Cast Iron Sesame Chicken and Broccoli
Sesame Chicken cooked with broccoli in a cast iron skillet
Ingredients
Sesame Sauce
- 1/2 cup sugar free ketchup
- 1/3 cup coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey maple syrup does not taste the same
- 1 tsp tahini or cashew butter
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp garlic
- 3 tbsp lakanto sweetner or coconut sugar
- 1/2 tbsp arrowroot starch
- 1 tbsp sweet chili sauce I use the pretty thai brand
Chicken
- 2 lbs chicken breast
- 12 oz fresh broccoli florets
- avocado oil spray
- 2-3 chopped green onions
- rice or rice noodles for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 and grease a large cast iron skillet with avocado oil.
- In a sauce pan, add the dressing ingredients on medium heat. Bring to a low boil, and then allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
- Place a cast iron skillet on medium high heat and allow to warm for a couple minutes.
- Place chicken breast on cast iron skillet and sear for about 2 minutes. Brush the chicken with a generous amount of sesame sauce.
- Flip the chicken over and brush the other side with sesame sauce while the other side of the chicken sears.
- Place the broccoli on top of the chicken in the skillet and place in the oven.
- Allow the broccoli and chicken to cook for about 18-20 minutes until chicken is cooked through and broccoli is roasted.
- Remove from the oven and serve with choice of rice, rice noodles, quinoa, etc. Add extra sesame sauce on top when serving. Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onions.
- Keep left overs in the fridge for 3-4 days in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Sugar: 4.2g