CHINESE Chicken and Broccoli
CHINESE Chicken and Broccoli. Homemade, healthy and easy recipe that tastes just like your favorite Chinese takeout restaurant! Your entire family is going to love how delicious this is, and you’re going to love how simple it is to make!
When I get Chinese takeout I usually order:
Chicken & Broccoli
Broccoli & Garlic Sauce
Shrimp & Broccoli
Lo Mein with Added Broccoli
Do you see the broccoli love?
Authentic Chinese Chicken and Broccoli Recipe
I have been trying to perfect a takeout restaurant version of chicken and broccoli for many years. I was close but the broccoli was never perfectly crunchy, the sauce was too thick, the sauce was too thin, the taste was off. But finally, finally! I shake my fist at you chinese chicken and broccoli recipe because I did it! 
It was a great moment sitting down at dinner to eat this and hear the cheers from both my and Matthew’s mouths. It’s really good. I don’t think I can ever order takeout again if I know it’s this easy (and much more healthier) to make at home.
If you love Chinese Takeout Chicken and Broccoli, you will love this recipe!
How to Make Chicken and Broccoli
Oh garden greens, I love you. I picked some fresh broccoli, green peppers and sugar snap peas. You can omit the sugar snap peas if you want to, but I would highly recommend keeping them in. It gives it a great additional crunch!
You want your chicken to be cut up into bite size pieces, and then you let them marinate for a bit until you are ready to move on to the next step with them.
This is the magic sauce that holds everything together. It’s the sauce I have fought with to get just right. It was a glorious moment!
The sauce turned out so well due to these 3 great ingredients. I’ve really come to love sesame oil in cooking the past few years. PS. Make sure you use low sodium or lite soy sauce, we want to cut back on the salt in this recipe.
And when it’s all done you will have one beautiful skillet full of chicken and broccoli.
Dive right in, this CHINESE TAKEOUT Chicken and Broccoli is delicious!
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CHINESE Chicken and Broccoli
CHINESE Chicken and Broccoli. Homemade, healthy and easy recipe that tastes just like your favorite Chinese restaurant! Your entire family is going to love how delicious this is, and you're going to love how simple it is to make!
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 1 head of broccoli cut up into florets
- 1 small green pepper - cut up into small slices
- 3/4 cup sugar snap peas - chopped into thirds
For the chicken marinade
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts - cut up into bite size pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
For the sauce
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 cloves garlic - minced
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon rice cooking wine
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Additionally
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to fry in
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Mix your marinade ingredients in a bowl - add your bite size chicken pieces and stir. Set aside.
- Mix your sauce ingredients in a bowl - set aside.
- Steam broccoli for 3 minutes, drain - set aside.
- Heat up 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the chicken, it's marinade and 1/2 of the sauce mixture. Keep cooking until chicken is fully cooked.
- Add steamed broccoli, sugar snap peas, green pepper and remaining sauce with 1/2 cup water.
- Cook for about 3-4 minutes until sauce thickens up.
- Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Video
My hubs loves beef broccoli, I’m sure he would love this chicken version too!! Looks delish.
Thanks Aimee, I hope he enjoys it (and you too!).
Oh how yummy does this look! I hardly ever cook Asian dishes at home b/c they seem challenging at times, but I love how EASY this is! Definitely trying it soon. Thanks for sharing!
I hope you give this a try Georgia, it’s easy and pretty quick to make! Enjoy!
I’m a massive broccoli fan too! This looks delicious and I would love to try it with tofu! 🙂
That would be great too! Let me know if you try it!
I always prefer making my own stir-fry meals at home. You control what goes into your food. At Chinese restaurants, there are a ton of oil and fat, not to mention MSG. This looks absolutely DELICIOUS! The broccoli is cooked perfectly and it’s so vibrant! Well done Pamela. 🙂 Pinning!
Thanks Anne! I totally agree with you, the amount of MSG in most takeout dishes is enough to scare anyone away!
I love the idea of chicken and broccoli, but every time I order it, I hate how unhealthy it tastes (and makes me feel). Your version seems much more like something I’d like!
Definitely, I feel the same way.. guilty afterwards! There is no guilt involved with this one!
I’m the same way- I always get a broccoli dish when I order Chinese! I usually make stir fry if I’m making chinese at home but this dish would be great to shake things up!
Let me know if you try it Faith!
I can taste the broccoli love!!
YUUUUUUM!
This looks delicious Pamela! Your gorgeous garden broccoli definitely shines in this dish! Love recreating takeout dishes at home too and you did a fabulous job! Yum!
Thanks Kelly! The broccoli is shining brightly at your comments! 🙂
Nice way to use you harvest!! Sound wonderful and the taste of the veggies still come through!
That looks so good! I always have an issue recreating Chinese food as well, it’s never quite right. I’ll have to try this!
Let me know how you like it Heather! 🙂
I love broccoli, too, and I could easily eat this meal multiple times a week! Looks fabulous, love! xo
Me too Ashley! Thanks for stopping by!
I looooooove broccoli too! Especially in any stir-fried format. Thanks for the recipe!
No problem Sarah, enjoy!
My kids and I love broccoli (I’m so thankful my kids are big fans too!) This Chinese Takeout Chicken and Broccoli is one of the dishes I made quite often, usually with beef though. 🙂 And I sometimes make a vegetarian version with all sorts of veggies. My kids are going to love your version with “extra” sauce. hehe…
A family of broccoli lovers, that’s awesome. Definitely need that extra sauce.. 🙂 🙂
This looks so yummy…love all those fresh veggies! It’s always nice to be able to make your favorite meal at home instead of spending money (and calories) going out.
Totally agree Amy! It feels great to be able to make your favorites!
This is what I have been waiting for- stir fry chicken and broccoli…OMG is everyone’s favorite and now I have a recipe for it! Yes!
thank you Pamela !
*High 5* Enjoy your chicken and broccoli!
That sauce is BOSSSSS. LOVE chicken and broccoli!!
“Boss Sauce”, love it.
I need to start cooking more Asian dishes at home – this made me crave it!! Yummm
Enjoy Ashley, it’s easy to make too.. bonus!
Unfortuntately…… I never feel guilty about eating Chinese takeout. ….which I do nearly once a week. It just makes me so happy!
I do usually give my broccoli pieces to my boyfriend, in part because I’m not the biggest fan, but more so because he loves broccoli as much as you do. So sad that the broccoli we tried to grow last year failed – even sadder since it’s one of the staple crops grown locally! 😛
Bummer about the broccoli, but hopefully next year is a big broccoli year for you guys and it grows double in size!
You can’t beat the salty MSG-laden chicken and broccoli at Chinese restaurants. I can polish one off in one sitting. Pinning this!
Me too Katie.. and now I can do it at home!
Love this!! We will definitely be putting this on our menu at home, soon. Thanks for sharing this great idea!
Great to hear Dan, enjoy!
WOW! so yummy – my mouth is watering! I love this and love broccoli – so excited to try this recipe.
thanks for sharing – it’s making me so hungry. I can’t wait to grow broccoli this fall. love it!
love the pics!
you’re the best!
Mel
Thanks Mel! Enjoy your broccoli! We just started our seedlings the other day… can’t wait for the next Fall batch. 🙂
I have tried to replicate chinese takeout and failed, unlike you I gave up and order in. This sounds exactly right and I am going to be making it quicker than picking up the phone and ordering. So glad you perservered. Saved!!
Super happy to hear Suzanne! I tried many recipes but they just never worked out… until this one… then it all changed. Thank you chicken and broccoli!
I LOVE LOVE your blog xx this looks gorgeous, and would taste even better with home grown veggies x
It’s YUMMY!
I always order chicken and broccoli for takeout. I have to try to make this at home! It looks delicious.
Let me know if you try it Sally, enjoy!
Yummy! So much fresher and healthier than take-out and a great use of all your gorgeous broccoli!
Thanks Tracy! It has turned into one of our favorite meals!
Pamela – I stir-fry all the time since it’s what I grew up with but I still have so much to learn when it comes to the sauces. I recently just checked out the Chinese take-out cookbook. It’s a riot since I’m Chinese myself but don’t know how to make any of that stuff! Takeout is so convenient but lately, it’s been so much more rewarding (healthier) cooking and eating at home! I love broccoli too. : )
I have to check out the cookbook, thanks for the tip! I love takeout Chinese but afterwards I always feel so guilty. I hope you try this dish and like it! 🙂
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Looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Great pics and amazing recipe. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Can this be done with beef and broccoli too? Would you make any adjustments to the recipe if using beef?
Hey Nicole, I would try it the same way – let me know how it works out!
Forgot to write back until now cuz we just made it with chicken. Both were delish! The beef needed a little. More soy sauce. This time with chicken I decided to see what it was like without flour so to thicken I cooked some squash and mashed it into the sauce. It came out just as good. Also used honey and balsamic vinegar since I didn’t have rice vinegar or sugar. Have you ever made lo mein w/ soba noodles?
I was having a pregnancy craving for chicken and broccoli and did not want to order out for the sheer unknown methods most places use. I have to say this was amazing and now I have an easy recipe to add to my favorites. The best part; my children loved it too! Thanks!
Thanks for letting me know Brandy, and I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it! It has definitely become a recipe favorite of mine! No more take-out! 🙂
How about in white sauce. That’s my favorite ! Do have a recipe for that ?
Hey Dyani – stay tuned for this, it’s actually something I’m working on! 🙂
Looks awesome! Would I be able to omit the green peppers and peas?
Absolutely! Enjoy! 🙂
PAM! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECIPE! I just made it tonight with just sugar snap peas and sesame seeds! It is such a great recipe, look forward to trying out more recipes from your website!
Sounds like a delicious dinner Steph, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I made this recipe last night for our family and THANK YOU for it. It was so delicious. The brown sauce was just perfect and my daughter couldn’t get enough. I’m looking forward to finding more recipes on your site!
Hi Amy, thanks for letting me know you tried and enjoyed it! It’s hands down one of my favorite recipes!
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Making this right now! Can’t wait to try it. Almost royally messed up bought rice vinegar by mistake! Had to remake the sauce hope it comes out okay with a dash of reg wine.
Enjoy Des, hope you enjoy it for dinner!
I love this recipe. Can you substitute shrimp for chicken in this recipe?
Thank You
I think that would work great and be very delicious!
OMG! This was awesome. I made it for the first time tonight. I could not find rice wine, so I substituted rice vinegar and added a tsp of honey. My family ate everything. This is great for us, my son has severe food allergies so ordering chinese happens very rarely. Everyone has demanded that this be added to meal rotation. Quick, simple, easy, delish!
Hi Hope, I’m so happy you guys enjoyed this and it was a family hit! Thanks for stopping in and letting me know! Enjoy!
This is the best thing I’ve ever made. You’re awesome.
That makes me happy to hear Mickey!
Totally amazing:))) I made this last week and it was a huge hit. I cant believe how fast and easy it was to make. Tonight I am trying it with beef. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
Happy to hear Jenn! I bet the beef version is going to be a hit too!
This recipe looks great. I’m curious about the baking soda in the marinade: what does it do/add?
It tenderizes the meat (basically denaturing the proteins) and helps form a little tasting coating when you cook the chicken. It’s a key ingredient in Chinese cooking. Enjoy!
Can’t wait to try it! Thanks!
Thanks so much for this recipe! Just made it last night and it turned out so much better than I expected! So simple and delicious, and right on the mark of what you would order from Chinese take-out places, minus the MSG of course :). I did add a few more garlic cloves and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes in the sauce since I usually like this dish to be extra garlic-y and spicy, and it came out superb. Thanks again!
So happy to hear you enjoyed Becks! Thanks for stopping by and letting me know!
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My wife is a really picky eater and she LOVES takeout. I tried this recipe tonight and wowsers. She absolutely loved it as did I. Your directions made it very easy to follow. I put the mixture on top of some brown rise. Thanks so much for posting this!
So happy you and your wife enjoyed it Eli! Thanks for leaving a comment! 🙂
Thank you for this recipe. I tried it tonight and it was delicious!! Everyone cleaned their bowls and went back for more.
Happy to hear you all enjoyed Shannon!
Made this and it is better than local chinese joints. Thank you for sharing.
So happy you enjoyed Kara!
This recipe is perfect – the sauce is so sweet and thick, although I did have an issue with the flour in my sauce mix going a bit lumpy. I might mix this seperately with a tablespoon of water next time before adding it to the rest of the dish. I also added some yellow pepper and brown onion in place of the other greens.
Yum, sounds delicious Jason! I’m happy you enjoyed this dish!
Thanks for your awesome recipe my family loved it! I did improvised a bit adding a whole squeezed orange and veggies were broccoli, carrots and portobello mushrooms and it was so good. Thanks
That sounds great Georgina – glad you guys liked it!
Best EVER!!!!!!! IT TASTED WONDERFUL AND WAS EASY TO MAKE! I loved it.
So happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
I made this Chinese style and it was amazing! I will be making this dish quite often now! Will make shrimp and broccoli next time…I was excited that it turned out so well!
So happy you enjoyed this dish Flora!
Holy cow!! I have never found a recipe that I liked. This one is BETTER than the restaurant by me, and that place is really yummy. So glad if found this 🙂 thanks for posting!
Hey Melissa, that makes me so happy to hear! Glad you enjoyed the dish!
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Tasty! I tried your recipe tonight and it turned out great, exactly like carry out Chinese, only better! In case it is helpful to someone I’ll mention that I didn’t have sesame oil but peanut oil worked great and also I didn’t have Rice Wine but substituted Rice vinegar and that worked fine too! Also I was cooking for four hungry adults and so I doubled the recipe, everyone had a very generous serving and we have one portion left over for tomorrow, yum! Thanks so much for posting this tasty recipe, we’re sure to make it again.
So glad you enjoyed Alyssa! Thanks for letting everyone know about those substitutions, I’m sure they will help others! Enjoy those leftovers. 🙂
This recipe is amazing!!! I just tried it and it taste even better than actual Chinese takeout! You’re a genius!
High 5! So happy you enjoyed it!
Fantastically good and pretty easy to make. Great recipe!
Awesome, glad you liked it Joe!
Do you use light or dark soy sauce?
I use the general supermarket kind, Kikkoman Soy Sauce, which I believe is light.
Thank you so very much!! Making it tonight, wish me luck!!!
Enjoy Tracy!
Made it tonight – Delish
Thanks Doreen, glad you enjoyed it!
I get lots of recipes from the internet, but this is my first ever comment; this recipe is awesome! The first time I used zucchini (had lots from my tower garden) ; at that moment the recipe became a ‘keeper’. Last night we used broccoli; fantastic! I, too, love take out, but frequently the sauce is bland and/or the broccoli pieces are huge and thus aren’t flavored much. With water chestnuts and mushrooms, instead of the veggies, this would be a great version of Garlic Chicken. Thanks much for the recipe. Now I am off to look at the rest of your site.
Hey Donna, thanks for the nice comment, it made my day. I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe, it’s one of my favorites and this is a good reminder to make it again this week! Sometimes depending on the garden goodies I use green beans and green peppers too, yummy!
Pamela, I just have to say that this recipe has to be one of my favorites! So easy to make and absolutely delicious!!
Hey Alyssa, thank you! I’m so happy you like this recipe so much!
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Doing this for the 2nd time! My husband loved the first try! One thing I did differently was to use frozen broccoli florets instead of fresh since I did not have any fresh broccoli. It worked well. Just poured the frozen broccoli in the skillet with the sauce
Thanks for that tip Sarah, perfect when you don’t have fresh broccoli on hand!
This was a great recipe! I added a handful of cashews at the end – more crunch – yum!
Glad you liked this recipe Paula. Love that extra crunch you added!
Just made this and it was extremely delicious. Even the 2 year old ate it!
That’s great to hear, glad it was such a hit!
Hi Pamela,
I just made your recipe and it was delicious! Didn’t have snap peas so I added onions, carrots and red, orange and yellow mini peppers ( no green) I also doubled the sauce. Love your step by step pictures/instructions….so easy. My hubby and daughter loved it too! I also love cooking Chinese and wanted to thank you for a new family favorite! I’ve never commented before but was so pleased with the results, I had to let you know. Looking forward to checking out more of your recipes!?
Hey Shelley, glad to hear it’s a hit in your house! My husband would go crazy for those onions you added in! Hope you stop by again! 🙂
I bet my boys will love this. They always want Chinese takeout! It looks delicious too!
Oooh this looks good! Dropping by from #FoodieFriDIY to say hi and share your delicious recipe! Thanks for linking up – hope to see you again this week!
No doubt
Actually, I was writing full comment but accidentally it got posted, sorry for this. So commenting again.
In childhood, my biggest enemy was green veggies, but after hitting teenage, I started facing problems like depression at the little age, doctor suggested to eat green veggies and I started excluding potatoes and including these healthy veggies.
Broccoli are one of the fantastic veggies and loaded with numerous benefits. This recipe is healthy and green peppers are always my favourite. Sorry for the mistake, but this is fantastic and I’m going try it. thanks, Pamela.
It’s also great if you dice up some fresh ginger to put in it too!
Any idea what calories are for this?
Love this recipe!
Outstanding dish- simple yet scrumptious !
Thanks Marcia! Glad you enjoyed it!
This was AMAZING.
I think I may have appeared to be like a pig at a trough eating the leftovers at work today. Ah well. Couldn’t help myself.
Hahaha Lindy, I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe – it’s one of my favorites!
I made this last night for my five year old grandson, Justice, who LOVES chicken with broccoli. I left out the peppers and sugar snap peas to make sure he would have no reason to protest b/c it looked different. WE ALL LOVED IT! Oh my goodness . . . so quick and easy. We normally take him out for Chinese, always to the same restaurant. I’ve made chicken for him one other time, and it was just okay, so I decided to give your recipe a try. Justice and my husband both said it is better than at the restaurant! 🙂 Thank you for the recipe. It’s definitely a keeper. I served it with P.F. Chang’s mini chicken spring rolls; they were also a huge hit!
Hey Connie, I’m so happy to hear this recipe was a hit for your family, especially with Justice! Keep on enjoying!
Delicious!! My son said it is better than takeout! Yay!
Hey Erin, that makes me so happy to hear! I’m glad it was a hit!
This looks so delicious! I love broccoli but I am far less healthy than you when ordering Chinese takeaway! I’ve pinned this and will make it soon.
Sounds delicious – and much healthier than ordering it!
I love your broccoli addiction! This looks so fresh and just as good as a takeout.
Pinned!! Sounds amazing!!
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I must say this looks absolutely delicious and so good for you! Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop.
Love it! Will have to remember that sauce.
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I love Chinese food, and broccoli is one of my fav veggies so this will definitely be on the menu this week. It sounds delicious Pamela
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I’ve attempted to cook chicken and broccoli a handful of times in the past but failed miserably:( I had almost given up until I found your recipe which I must say F’ing nailed it!!!!! I had all of the ingredients except rice wine so I used apple cider vinegar instead and crossed my fingers and was pleasantly surprised! Thanks, I will be adding this to my regular diet from now on:)
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Hope you enjoy the recipe Shannon!
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