Asian-Style Chicken & Broccoli

Submitted by nonnie4sj

"I found this on a "Works for Me Wednesday" blog entry, but I can't begin to remember where."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 20 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup sesame oil
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon grated gingerroot (optional)
• olive oil

directions

1. Cut chicken into pieces (strips or chunks).
2. Put a little olive oil and water in the pan, heat and cook the chicken until no longer pink on medium high, stirring frequently.
3. Drain if needed.
4. Mix brown sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and ginger and whisk.
5. Add sauce and broccoli florets and lower temp to medium and cover.
6. Stir occasionally.
7. When the broccoli appears to be tender, but not mushy, it's done.
8. Just use your best judgement.

Reviews

[Mrs. Christmas]

This recipe has a wonderful flavor. I added the minced garlic when I was stir-frying the chicken and I did use the ginger in the sauce (I highly recommend using ginger). Since another review mentioned the sauce was a bit thin, I added one tsp. of cornstarch to the sauce before pouring it in with the chicken. The only other change I made was to substitute peanut oil for the sesame oil - since I was completely out! I think in the future I'll use half peanut oil and half sesame oil instead. The sauce is a tad sweet and I think the bitterness of the sesame oil will balance the flavor out nicely. My husband loved this and wants me to try it over beef in the future as well.

 

[Michele J.]

The only thing I added was Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, we love it spicy. It was awesome!!!

 

[KateL]

3 Stars, until recipe is corrected to say when to add minced garlic, because we would give 4 stars for taste, and a 5th star if the sauce was thicker. This went together very quickly, I served with reheated frozen white rice. I am likely to make this again for something quick, especially since our favorite tasting Chinese restaurant was just reported to have glaring health violations :cry:. Thanks for posting, please advise when you have had a chance to correct the recipe. Made for Fall 2008 Pick-a-Chef.

 

[WiGal]

Easy, super fast, and delicious! I did use the grated ginger and loved it. This recipe moves pretty fast so I had everything cut and measured before starting. Topped ours with cashews. We had this with littleturtle's Earl Grey Lime Rolls and rice for Asian theme. Thanks Nonnie4for2 for sharing a great recipe.:) Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup tag.