My good friend Michelle Remulla gave me this magazine called The Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks featuring sensational stir-fries several years ago when we came over their house. I was browsing through it and I told her that I was interested in learning how to cook stir-fry dishes and she told me to just take it home. It took me another year before I actually got to try any of the recipes and some of them became meal favorites.
This recipe I’m going to share with you was originally published as Chicken and Cashews with broccoli but I don’t really follow all the ingredients like leeks and cashews. No particular reason, really, only that when I write down my menu for the week and do my groceries, I like buying ingredients that I use for multiple dishes. It’s more economical that way. And since I don’t have leeks and cashews in other dishes, most of the time, I don’t buy them. Sometimes I just add celery which I use for many of our meals just like in the photo I posted above.
Anyway, here’s my simpler version of the dish. Enjoy!
Ingredients for Stir-fried Chicken with broccoli
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1/4 kilo of Chicken fillets chopped coursely into small pieces
1 medium carrot sliced thinly
Broccoli
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon of cornflour
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
How to prepare stir-fried chicken and broccoli
1. Heat some of the oil on the pan. Stir-fry the chicken in batches till brown. Set aside.
2. Stir-fry garlic with the strips of carrots and broccoli.
3. Add in the chicken.
4. In a bowl, mix a teaspoon of cornflour with one cup of water. Pour the mixture into the pan.
5. Pour in the chicken stock.
6. Add the oyster sauce and mix.
7. Stir until the mixture boils and thicken slightly. Serve.
Everybody’s favorite
I love serving stir-fry as a whole because it’s easy to find the ingredients in the local supermarkets. There’s a pretty good range of brands for oyster sauce that you can choose from. I choose Mama Sitas because it’s a brand I grew up with in our very own kitchen.
Broccoli and carrots are also very quick to find in SM Supermarkets and you can get cornflour from the neighborhood store in case you run out of it. Chicken Fillets are pretty popular so there’s always some ready-made ones at the chicken station.
My husband loves it, our kids love it.
And best of all, because of it, my kids eat broccoli.
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Sounds yummy! I do that too! I don’t always follow recipea, I use ingredients that my family will eat. Saves money and less wastage. 🙂
This seems quick to make… will have to try this one. Anything you can suggest to substitute the oyster sauce, my son is allergic to oyster… (unless thats just a name… I see it in Korean stores where I am I have to look at it the label) Thanks for this post.. Yum
Hi Cecil.You can check this link for suggestions. But better to consult your son’s pediatrician before using anything for his food. 🙂
http://food52.com/hotline/19271-acceptable-substitute-for-oyster-sauce
It looks really delish.. I am a fan of dishes with oyster sauce..
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I’ve got a couple more recipes using oyster sauce. Will post someday soon. 🙂
Ohhh, we love stir fry at our house. I stir fry whenever I need to cook something fast. This is one recipe I gotta try soon.
would love to exchange notes with you! 🙂 share your stir fry recipes soon!
oh my. i’m definitely gonna give this one a try. i just moved in my own new place and i can’t wait to do things on my own 😉
you can easily do this! Great for sharing too. 🙂
oh wow! i always got it wrong with the cornstarch so sometimes I avoid adding them. I love stir fry and i love brocs!
Just add more water if you want to keep it in the pan a bit longer.:)
We do this too when we get tired of having beef with broccoli!
i love beef with broccoli too! but it takes longer to prepare. 🙂
I agree, stir fry is everyone’s favorite. My family version is with thin slices of beef
thanks jaja.
Great recipe! I really don’t cook (my husband does sometimes *LOL*) but this seems to be a pretty simple dish if i ever attempt to :D…
you’d be surprised at how easy many of our favorite dishes are. i was intimidated too before, until i calmed down and read the recipes slowly…hahaha
That looks super good! I love broccoli! Gonna try this recipe out when I’m done with meatless lent. 🙂
I was thinking nga of that, haha. That you’re on a meat-less diet season.:)
It’s actually great that thru this dish, your kids eat brocolli! Great points for healthy eating! Definitely trying this one out 🙂
I love anything stir-fry because it’s so easy to prepare.
Mukhang madali lang siya lutuin, tama? Gusto ko siyang i-try for my husband para naman maging a wife from heaven na ang tingin niya sa akin. Hehehe! I seriously need a cooking lesson. Pritong hotdog lang kaya kong lutuin na perfect eh. 🙁
hahaha! yes, easy to follow. 🙂 kayang kaya mo yan. ako din, di din naman ako mahusay na kusinera…nag fifeeling lang pag nakakachamba LOL
We always have this kind of dish here in Thailand. The oyster sauce makes a whole lot of difference. …yummy and delicious.
I actually have a bunch of stuff here for other stir-fry dishes but I haven’t been able to use them yet. The ones with the oyster sauce seem the easiest to put together. 🙂
Gives me an idea with broccoli! I usually just steam them or put them in chopsuey but I think it’s a wonderful idea to cook it with chicken 🙂
I am totally sold on this recipe! I love food especially stir-fry.
Looks so yummy! And very healthy too! 🙂 Broccoli is very rich in calcium 🙂
yes it is. 🙂 thanks Samantha Isabel. 🙂