Moo Goo Gai Pan

This recipe for Moo Goo Gai Pan is a delicious stir fly consisting of chicken, mushrooms and vegetables. The vegetables vary from cook to cook, but something that doesn’t vary are the mushrooms.

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What is Moo Goo Gai Pan?

Moo Goo Gai Pan is a simple Cantonese stir-fried dish of chicken, mushrooms, and vegetables. I have made it with several kinds of vegetables depending on what I had on hand.

Carrots and broccoli are shown in this photo, but I’ve used bamboo shoots, snow peas, pea pods and water chestnuts. I like the shaved carrots for added color, but you could even throw in red or yellow bell pepper!

To make Moo Goo Gai Pan you need:

• 1/2 lb chicken, sliced thin
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup broccoli florets
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon rice cooking wine
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Helpful kitchen tools:

• Wok or large skillet for stir-frying
• Wooden spoon
• Chef’s knife
• Cutting board

How to Make Moo Goo Gai Pan

1. Combine broth, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice cooking wine, cornstarch and sugar and set aside.
2. Heat wok on high heat and add a tablespoon of olive or other cooking oil. Stir fry vegetables for a 3-4 minutes, remove vegetables.
3. Add another tablespoon of oil to the wok on high heat. Add garlic and stir fry one minute, then add the chicken. Stir fry chicken until no longer pink.
4. Add the broth mixture and let thicken a little, about 2 minutes.
5. Add vegetables and cook for a few minutes, stirring to combine sauce, meat and veggies.

How do you say it?

Here’s the breakdown on the name. Mohgu means mushroom in Cantonese and gai pin translates to sliced chicken.

Moo-Goo-Guy-Pan. You can listen to the pronunciation here.

When I was cooking for an entire family I would double this recipe. If you make it as stated it will serve 3 people, possibly 4. You can use any type of vegetable you like, just cut into thin slices… and don’t skip the mushrooms!

I love mushrooms and add them to a lot of dishes now like this delicious mushroom ravioli or this mushroom stroganoff skillet. In fact, one of the most popular recipes on this blog are these stuffed mushrooms!

My new found freedom in the kitchen has me dying to try these Mushroom Burgers as well as these Mushroom Chicken Foil Packets!

For another delicious stir-fry recipe, try my delicious Mongolian Beef, this is a stir-fry you’ll want to bookmark. Another favorite is this Sesame Chicken recipe, a sweet but tangy chicken recipe, sprinkled with sesame seeds laid upon a bed of rice!

More Related Recipes

• Szechuan Beef
• Kung Pao Chicken
• Moo Goo Gai Pan
• Honey Walnut Shrimp
• Bourbon Chicken
• Beef Lo Mein

This post was originally published on: Mar 1, 2009