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The best chicken broccoli stir-fried recipe

We love this easy chicken broccoli stir fry recipe! Incredibly tender, juicy chicken breast and perfect broccoli. The stir-fry sauce is great and rich in fresh garlic and ginger.

I’m so glad to share this chicken broccoli stir fry recipe with you! We have been doing a lot of things lately. The chicken turned out to be very tender, the broccoli cook was crispy, and the sauce was very good!

We use ginger stir-fry sauce for this chicken stir-fry. It’s full of fresh garlic and ginger and the flavor definitely knocks the socks off of anything you’ve bought in the store. I also use it when making this vegetable stir-fry.

Key Ingredients

  • chicken: The chicken breast and thighs work well in this stir-fry recipe. For the tenderest chicken breast, cut it into cereals and cut it into thin strips.
  • broccoli: I use broccoli flowers in this recipe. I love the simplicity of chicken and broccoli, but casually throw away more vegetables like we do in this vegetable stir-fry.
  • Easy Chicken Marinate: Our simple recipe uses soy sauce, corn starch and oil and guarantees a juicy, delicious, tender chicken.
  • Stir-fried sauce: We use this homemade sauté sauce, which is as close to the real as possible. It combines fresh garlic, ginger, soy sauce, toasted sesame seeds, sugar and white pepper. The recipe also calls for Shaoxing Wine, a Chinese rice wine. I highly recommend it in this recipe, but I have provided the alternative below.
Best Chicken and Broccoli Fry in a Pan

How to make chicken stir-fry

We use simple (and real) techniques to make it the best chicken broccoli stir fry! I highly recommend marinating your chicken. Stir the chicken with soy sauce, corn starch and oil. It sounds too simple, but trust me. This three-ingredient marinade does provide wonders for the flavor and texture of your chicken. I marinate for at least 30 minutesbut you can keep the chicken in the refrigerator if you want.

Marinated chicken to stir-fryMarinated chicken to stir-fry

When my chicken is marinated, I Made homemade fried sauce. Fast and simple. The most time-consuming part is chopping fresh garlic and ginger, which you can do in a food processor if you want.

Now, we can cook stir-fry. It goes very fast. For this chicken and broccoli sauté, we quickly cooked the chicken and broccoli. This way, the chicken can cook perfectly without forcing us to overcook the broccoli.

It takes about 5 minutes to cook the chicken for our stir fry. Throw it into a little hot oil, sprinkle it into a layer, and cook until it doesn’t move until the bottom surface starts to turn brown. Then flip and cook until finished. Transfer to the plate and then to broccoli.

Add more oil to the wok or frying pan, Then Thrown in broccoli. Whisk the broccoli over the pan and watch it turn bright green. After 3 to 5 minutes, the flowers will be crisp.

Add the fried sauce to our chicken stir-fryAdd the fried sauce to our chicken stir-fry

Now, mix the chicken, broccoli and sauté sauce together. To make your stir-fry competitors gain competitors in your favorite Chinese restaurants, Use a mixture of corn starch and cold water to make the flavor Until it’s a perfect consistency and stick to the broccoli and chicken.

Fry with chicken broccoli

I like to stir-fry this chicken broccoli on plain rice (jasmine or basmati), brown rice or fried rice. Our fluffy quinoa or noodles were also great. With these amazing homemade crabs with Yangon, egg rolls, spring rolls or try our irresistible hoisin sticky ribs on the table, it’s also delicious!

The best chicken broccoli stir-fryThe best chicken broccoli stir-fry

The best chicken broccoli stir-fried recipe

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We love this chicken and broccoli sauté recipe which includes tender and juicy chicken, perfectly cooked broccoli and the most delicious homemade sauté sauce. We ask for Shaoxing Wine (Chinese Rice Wine) in this recipe. I highly recommend it in this recipe, but I have provided the alternative below.

Make 4 servings

You will need

Chicken and broccoli

1¼ lb boneless and skinless chicken breast or thighs

1 pound broccoli flowers, cut into small pieces, 5 to 6 cups

2 tablespoons corn starch

1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce

3 tablespoons neutral oil, such as vegetable or avocado oil


Stir-fried sauce

6 garlic cloves

3 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger (thumb size)

1 cup chicken or vegetable soup

2 tablespoons black sauce or field

2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons of wine, see tips for alternatives

1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper

direction

  • Marinated chicken
  • 1Slice the chicken into thin strips, then add the chicken to a tablespoon of cornstarch, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce and 1 tablespoon oil. Mix well. Marinate for at least 30 minutes. If marinating for longer, do it in the refrigerator.

  • saute
  • 1In a small bowl, stir 1 tablespoon corn starch with 3 tablespoons cold water. Set aside.

    2Heat a large, heavy frying pan or wok over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of high-heat oil (such as vegetable or avocado oil).

    3Add the marinated chicken in a single layer. Let it cook for a minute without moving until the underside starts to turn brown.

    4Throw the chicken and continue cooking until almost 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.

    5Add another tablespoon of oil to the hot pan. Add broccoli flowers and cook, stirring frequently until bright green and crispy flavor for 3 to 5 minutes.

    6Return the chicken to the pan and toss it with broccoli for about a minute.

    7Pour in and stir-fry. Stir the cornstarch mixture again and add it slowly to the pot.

    8Stir constantly until the sauce thickens and coats with chicken and broccoli. Service now.

Adam and Joanne’s Tips

  • storage: The remaining chicken broccoli is stir-fried in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Over time, broccoli may lose some of their crispness, but are still safe to eat. You can freeze it, but the texture of the broccoli changes. Freeze in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
  • Shaoxing Wine: A Chinese wine in Chinese cuisine. This is the most authentic choice in this sauté recipe, so if you can find it we highly recommend adding it to your pantry. However, if we can’t find it, we have two options: dry sherry or mirin. Mirin is sweeter than Shaox’s wine, so you may need to reduce the sugar by 1 tablespoon. Another option is to use rice wine vinegar, which makes the sauce taste slightly different and you may need more sugar.
  • Gluten-free tips: When purchasing the ingredients listed above (especially soy sauce), look for gluten-free on the label. If you can’t find gluten-free soy sauce, look for gluten-free tortillas, unlike soy sauce, it’s traditionally made and very little without wheat.
  • The best pot to use: While the pot is ideal for stir-frying, any thick-bottomed frying pan is suitable for this chicken broccoli recipe. Cast iron, stainless steel and carbon steel are great choices as they handle high temperatures well. Avoid using a non-stick pan for stirring. If you experience stickiness, keep high heat and add more oil to help ingredients move freely in the pan.
  • The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.

Nutrition per serving
Service size
1/4 dish
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Calories
411 calories
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Total fat
18.3g
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Saturated fat
2.9 grams
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cholesterol
103.4mg
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sodium
1234.5mg
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carbohydrate
25.5g
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Dietary fiber
3.9g
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Total sugar
10.5 g
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protein
37.7g


author:

Joanne Gallagher

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