Soy Sauce Chicken Thighs with Broccoli

Soy sauce ginger chicken thighs are a simple and easy one-pot meal for busy weeknights.

Boneless skinless chicken thighs are cooked with frozen broccoli in a simple sauce of brown sugar, ginger and soy sauce. This recipe can be served with rice, quinoa, pasta or mashed potatoes for an easy filling meal.

Why We Love This Recipe

• With just a few simple ingredients, this recipe is easy and healthy. Perfect for busy weeknights!
• It couldn't be simpler to prepare, everything is cooked in one pot.
• Only 5 ingredients are needed! The perfect no-fuss meal.
• It's cheap to make using inexpensive ingredients.
• Adding rice, quinoa, pasta or mashed sweet potatoes will help feed hungry families.
• This recipe is part of our free MEAL PLAN series. Inside I share 5 delicious printable recipes, a free meal plan, grocery list, and cooking video showing how to make them all. Click here to see the free Meal Plan!
• For more one-pot recipes try our one-pot spaghetti with ground beef, one-pot taco pasta, or the cheesy one-pot chicken burrito bowl.

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Recipe Ingredients

Ingredients here are simple and easy. When mixed together you get a simple one-pot recipe. Here’s an overview of what you’ll need with variations:

• CHICKEN: 1 lb of boneless skinless chicken thighs is used as the base of this recipe.
• BROCCOLI: A bag of frozen broccoli florets keeps things simple. The frozen broccoli can be added straight to the pot to cook.
• SAUCE: Soy sauce is mixed with water, brown sugar, cornstarch and ginger powder.
• VARIATIONS: Any style of chicken will work for this recipe. Swap broccoli for a bag of frozen vegetables. Or use fresh broccoli instead. Try chopped asparagus, bell pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms or sweet potatoes. Instead of making the sauce, you can swap with a jar of store-bought teriyaki and ½ cup water.

How To Make Soy Sauce Ginger Chicken Thighs with Broccoli

This easy recipe can be made really fast. Just mix the sauce and saute everything in the same pot. Here's a quick overview with full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

1. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a bowl.
2. In a large pot, sear the chicken thighs on each side.
3. Add the broccoli and sauce and mix together. Cover and let simmer until broccoli is tender-crisp.
4. Add chicken and broccoli to a serving dish. Mix in cornstarch with the leftover sauce to thicken.
5. Serve with rice, pasta or quinoa. Drizzle sauce over top of everything.

Leftover chicken and broccoli can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. This recipe can be reheated in the microwave easily. Heat the chicken under the broiler for 1-2 minutes to help it crispen up.

Recipe Tips

• This recipe is easy to adapt. Use chopped chicken breast or shredded store-bought rotisserie chicken. Substitute it for ground meat. Swap broccoli for any bag of frozen vegetables. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top. Add different veggies like tomatoes, onions, asparagus, and carrots. Basically, you can use this recipe as a guide but create your own unique variation.
• Prep some cooked rice in advance to serve with this recipe. Prepping in a rice cooker can help to save time. You can also serve with pasta, mashed potatoes or toast.
• The broccoli can be swapped with any frozen or fresh vegetables you'd like! You could try asparagus, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, bell pepper or mushrooms.

More Chicken Thigh Recipes

• Chicken Thighs with Root Vegetables is an easy dinner cooked all on one sheet pan.
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• Oven Fried Chicken only needs 3 ingredients!
• Chicken Thighs In Mushroom Sauce are cooked in one pot.