Stir-Fried Chicken and Broccoli with Black Bean Sauce
While the chicken marinates, prepare the sauce and chop the vegetables. The rest of this stir-fried chicken dish goes together in minutes.
How to Make It
Step 1
To prepare chicken, combine first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 20 minutes.
Step 2
To prepare the sauce, combine cornstarch and water in a medium bowl. Stir in 1/3 cup broth and next 4 ingredients (1/3 cup broth through sesame oil).
Step 3
To prepare stir-fry, heat vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken mixture; stir-fry 3 minutes or until chicken loses its pink color. Remove from pan. Add broccoli, bell pepper, and ginger; stir-fry 30 seconds. Stir in 3 tablespoons broth, and stir-fry 2 minutes. Stir sauce with a whisk until blended; add sauce and chicken mixture to pan. Bring to a boil; cook 2 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender and chicken is done. Serve over rice.
Chef's Notes
You can find jarred black bean sauce in the Asian-food sections of grocery stores or in Asian markets.
8stringfan's Review
This is a very good stir-fry recipe. I found it to be quick and tasty, and a solid one-dish meal that makes three filling servings. I did make a few changes. First, I used a pound of chicken. Second, I added a bit of cornstarch and water mix at the end to thicken up the sauce. I have no idea why CL seems to so rarely thicken their stir-fry sauces. Yes, there is some corn starch in the sauce, but it didn't seem to do a whole lot. I used a 1 TBSP:1 TBSP mix of water and corn starch and added it at the "Bring to a boil" stage right at the end of the cooking. Much better that way IMO.
WilkingJA's Review
This recipe was pretty good. I followed the advice of others and doubled the sauce, but both my husband I thought it was too salty. Next time I will make the recipe without doubling the sauce. Overall this is a good recipe that will definitely make it into our rotation. Buying cut broccoli really speeds up the prep making this a nice weeknight meal! Served with boil-in-bag brown rice which cooked in the microwave while the rest stir-fried.
Lisa77's Review
I thought this was slightly better than just a "solid recipe." If only for the fact that it's tasty PLUS quick plus, with the rice, an all-in-one meal! Yum...Made exactly as stated except my BB sauce had garlic too.
AmberN's Review
I made this recipe for dinner tonight and it was very tasty. I used green beans instead of broccoli and added some minced garlic. Served with brown rice and it made a very fulfilling meal.
EllenDeller's Review