Simple Hen and Broccoli — A Fast and Saucy Stir Fry

Few issues make me really feel like I’m crushing life like having dinner prepped and able to prepare dinner within the fridge.

#adulting

Taking 10 minutes on the weekend to prep the parts of Hen and Broccoli Stir Fry ensures this straightforward but flavorful meal will go from fridge to desk in about quarter-hour. It’s the proper wholesome dish for hectic weeknights!

Flavored with sesame, ginger, and garlic, hen broccoli stir fry is additional saucy and a whole meal in a single, checking off the protein, veggie, and carb bins. My household, particularly my husband, LOVES this straightforward hen and rice recipe!

Elements Wanted

This easy stir fry with a thick and luscious sauce requires kitchen staples. Raid the fridge and pantry for…

• Broccoli: snag a 12oz bag of broccoli florets on the retailer then trim them up in order that they’re all the identical measurement. Simple!
• Hen breast: cooks rapidly within the scorching wok or skillet.
• Sesame oil: is used to stir fry the hen and add a ton of taste to the dish.
• Cornstarch: thickens the stir fry sauce so it’s thick and bubbly.
• Hen broth or water: is added to the cornstarch to create a clean sauce.
• Tamari: supplies that signature, Asian-style stir fry taste. I extremely suggest San-J reduced-sodium gluten free Tamari — the flavour is wonderful! For those who don’t have to eat gluten free, you should use conventional, reduced-sodium soy sauce.
• Honey: provides a touch of sweetness to the sauce.
• Rice vinegar: balances the candy honey and savory Tamari.
• Garlic and ginger paste: add craveable taste.
• Crimson chili pepper flakes: add just a little or rather a lot — it’s completely as much as you!

Customise Your Stir Fry

This broccoli hen stir fry is extraordinarily straight-forward, however I like to think about it as a little bit of a clean canvas. That mentioned, listed below are just a few methods to make it your personal:

• Hen swap: use boneless, skinless hen thighs as an alternative of hen breasts. Make sure to reduce them into small bite-sized items, and plan on tacking on just a few additional minutes of cooking time within the scorching wok. Diced shrimp would even be scrumptious!
• Add veggies: one vegetable my total household can agree on is broccoli, which is why I adore it as the bottom of this recipe. That mentioned, be at liberty so as to add diced zucchini, child corn, bell peppers, inexperienced beans, onions, asparagus, and so forth. Stir fry these individually in a little bit of oil earlier than stir frying the hen, then stir the cooked greens into the sauce on the finish.
• Add nuts: we love including cashews to the sauce on the finish to heat via, or topping our bowls with minced peanuts. Love that additional taste and crunch.

Meal Prep Tip

Like I mentioned, it is a nice meal to prep as much as 3 days forward of time so it goes from the fridge to the desk additional fast. Right here’s find out how to prep the three parts forward of time:

1. Hen: cube the hen breasts into bite-sized items then retailer them in an hermetic container.
2. Broccoli: trim the broccoli florets in order that they’re all the identical measurement then retailer in an hermetic container or gallon-size Ziplock bag.
3. Stir fry sauce: stir collectively the stir fry sauce then retailer in an hermetic container.

Alrighty! This recipe is as straightforward as it’s scrumptious — let me present you find out how to make it!

Attempt Simple Hen Fried Rice

How one can Make Hen and Broccoli

Step 1: Make the Stir Fry Sauce

Begin by stirring collectively the stir fry sauce. In a bowl or glass measuring dish, add cornstarch and water or hen broth then stir till the cornstarch is clean.

Cornstarch makes the sauce thick and shiny like a restaurant’s.

Subsequent add gluten free reduced-sodium Tamari, honey, rice vinegar, minced garlic, ginger paste, and a pinch (or kind of) of pink chili pepper flakes. Stir to mix then set the sauce apart.

Step 2: Steam the broccoli

Identical to my Beef and Broccoli recipe, I prefer to steam the broccoli separate from the sauce so it doesn’t change into soggy. No one likes soggy broccoli!

I additionally like doing this as a result of the broccoli steams whereas the hen and sauce are cooking, making the general cooking time shorter.

All that mentioned, place a steamer basket inside a medium-sized cooking pot then add a pair inches of water. Add the broccoli then flip the warmth to excessive to deliver the water to a boil. Place a lid on high then flip the warmth all the way down to low and steam for 6-7 minutes or till the broccoli is tender.

Step 3: Stir fry the hen

Whereas the broccoli is steaming, warmth a wok or massive skillet over excessive warmth. Add sesame oil then, as soon as scorching, add diced hen breast and season with salt and pepper.

Let the hen items sit and sear undisturbed till the bottoms are golden brown, 1-2 minutes, then stir fry till the hen is almost cooked via, 2-3 extra minutes.

As all the time, I’ll take this chance to share how child Kristin procured this wok from Curtis Stone within the flesh. #neverforget

Step 4: Add the Stir Fry Sauce

Give the stir fry sauce a stir to reincorporate the cornstarch, which is able to settle to the underside of the bowl, then add it to the wok and switch the warmth down barely. Stir with a spatula till the sauce is thickened and bubbly, 1-2 minutes.

That’s all she wrote!

Scoop cooked rice onto plates then high with the cooked hen and sauce, plus completely steamed broccoli.

Cooking rice forward of time is one other one in every of my favourite meal prep tips. Cook dinner, fluff, cool, then retailer the rice in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days. Reheat within the microwave and also you’re set!

Whether or not you’re meal prepping for a fast weeknight dinner, or making this tasty dish on the fly — I hope you’re keen on each savory, saucy chew. Get pleasure from!

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