Quick & Easy Chinese Chicken and Broccoli
Succulent chicken stir fried with broccoli in a savory sauce. This quick and easy chicken and broccoli beats Chinese takeout and made with simple ingredients saving you money! Perfect as a main with rice on a busy weeknight!
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast or skinless boneless chicken thigh, sliced into ¼-inch thick pieces
- 1 large broccoli crown chopped into similar size florets
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- ½ inch ginger sliced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- ¼ cup water cold
Chicken Marinade
- 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
- 1.5 tablespoon cornstarch or tapioca starch / potato starch
- ½ teaspoon baking soda do not skip!
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper or white pepper
- 2 teaspoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Stir-Fry Sauce (for more sauce double the quantity of ingredients below)
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce or vegetarian stir fry sauce
- 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon white granulated sugar or cane sugar
- 2 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or dry sherry wine/dry white wine/chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch or tapioca starch / potato starch
- ½ cup chicken stock low-sodium
Instructions
- In a large bowl, marinate thinly sliced chicken with marinade ingredients as listed above for 15-20 minutes. Avoid marinating past this time frame.
- In a small bowl, mix stir-fry sauce ingredients as listed above until combined and set aside.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large pan on medium-high heat. Fry chicken until cooked and golden. Remove chicken from pan.
- Into the pan, add ginger, garlic, and broccoli with ¼ cup or 60 ml of water. Cook until broccoli becomes vibrant green.
- Push the broccoli to the side of the pan. Pour in stir fry sauce and simmer to thicken. Then mix with the broccoli.
- Add in cooked chicken and toss everything together. Remove off heat. Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 989mg | Potassium: 968mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 983IU | Vitamin C: 138mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 2mg