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गुरुवार, 26 अगस्त 2021

Amazing Hoisin Chicken With Broccoli

Stir-fried chicken and broccoli are topped with a mouthwatering Hoisin sauce glaze in this super easy recipe. Loaded with amazing Cantonese flavor, hoisin chicken is going to become a new regular in your dinner rotation!

There is nothing better than a stir fry recipe sizzling with an Asian flavor. Korean beef, cashew chicken, and beef and broccoli stir-fries are more of my favorites that you should most definitely try!

Stir-fried hoisin chicken and broccoli served over rice.

Easy Hoisin Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

This tasty recipe showcases juicy cuts of chicken and fresh broccoli blanketed in homemade hoisin sauce! If you haven’t already seen my hoisin sauce post, I am here to tell you that this sauce is everything you need in your life right now. Super popular in Cantonese cooking, it begins with a soy sauce base. Then, we add stellar flavors like garlic, sriracha, sesame, and a secret ingredient- peanut butter! The result is a thick, glossy glaze bursting with notes of spicy, savory, sweet, and a whole lot of mouthwatering creaminess. You can easily make this sauce at home to use for a variety of dishes! At my house, we have been loving hoisin sauce for dipping, marinating, and layering on rice bowls.

My favorite use so far, though, has been using hoisin sauce in this delicious chicken stir fry with broccoli. I wish I could let you taste test a piece of this chicken right now through your screen. The creamy, thick sauce layers perfectly on top of your meat and veggies. Then, it sinks down into every nook and cranny, adding a punch of delicious, complex flavor to every bite! Combine that with tender broccoli and juicy chicken sizzled to a perfect golden brown. The result? A super easy meal with flavors rivaling your favorite Chinese takeout place! And if you are looking for more of that perfect takeout flavor, try my shrimp-fried rice and cashew chicken, too!

Ingredients for Hoisin Chicken With Broccoli

Because this recipe only takes a few ingredients to make, it is the perfect simple meal to whip up anytime! You can satisfy your cravings for Chinese takeout in your kitchen with ease! All individual measurements can be found in my recipe card below. Be sure to refer to my hoisin sauce recipe to craft your own batch at home!

Olive Oil: This is what will help both your broccoli and chicken cook up perfectly. Grapeseed and sunflower oil are other great substitutes.
Chicken Breasts: In this recipe, I use boneless and skinless chicken breasts. It makes it easier to cut into small pieces.
Salt and Pepper: Add these to taste!
Broccoli Florets: You can cut these into smaller pieces as needed. Want your broccoli super tender? See my tips on blanching below!
Hoisen Sauce: The star of the show! You can use store-bought hoisen sauce, but my recommendation is to make your own sauce at home. This way, you can customize the flavor to your liking!
Sesame Seeds and Green Onions: I use sesame seeds and green onions for garnish. They add a pop of texture and extra flavor!

Making the Best Hoisin Chicken Stir Fry

You are going to love how easy it is to make this tasty one-pan meal! You can’t go wrong with this staple recipe. It is the perfect way to add incredible Asian flavor to weeknight dinners- minus the effort.

Prep Skillet and Cook Chicken: In a medium sized skillet heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add the chicken and salt and pepper. Cook until no longer pink in the center. Remove and set aside on a plate.
Cook Broccoli Until Tender: Add the broccoli and cook for about 3-4 minutes until they are tender.
Mix in Sauce and Chicken: Add in the chicken and hoisin sauce. Heat until cooked throughout.
Serve: Serve over rice and garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.

Process shots of stir-frying meat and vegetables.

What to Serve Your Hoisin Chicken With

The best way to serve up a delicious Chinese entrée is with delicious sides! These are super simple recipes that won’t keep you slaving away in the kitchen. A lot of them utilize the air fryer for easy, hands-off cooking! You will love the flavors these all have and how they complete your meal.

Appetizers

Amazing Chicken Potstickers

Side Dishes

Air Fryer Cream Cheese Wontons

Dinner

Crispy Air Fryer Egg Rolls

Appetizers

Shrimp Spring Rolls

Tips for Perfecting Your Stir Fry

A few simple tips, tricks, and cooking techniques can help you to upgrade your hoisin chicken stir fry. You can easily customize your meal to your liking! I know the end result will be irresistible!

Blanching Broccoli: It takes a few extra minutes of prep time, but for extra soft and tender broccoli you can blanch before adding them to your skillet! Simply add your broccoli to a pot of boiling water seasoned with salt. Cook for 2-3 minutes and drain. Once you stir fry them, the result will be more soft and delicious.
Get Your Pan Hot Enough: The key to sizzling, perfectly browned flavor is a hot pan. Make sure your pan and oil are completely hot before adding anything into your skillet. I recommend at least 5 minutes on high heat.
Cut Uniform Pieces: Making sure your vegetables and chicken are cut into small, uniform pieces will make everything cook through thoroughly and at the same rate. It allows your skillet to have more surface area and air flow.
Adding Spice: If you want more of a kick, you can add a dash of sriracha or chili flakes to your stir fry.
Adding Other Vegetables: Chopped onions, mushrooms, and bell peppers are more great veggies to throw in to this tasty stir fry! You can also add in more traditional vegetables like Chinese cabbage, bok choy, and radish.
Marinating Chicken: For chicken that is supremely tender and flavorful, you can marinate your chicken in hoisin sauce for 30 minutes before cooking.
Stir Often: Be sure to stir your ingredients often! This will keep the high heat of the pan from overcooking any of your ingredients.

Chicken and broccoli topped with sauce in a skillet.

Storing Leftover Hoisin Chicken With Broccoli

Chinese food is arguably one of the best cuisines for leftovers. It always tastes great, if not better when heated up the next day!

In the Refrigerator: Store your stir fry in an airtight container. It will keep for up to 4 days.
Reheating: Stir fries are best reheated on the stove. Add a bit of oil and then cook until warmed through on low to medium heat. Serve over rice or noodles for a quick and tasty lunch!

Hoisin Chicken

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine Asian American

Keyword hoisin chicken, hoisin sauce chicken

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings people

Calories 176kcal

Author Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Olive oil
1 pound boneless skinless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces
salt and pepper
2 cups broccoli florets
1 cup hoisin sauce about 1 cup Hoisen sauce
sesame seeds and chopped green onions for garnish

Instructions

In a medium-sized skillet heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and salt and pepper. Cook until no longer pink in the center. Remove and set aside on a plate.
Add the broccoli and cook for about 3-4 minutes until they are tender.
Add in the chicken and hoisin sauce. Heat until cooked throughout. Serve over rice and garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.

Nutrition

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बुधवार, 25 अगस्त 2021

Homemade Caramel Sauce

This homemade caramel sauce is straight from heaven! Its ooey-gooey, deliciously sweet flavor will have you over the moon excited, especially when you realize that you can add this to just about anything!

Made from only a few ingredients, this caramel sauce is super easy to make and will impress even the toughest of critics. If you love caramel sauce as much as I do, try drizzling it on cupcakes, ice cream, and brownies and you can thank me later!

Caramel being dipped into a jar with a spoon.

Homemade Caramel (and Why It’s the Best!)

The fall is creeping up on us which means we are about to get full-on apples and pumpkins with all the best recipes! Every time I make this homemade caramel recipe, I can’t help but start making a long list of things that I can add this to. It’s so delicious that I literally try and add it into everything! I make this all the time and because it can be used so much! I suggest that you save yourself some time and make a few batches of this recipe! Then, you can have some available to you all season long!

Homemade caramel sauce is so yummy and this recipe takes the cake! It is the perfect texture and consistency and ranks high on my list of favorite sauces. Its taste is sweet and creamy and has a delightfully rich flavor. My kids love getting apples and dipping them in this (and there are the apples popping up that I was talking about! Hello Fall!). Drizzling it on any of your favorite desserts or using it in any recipes that call for caramel in them is why it’s a great idea to have extra of this on hand. I know that you will use it!

Caramel Sauce Ingredients

This recipe only uses a few ingredients and with this caramel, you don’t have to be cooking all day! It’s very easy and can be made from start to finish in just a few minutes! See the recipe card below for a list of full measurements.

Water: The water will be mixed with the sugar to create a “wet caramel” base so that the sugar doesn’t burn.
Sugar: Used with the water as a sweet base.
Light corn syrup: This ingredient is important because it keeps your caramel from getting grainy and crystalizing.
Salt: Use regular table salt or kosher salt in this recipe. If you are using a larger salt, add more to taste. This recipe should work with any salt.
Heavy cream: Put your heavy cream in the fridge before using it in this recipe. You can also use light whipping cream but don’t use milk!
Vanilla extract: Adds in a little sweetness and this really helps bring out the sweet flavor of the other ingredients.
Butter: Make sure to use unsalted butter.

How to Make the Best Caramel Recipe

Set aside 15-20 minutes and you will have yourself a go-to homemade caramel sauce that you will always want to have on hand. It’s so easy that you will have yourself wondering where this has been all of your life!

Mix and stir: In a medium sized (3-4 quarts) heavy bottomed sauce pan with tall sides, add the water, sugar, corn syrup and salt. Turn the head on to medium high heat and stir constantly with a wooden spoon or heat proof spatula until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Watch and SWIRL: Once the mixture is boiling, stop stirring and watch closely until it turns an amber color. It may take about 10 minutes, but the change will happen fairly quickly. If it appears to be turning darker in one area much faster than the rest, gently swirl the whole pot. DON’T STIR IT! Stirring will cause the caramel to crystalize and it will become unusable.
Stir and pour: Once it is a medium amber color, reduce the heat to medium-low and very carefully and slowly stir in the heavy cream. The mixture will bubble and steam significantly. Continue stirring until the mixture reaches 230° (soft ball) and then remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla and butter. Pour into a heat proof glass container and let cool completely.
Reheat: To reheat for serving, heat in 20 second intervals in the microwave.

Tips For Homemade Caramel Sauce

Caramel can be finicky when you are cooking it but once you give it a go, you will understand why a couple of things are so important to do (or not to do) when cooking it. Here are some tips that will help you get it just right on your first try!

Don’t stir the pot: Caramel is a fickle thing. A single crystal of granulated sugar can ruin a whole batch of caramel. Utensils are magnets for sugar crystals. If you stir your caramel with a utensil before you add the cream, you run the risk of introducing a sugar crystal into it. This means you will have to start all over! Instead carefully swirl the whole pot to stir your caramel around.
Corn syrup: Adding a couple tablespoons of light corn syrup will help your caramel avoid crystalizing. It can’t protect it 100% from sugar crystals, but it makes the likelihood that your caramel will crystalize a lot lower.
Amber color: Waiting for the deeper amber color is a game of patience, but it has a big pay off! Adding the cream too soon creates a pale caramel that is lacking the deep caramel color that you want!
Don’t overcook: Use a candy thermometer to cook the syrup until it just reaches 230 degrees. Cooking it any longer will make the caramel sauce thicker than you want.
Small batches: I suggest making a few seperate batches rather than doubling or tripling the recipe. The added volume can stop the sugar from melting evenly.

Carmamel Variations

Homemade caramel sauce is a versatile, delectable treat that can be added to so many dishes and desserts! Here are some ideas of how you can use this amazing sauce!

Salted Caramel: If you would like to make a salted caramel sauce, increase the salt to 1 tsp. If you still want it more salty, you can add more to taste.
Dip: You can use this to dip pretzels, apples, bananas, (any kind of fruit really) and it adds such a fun taste!
Drizzle: I love to drizzle this on ice cream or brownies or cake…. Have I convinced you of how amazing it is yet?

Storing Easy Caramel Sauce

Caramel sauce is a wonderful addition to late-night ice cream treats! Keep it in your fridge for in-between snacking. It can last a few weeks… if you can resist and make it last that long!

Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks. Reheat in the microwave in 20 second intervals before serving.
Countertop: I dont suggest storing this on the counter. You can store it on the counter in an airtight container but the shelf life is drastically reduced to 3 days.
Freezer: Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator. Then, warm it right up in the microwave (20 seconds at a time, stirring in between).

Homemade Caramel Sauce

Course Dessert, Sauce

Cuisine American

Keyword caramel sauce, homemade caramel sauce

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings cups

Calories 1029kcal

Author Alyssa Rivers