For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved ordering Chicken with Broccoli from Chinese restaurants. The problem with ordering Chinese food is that the dishes made in restaurants are often very high in sodium, making them quite unhealthy. I’ve loved making stir fry dishes at home for awhile now, and finally decided to recreate my beloved Chicken with Broccoli.
Ingredients:
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cups broccoli florets
1 large yellow onion
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbl grated ginger root
2 cups of steamed rice, cooked according to package directions
2 tbl vegetable oil
2 tbl cornstarch
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup stir fry sauce
Instructions:
1. Cook rice according to package directions. Set aside.
2. Dice chicken and onion into bite size chunks.
3. Heat vegetable oil in wok. Add chicken, and stir fry for 5-7 minutes, or until no longer pink.
4. Add onion, broccoli, ginger, and garlic to wok. Stir fry for another 3 minutes, or until the vegetables are thoroughly heated.
5. Combine soy sauce, stir fry sauce, and cornstarch in a small bowl. Add to wok. Bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
6. Serve stir fry over steamed rice.
QOTD: What is your favorite Chinese food dish?
I’d love to know what kind of stir fry sauce you purchase. Chinese food is one of my favorite kinds of food, and I love many things on the menu. I definitely do not have one favorite but I do love egg rolls!
I just use an unflavored stir fry sauce. My grocery store carries Kikkoman, but I’ve seen other brands make an unflavored one as well.
Thank you thank you thank you. This is so timely as after years of watching me eat chicken and broccoli stirfry – – OK delivery 🙂 – – the child announced yesterday she wanted to start eating it too. Now I know where to begin 🙂
Hope both you and your child enjoy it!
Egg foo young is hands down my favorite “treat” when we get Chinese food! So greasy though, I’d love to find a healthier version! We make stir fry all the time, but as vegetarians we use either tofu, tempeh, or a “fake” meat product. Still yummy!
I have yet to try a stir fry dish that I don’t like.
i do love chinese food 🙂 this looks great! my fav is probably kung pow chicken!
Yum!
I love making stir fry at home but it’s never quite as good as in the restaurant! What does the corn starch do? I never use it and maybe that’s what I’m missing.
Corn starch helps to thicken the sauce.
Looks very good. Do you actually purchase something called Stir Fry Sauce? I have never seen that. Do you use a particular brand?
Yes, several brands make an unflavored stir fry sauce. My local grocery store carries Kikkoman but I’ve seen other brands at other stores.
Yum!! This sounds delicious and much healthier than a traditional Chinese restaurant preparation! Thanks for sharing…im definitely saving this one! 🙂
Hope you enjoy it, Karen.
I love this healthified version! Yum!
Hope you enjoy it!
Love chicken and broccoli, and all stir fry to be honest!!! It’s one of my go-to weeknight meals!
Its so easy to make, which definitely makes it a great weeknight meal.
I actually have all of the ingredients for this. This looks really good but also easy and simple (which is what I need!)
Yes, its definitely easy and simple to make.
I love Asian food this looks yummy. Its too hard to choose just one 🙂
That’s one of the reasons I love having Chinese food with a bunch of people so that we can put a bunch of dishes on the table and pick and choose how to assemble our plates.
This looks really good! I’m a big fan of General Tso’s chicken and try not to think about all the unnecessary salt and sugar!
I try to not think about it either when I’m eating at a Chinese restaurant or eating take out.
I always order chicken and broccoli from the Chinese restaurant as well. I always drain most of the sauce off of it though ( but then I load it up with duck sauce instead…lol).
Duck sauce is tasty too.
I made something very similar to this last week except the recipe called for too much soy sauce. I reduced what it called for and it was still so salty I could barely eat it!
Oh no! How much did it call for?
I do love a good stir-fry. So easy and healthy when you make it yourself.
Exactly!
I am one of those weird people who hate broccoli cooked. However there is one exception and that is in Chinese food, because the flavors from the spices just take away the parts I don’t like.
I’ll have to pin this to try sometime, I don’t think I have ever made stir fry.
You’ll definitely have to try it sometime. Stir fry is so easy to make.
An easy weeknight dish for sure! I love to do tofu with broccoli and peppers stir fry
Yes, its definitely perfect for a quick weeknight meal.
Chicken and broccoli is my absolute favorite! It’s tough now that I can’t have soy sauce, but if I make it at home, I’m good to go 🙂
I’m glad you’ve been able to find an alternative for the soy sauce.
Nice! I’m not a huge Chinese food fan (give me sushi or Japanese any day!) My go-to is usually sweet & sour chicken with the sauce on the side and no rice, because little man likes that and we share it. Sometimes I’ll get veggie lo mein the night before a big race because I need the extra sodium.
I could eat sushi every single day!
Looks easy and healthy! Love these kinds of recipes!
Me too, especially when I don’t have much time on a weeknight.
QOTD: It’s not really authetic Chinese but I LOVE sweet and sour pork haha
Sweet and sour pork is delicious.
I make a really delish Kung Pao Chicken. And not at all greasy like the restaurant version…
Its amazing how greasy restaurant food can be sometimes.
I’m always looking for quick and easy recipes. I don’t get into weekend meal prep like so many others, unless you count going to the grocery store. Ha Ha. I love Uncle Ben’s rice pouches. They take 90 seconds to cook. So if I use those, this would be a super quick meal! Thanks.
I’m the same way. Going to the grocery store is my version of meal prep. I don’t have all day to devote to cooking and chopping up ingredients.
I’ll have to break out the wok (that only gets used about once a year!) and try this! Chinese restaurants are high in sodium but it’s definitely convenient! I love the beef and broccoli so maybe I could sub that for the chicken and make my favorite meal 😉
You could very easily substitute beef for the chicken. My husband actually wants to do that the next time we make this dish.
Mmmm this sounds so good! I might have to try to make this over the weekend!
Yumm! nothing like a good stirfry! This looks awesome! I haven’t made this in soooo long, you may have just inspired me to get to it!
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