower-pay. But, I can't imagine how it is to provide for 5 kids (plus husband and wife). Yet, I see why you have so many recipes that all taste wonderful. With all of those family members and hundreds of meals throughout the year, it'd sure be easy to prototype the recipes, taste to find the problems, and fix it on the next go-around. Or, that's what we are doing constantly. Again, love your site, and I'll be a life-long "Sprinkles and Sprouts" website visitor.
Cheryl on 2025-06-16 (5 stars):
This is delicious. I just added broccoli. Easy to make, once the chicken is prepped. Will make again. Thank you!
DavidF on 2024-12-09 (5 stars):
[Before I comment below, I want you to know that we love your recipes in the US. I am trying to learn how to cook Chinese, and we are studying how to do so -- with your many Chinese dishes. Thank you for showing us how to do them.] Could this dish be called, "Dragon Lion Fight" in the US? I think that's what some places call it, because it's something that I love. At a great Chinese place ("Twin Lion Chinese Restaurant") in Austin, Texas, it is called "Dragon and Lion Fight", which includes broccoli, carrot, mushroom, snow pea, and bamboo with chicken (i.e., "Lion") and shrimp (i.e., "Dragon"). Other places, call it "Dragon and Phoenix" that is a duo-dish offering of hot and spicy elements. It is half General Tso's chicken and the other half is vegetables and shrimp in a hot and spicy sauce with a little sweetening.
Henry on 2023-09-26 (4 stars):
Really good recipe. However, I have never seen this on a takeaway menu in the Uk, or a restaurant.
Barb on 2022-11-09 (5 stars):
A new favourite stir fry recipe for sure. The chicken was so tender and the flavours were great. If I had this dish at a restaurant It would become a favourite.
ADRIAN HOWDEN on 2021-12-29 (5 stars):
Made it recently with a few tweeks and every one loved it. So I have to print out the recipes for them to take home. Thanks for the recipe. This will be a reguler in our household.