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 elements 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 right wholesome dish for hectic weeknights!

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

Substances Wanted

This straightforward 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 so that they’re all the identical measurement. Simple!
• Hen breast: cooks rapidly within the sizzling wok or skillet.
• Sesame oil: is used to stir fry the rooster 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: gives that signature, Asian-style stir fry taste. I extremely advocate San-J reduced-sodium gluten free Tamari — the flavour is superb! In case you 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 a little bit or loads — it’s completely as much as you!

Customise Your Stir Fry

This broccoli rooster stir fry is extraordinarily straight-forward, however I like to consider it as a little bit of a clean canvas. That mentioned, listed here are a couple of methods to make it your individual:

• Hen swap: use boneless, skinless rooster thighs as a substitute of rooster breasts. Make sure you lower them into small bite-sized items, and plan on tacking on a couple of further minutes of cooking time within the sizzling wok. Diced shrimp would even be scrumptious!
• Add veggies: one vegetable my total household can agree on is broccoli, which is why I like 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 rooster, 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 by way of, or topping our bowls with minced peanuts. Love that further 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 further fast. Right here’s tips on how to prep the three elements forward of time:

1. Hen: cube the rooster breasts into bite-sized items then retailer them in an hermetic container.
2. Broccoli: trim the broccoli florets so 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 tips on how to make it!

Strive Simple Hen Fried Rice

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 rooster 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 roughly) of pink chili pepper flakes. Stir to mix then set the sauce apart.

Step 2: Steam the broccoli

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

I additionally like doing this as a result of the broccoli steams whereas the rooster 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 carry the water to a boil. Place a lid on high then flip the warmth right down to low and steam for 6-7 minutes or till the broccoli is tender.

Step 3: Stir fry the rooster

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

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

As at all times, 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 can 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 rooster and sauce, plus completely steamed broccoli.

Cooking rice forward of time is one other certainly one of my favourite meal prep tips. Prepare 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 chunk. Get pleasure from!

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