Only have about a half hour to make yourself some dinner? It may not be so appealing to cook something at home when you have less time on your hands. But trust me when I say there are plenty of truly appetizing dishes out there that take less than 30 minutes to make! And the plus with this Chicken with Broccoli recipe? It’s also healthy, giving you the greens you will need for the day!
How to Make Chicken with Broccoli
We’ll mainly be stir-frying for this recipe, so get your wok ready, and let’s get started!
1. Marinating the chicken
Grab a bowl, and put your sliced chicken, soy sauce, sherry, and black pepper inside. Then mix them all up. Afterwards, just marinate everything for a good 10 minutes.
2. Getting started on the sauce
Now we will pour the water in a container along with oyster sauce and cornstarch. Just stir the mixture, and get the cornstarch to be diluted entirely. Then just set the mixture aside.
3. Cooking the chicken
It’s time to whip out our wok. But a wide frying pan will also do! Put your oil inside, and let this get hot before you incorporate the minced garlic. Now just sauté the garlic until it becomes light brown. Then you can toss in your marinated chicken, and stir-fry this. You may also add the remaining marinade, and cook everything using high heat as you stir.
Continue this until the chicken gets to a light to medium brown color. But keep watch over the garlic so that it does not get burnt. If it begins to, you will want to take the heat down to medium or lower until the chicken achieves the color that we want.
4. Adding your veggie
Let’s put the broccoli florets inside too, and stir-fry them. Do one minute if you are using steamed frozen broccoli and 2 minutes if you have fresh broccoli florets.
5. Pouring the sauce in
Add the oyster sauce mixture that we set aside earlier. It may also be ideal to do just one more stirring of the mixture before you put it in. Once it is integrated, you can stir the entire mixture, and just keep cooking. Do so until the sauce reduces in half or reaches your desired thickness.
Chicken with Broccoli
When we think of simple but also flavorful dishes, one of the first to come to mind would probably be beef with broccoli. And while there’s no arguing that this is a pretty great dish, a variation of this with white meat is also worth considering for less fat content. But it’s not just the health factor that makes Chicken with Broccoli so appealing. It has a unique element to it with the savor of peanut oil mixed with some dry sherry. And the thick, brown sauce boasts a great deal of flavor coming from seasonings such as oyster sauce.
Ingredients in Chicken with Broccoli
Prepare some chicken breast, as well as your garlic and broccoli for this quick and easy dish! As for the other components, these will mainly be our mix of seasonings and spices for a satisfyingly flavorful chicken dish.
- Boneless chicken breast – Using the boneless kind really saves us the hassle of having a whole chicken that we will need to cut up. This will be easy to slice into thin pieces and will be much easier to eat overall.
- Broccoli florets – Perfect for adding something chewy to your meal, broccoli florets are not only nutritious but also quite delicious. Part of what makes them great for dishes like this is that they easily absorb flavor from stews and sauces.
- Light soy sauce – Elevates the overall flavor of the chicken by giving it plenty of saltiness.
- Ground black pepper – Turns our chicken into a well-seasoned, earthy meat through marinade.
- Garlic – Our minced garlic will be used for cooking the chicken to get it nice and savory!
- Dry sherry – Lots of recipes use sherry, and that’s because this can really make the flavor of your dish brighter. The same goes for the chicken, which will benefit greatly from the slight tanginess provided by this ingredient.
- Oyster sauce – Adds a ton of richness to the sauce.
- Cornstarch – Responsible for the satisfying thickness of the brown sauce!
- Water – We don’t want a sauce that is too salty, which is why we’ll integrate some water too.
- Peanut oil – Adds just enough nuttiness!
What to Serve with Chicken with Broccoli
Congratulations on a job well done! You’ve made yourself some truly delicious and savory Chicken with Broccoli! This is best with a cup of warm white rice. But you may wanna prepare a larger batch of rice because it’s likely you will get seconds.
Now you might also want other vegetable dishes that are sure to fill you up. That’s why I am suggesting you try out my Shrimp and Broccoli in Oyster Sauce, Chicken Chop Suey, and Crispy Tofu and Baby Bok Choy with Oyster Sauce. These all have protein and so much nutrients from veggies!
If you were confused by any part of this recipe, feel free to comment below! I’ll try to answer all of your queries!
Chicken with Broccoli Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb. boneless chicken breast sliced into thin pieces
- 1 cup broccoli florets fresh or frozen
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ cup water or chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
Instructions
- Combine sliced chicken with soy sauce, sherry, and black pepper in a bowl. Mix all the ingredients. Marinate for 10 minutes.
- Combine water (or chicken broth) with oyster sauce and cornstarch. Stir until the cornstarch is completely diluted. Set this aside for now.
- Heat the oil in a wok or wide frying pan.
- Add the minced garlic. Sauté until it starts to get light brown.
- Stir fry the marinated chicken. You can pour the remaining marinade on the wok. Cook in high heat while stirring until the chicken turns light to medium brown. Ensure that the garlic does not get burnt in the process. Otherwise, you will need to adjust the heat to medium or lower and continue to cook until the chicken gets that nice color.
- Add the broccoli florets. Stir fry for 1 minute if you are using steamed frozen broccoli. Add another minute if using fresh broccoli florets.
- Pour the bowl that contains the mixture of oyster sauce, water, and cornstarch. You may want to stir it one more time before pouring to be sure. Stir and cook until the sauce reduces in half or reaches your desired thickness.
- Enjoy over a bowl of warm rice.
My family loved it…. no leftovers!