Tuesday, February 7, 2017

SESAME ORANGE CHICKEN AND SAUTEED BROCCOLI



Ingredients:
4-6 Chicken Breasts
1/3 cup Coconut Aminos (soy free “soy” sauce) or low sodium Soy Sauce
1/3 cup Honey
2 Tbsp fresh squeezed OJ
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 Tbsp sesame oil or healthy oil
2 tsp minced garlic
½ tsp ground ginger
¾ tsp sea salt
½ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ tsp cracked pepper
2 cups chopped broccoli
1 Tbsp healthy oil (coconut, avocado, Extra Virgin olive)
1 Tbsp sesame seeds

Place chicken on the bottom of your crockpot, place remaining ingredients in a bowl and whisk together. Pour over chicken.


Cook the chicken on low for 4-6 hours.


Remove chicken from sauce. Place chicken in bowl and shred with 2 forks. 


Remove ¾ of the sauce and transfer to a small pan. Put shredded chicken back in crockpot with remainder for sauce and turn crockpot off. 


Simmer sauce in small plan for 20 minutes until it reduces.


As sauce in simmering, heat oil in sauté pan. Place 2 cups of chopped broccoli in pan. Stir and cook for 5-7 minutes.


Serve together over brown rice, sprinkle with sesame seeds and enjoy!

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