Chinese-Style Chicken and Broccoli
A distinguished culinary classic crafted with authentic techniques and finest ingredients, offering rich depth of flavour and elegant presentation.
Ingredients
- • 2 chicken breasts (diced)
- • 1 head broccoli (cut into small florets and slice the stems or 1 pack of tenderstem broccoli. )
- • 6 spring onions (chopped)
- • 1 onion (sliced)
- • 2 carrots (peeled and cut into strips)
- • 200 g button mushrooms (quartered)
- • 2 tbsp soy sauce
- • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- • 2 tbsp rice vinegar (or white wine vinegar with a little sweetener added)
- • 1 clove garlic (crushed)
- • 200 ml chicken stock (made up using 1 stock cube and 1 stock pot)
- • 1/2 tsp fresh ginger (minced)
- • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- • sea salt (to taste)
- • low calorie cooking spray
Preparation Steps
Heat up a wok or decent sized frying pan, and spray with low calorie cooking spray.
Add the diced chicken, season and cook for 3-5 minutes until browned, remove from the pan and set aside.
Spray with a bit more low calorie cooking spray, then add the onions, garlic, ginger and mushrooms.
Stir and cook until they are browned and starting to soften.
Add the carrots, spring onions and broccoli.
Return the chicken to the pan, stir in the dark soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice vinegar.
Pour in the stock, stir well and allow to simmer on a high heat, stirring occasionally until the sauce reduces and thickens slightly. it should take around 8-10 minutes to cook the vegetables and reduce the sauce.
Check the chicken is cooked. Serve with an accompaniment of your choice!