Description
Air Fryer Chicken Broccoli Meal Prep brings you crispy air fryer chicken and tender broccoli for easy meal prep and batch cooking. It’s a healthy chicken broccoli bowls recipe that fits perfectly with real life and busy schedules.
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger grated
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar more if you like it sweet
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1/2 of an orange juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 tablespoon arrowroot powder or cornstarch
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 cups broccoli florets
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, toasted sesame oil, garlic, ginger, brown sugar, sesame seeds, orange juice, and water in a medium saucepan.
- Stir arrowroot powder with 1 tablespoon water to create a slurry, then add it to the saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and simmer the sauce for about 5 minutes until it thickens, then remove it from the heat and let it cool to room temperature.
- Place chicken breasts between parchment sheets and pound to 1/2 inch thickness, then cut into 1 inch pieces.
- Preheat the air fryer to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Toss half of the teriyaki sauce with chicken pieces in a large bowl and arrange them evenly in the air fryer basket. Cook chicken for 6 to 8 minutes.
- In the same bowl, mix broccoli florets with remaining sauce, adding more if needed.
- Add broccoli to the air fryer basket with the chicken for the last 2 to 3 minutes of cooking.
- Serve chicken and broccoli over rice topped with remaining sauce, and enjoy.
Notes
- If possible, marinate chicken and broccoli in teriyaki sauce for 1 to 3 hours or overnight for best flavor
- You can cook chicken and broccoli together in a large air fryer but watch closely as broccoli cooks faster
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: Asian American
Nutrition
- Calories: 402kcal
- Sugar: 48g
- Sodium: 745mg
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g + 4g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Carbohydrates: 63g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 61g
- Cholesterol: 145mg