What’s better than a surprisingly healthy dinner dish? A surprisingly healthy and easy-to-make dinner dish, obviously!
Oh, and it’s probably worth noting that it is absolutely delicious on top of both of those. Really just a win-win-win situation (don’t you just love those?).
I made this dish the other night because of one totally weird situation: I had half an open bottle of delicious sake that needed immediate consuming and really demanded a flavorful dish to accompany it, but I was way too lazy to go pick anything up. So instead, I took stock of what I had laying around in my pantry, and created this dish… and it was amazing! I also made some of my famous caulifrice to serve with the chicken. Altogether, it really turned into a totally yummy and unexpectedly awesome dinner!
Ingredients
For the Orange Sauce
- 3/4 cup of freshly-squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 tablespoon of ground garlic
- 1 teaspoon of rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of ketchup
- 2 teaspoons of low sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
- 2 teaspoons of grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame seed oil
- 1/2 teaspoon of red chili flakes
- freshly ground black pepper and salt, to taste
- optional: orange zest
For the Chicken
- 1 pound of boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into chunks
- 2 tablespoons of flour (feel free to substitute almond flour, soy flour, quinoa flour, etc for a “cleaner” option)
- 2 tablespoons of canola oil (feel free to substitute sunflower or even coconut oil)
- freshly ground black pepper and salt, to taste
- 1 head of broccoli, cut into florets and steamed
Directions
For the Orange Sauce
Combine all of the ingredients together in a medium-sized mixing bowl and mix well. Set aside.
For the Chicken
Put the chicken, flour, canola oil, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix well using your hands. Really make sure that each chunk of chicken is well-coated with the mixture.
Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add the chicken mixture. Toss and cook the chicken until it’s browned and cooked through, about 5-10 minutes. Pour the chicken onto some paper towels to soak up the excess oil.
Return the skillet to the heat and add the orange sauce. Let it simmer for a few minutes (3 is plenty), add the chicken back into the skillet, stir, add the broccoli, and stir. Make sure everything is well-coated in the orange sauce before serving the dish hot!
I told you it was easy.