Sesame Teriyaki Chicken Broccoli.. thingie.

Interesting name, huh. WELL THAT'S WHAT IT IS. This is one of my favorite quick meals, and it's pretty good. I always make a lot and enjoy leftovers far far too much. I also take some creative liberties with the recipe but I'll post the original one for you and let you go nuts with it like I do. Soooo easy. It has chicken and broccoli, my favorite vegetable. The main ingredient for the sauce is Kraft Asian Toasted Sesame dressing. I love that stuff. It is great. And if you have a problem with that, BEGONE, FOOD SNOBS. I don't need your kind round my kitchen! I happen to have bachelor friends who could use quick easy meals like this that are also yummy! *shakes fist*

So anyway.

You need: Broccoli! Chicken! Kraft Asian Sesame dressing (or something similar from another brand, I haven't seen any myself), soy sauce, a nice thick happy teriyaki sauce, garlic powder, crushed red pepper flakes and noodles or rice. The recipe calls for ground ginger but I couldn't find a small one at the store and I didn't really care that much.

Cut up your broccoli and your chicken! By the way, I found my knife sharpener and after using it on my poor chef's knife that was having issues just cutting through the skins on bell peppers, holy cow. Like a whole new knife again. Let me tell you, using a sharp knife, a REALLY sharp knife, to cut your raw chicken makes it so fast. I was done in like 4 minutes. Or less. Pewpewpew. That's my glass cutting board in the above picture, I use it for raw meat as it doesn't tend to soak things up like wood or plastic does. Remember to wash your stuff right away after handling raw chicken!

Then you make your sauce by putting the dressing, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, garlic powder and crushed red pepper flakes in a bowl.

Then look at that tiny amount of sauce and go "What the HELL" and get CRAZY.

Like me.

YEAH. Now that's some sauce, baby. Okay explaining. The recipe calls for 1/3 of a package of pasta, I always make a whole box so at minimum I triple the sauce recipe. And then I get even crazier and start mixing sauce components in at random till it tastes good. Oh and I do not triple the soy sauce. Just the teriyaki and dressing. Really, just have fun with it, but don't add too much at once. You can always add more, you can't take it away.

Cook your chicken pieces in a skillet over medium high heat, or whatever. Just cook them.

Your pasta should be boiling while this is going on, and for the last 3 or 4 minutes of cooking time on your pasta water, add your cut up broccoli.

Pour your sauce over your cooked chicken and let it bubble away while you finish up with your pasta and broccoli.

Drain your pasta and broccoli!

Look at that color. God, I love broccoli so much. But not raw. For some reason. I could probably eat cooked broccoli every day of the week though.

Then, uh well. You can do this several ways, whichever leaves you with the most space. If you used a biiiig skillet, dump the pasta and broccoli onto your chicken and sauce and toss it around carefully. Or add the pasta and broccoli back into your pot if you have the space and dump the chicken over it and toss it carefully. Or just pour it all into a huge serving bowl, whatever works for you.

I love this dish. It's not haute cuisine but I do love it. I have woken up in the middle of the night to go sit at the kitchen table and play ds and eat these leftovers. Cold. They are so good. Make sure you make enough sauce if you up your pasta. You could even make the broccoli without the noodles and just serve it over rice instead. I'm a noodle fanatic though (as much as I love rice), and I have always made it with long pasta.

Here's the recipe (which is a merging of two INCREDIBLY similar recipes from the kraft what's cooking magasine) with the original amounts. Feel free to have fun with it.

Sesame Teriyaki Chicken Broccoli thingie!

• 3 cups broccoli florets (I did more than 3 cups but I looove broccoli)
• 1/3 of a box of angel hair pasta (or your favorite pasta)
• 1 lb of boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into small pieces
• 1/4 cup of asian sesame dressing
• 1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

 Cook pasta as directed on package, adding broccoli to boiling water for last 3-4 minutes of cooking time.

Add (or don't) a little oil to a nonstick skillet, heating over medium high heat. Add chicken; cook 6-8 minutes, or until cooked through, stirring occasionally.

While chicken is cooking, add dressing, teriyaki, soy, and your spices to a bowl and mix. (You can also just add it all straight to the chicken but I like my spices mixed in well)

Pour over chicken, stir around and let bubble over medium low heat for 2 minutes or until your pasta and broccoli are done.

Drain pasta and broccoli, and mix together with chicken in pan, pot or large serving bowl.

Not exactly a low sodium dish but still tasty. :3 Enjoy!