chicken and broccoli
This chicken stir-fry with broccoli is made with a savory sauce featuring soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, and ginger, topped with sesame oil, green onions, and sesame seeds for extra flavor.
Ingredients
Stir-Fry Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
- Salt and pepper
- 1 batch Stir-Fry Sauce see below
- 1 bunch broccoli chopped into small florets, stem discarded
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- Toppings: sliced green onions toasted sesame seeds
Stir-Fry Sauce Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
To Make The Stir-Fry:
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces, season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned and mostly cooked through.
- While the chicken is cooking, prepare the sauce (see below).
- Once the chicken is browned, add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and the broccoli. Stir to combine and cook for an additional 3 minutes, until the broccoli is bright green.
- Stir in the sauce and cook for 1 more minute until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the toasted sesame oil.
- Serve warm, garnished with sliced green onions and toasted sesame seeds, or refrigerate for up to 3 days.
To Make the Sauce:
- Whisk all sauce ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth and combined.
Notes
Notes:
The sauce recipe was slightly tweaked in 2017, adding a bit more flavor, but it should still taste the same!
The sauce recipe was slightly tweaked in 2017, adding a bit more flavor, but it should still taste the same!