Chicken and Broccoli
Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry is an easy recipe you can whip up any night of the week. It’s one of my favorite Asian take-out dishes to order, but it’s also quick and easy to make at home. Make it for dinner or for meal prep easy lunches all week long. Serve it with rice, noodles, fried brown rice or cauliflower fried rice on the side to make it a meal!
Ingredients:
Here’s what you’ll need to make this chicken broccoli stir fry recipe, see recipe card below for the full measurements.
Quick and Easy! Healthier Than Chinese Take-Out: This lighter version will cure all those takeout cravings without all the heavy fried flavors and making it from scratch gives you control of the ingredients. The sodium content in this recipe is drastically reduced. The sugar and oil have as well but the flavors are still delicious and bright (and easy!) Authentic Take-Out Flavor: This stir fry is full of garlic and ginger in a soy and sesame sauce that you’ll want to spoon over all your favorite grilled meats too.
Stir Fry Sauce: This garlic and ginger sauce is made with soy sauce or tamari, chicken broth, cornstarch, mirin, sugar, sesame oil and white pepper. Aromatics: A few cloves garlic and minced ginger Chicken: Boneless skinless chicken breast, sliced very thin are used. If you like dark meat, chicken thighs would also work. Vegetables: Broccoli florets are used here. You can swap with other veggies like asparagus or green beans cut into bite-sized pieces. Stir-Fry Sauce: This garlic and ginger sauce is made with mirin, soy sauce and sesame oil. It makes a classic brown sauce many Chinese restaurants use in their cooking.
How To Make Chicken and Broccoli
How to cut chicken thinly for a stir-fry:
The trick to making your stir-fries look restaurant worthy is to cut them into a thin matchbox shape. This way they have very little toughness to the pieces.
Storage
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. To reheat use a microwave at half power for 1-2 minutes to prevent overcooking the chicken or the broccoli. You may also want to add a couple more tablespoons of water to the dish or not cooking it until the sauce is super thick. By letting the sauce stay a bit looser it’ll result in a better meal when re-heated.
Variations and Serving Suggestions
If you want to switch up the vegetables in this easy chicken stir-fry, you can swap them out for mushrooms, bell peppers, carrots, or snap peas. Serve this over white rice, brown rice, noodles, fried brown rice, cauliflower rice, cauliflower fried rice or quinoa.
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