Broccoli & Carrot Stir Fry with Chicken

The best way to get kids to eat a plate of vegetables is to make a chicken stir fry! My Broccoli & Carrot Stir Fry with Chicken recipe is loaded with healthy vegetables and has a slightly sweet honey sauce that kids love.

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Broccoli & Carrot Stir Fry with Chicken

Course

Main Dish

Cuisine

Gluten Free, low carb

Skill Level

easy

Keyword

healthy recipe

Servings

Ingredients

• 1 bunch broccoli cut florets and slice stalk thin
• 6 speciality carrots of various colors peeled adn chopped thin
• 1 lb boneless chicken breast sliced thin or cubed
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 cloves fresh garlic chopped
• .25 cup Chicken broth
• .25 cup Soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp honey
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• 1 Tbsp sesame seeds

Course Main Dish Cuisine Gluten Free, low carb Skill Level easy Keyword healthy recipe Servings Ingredients 1 bunch broccoli cut florets and slice stalk thin 6 speciality carrots of various colors peeled adn chopped thin 1 lb boneless chicken breast sliced thin or cubed 1 Tbsp olive oil 3 cloves fresh garlic chopped .25 cup Chicken broth .25 cup Soy sauce 2 Tbsp honey 2 tsp cornstarch salt to taste pepper to taste 1 Tbsp sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Whisk together chicken broth, soy sauce, and honey. Set aside.
2. Heat oil in skillet. Add carrots and cook for 4 minutes.

   
3. Add broccoli, cook additional 4 minutes. Set aside on plate.

   
4. Add chicken and saute until golden brown and cooked through, about 5 minutes depending on thickness of the cuts. Season with salt & pepper, as desired.

   
5. Add garlic and cook for additional 1 minute until garlic is fragrant.
6. Return vegetables back to skillet with cooked chicken and rewarm, about 2 minutes.
7. Combine cornstarch with 1 Tbsp of cold water. Set aside.
8. Add soy sauce mixture to skillet, stir.
9. Add cornstarch mixture to skillet and bring to boil, stirring until sauce thickens, about 2 minutes.
10. Serve warm and top with sesame seeds.

The star of this recipes are the vegetables! Eating vegetables is made more enjoyable when you use farm fresh produce like Farmer Jones Farm at the Chef’s Garden offers for at-home delivery. All of their produce is gourmet, so it is easy to make healthy and delicious recipes! Just look at these beautiful carrots! They taste as delicious as they look – slightly sweeter than ordinary carrots and super food to cook and eat.

Their small heads of broccoli are also delicious and super fresh – in fact, they pick and pack the same day so your produce is always farm fresh – you can tell the difference. Not only do they offer vegetables that your family know and love (although fancier looking) but they offer even fancier produce and herbs that was once only available to chefs nationwide! You can really get your culinary creativity going when you purchase their Best of the Season’s Box now.  

My family of 4 gobbled this one-skillet wonder up in just one setting. If you have a larger family or want leftovers, you better double this recipe! It would also be delicious in a thermos for lunch the next day at school or work!

Check out Farmer Jones Farm at the Chef’s Garden and their specialty, restaurant-quality produce now. This is a local Huron, Ohio company but they ship nationwide!