Honey Garlic Chicken and Green Beans

Super flavorful Honey Garlic Chicken and Green Beans make the proper weeknight meal smothered in a scrumptious sauce that tastes means higher than take-out!  Serve over rice and have dinner in your desk in beneath half-hour! 

I like one pan dinners and this honey garlic rooster and inexperienced bean recipe is the proper meal to make your loved ones on these busy weeknights! Tender, juicy rooster and crisp inexperienced beans cooked to perfection all drizzled with essentially the most scrumptious honey garlic sauce. This meal tastes nice served over rice and even this cauliflower fried rice!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Healthy, flavorful and prepared in beneath half-hour!
• This honey garlic sauce is AMAZING!  The excellent quantity of sweetness with none refined sugar.
• Easily customizable with quite a lot of veggies and protein.
• Made multi functional pan for straightforward clean-up!

Ingredients You’ll Need

• rooster – you’ll want about 3 boneless skinless rooster breasts reduce into 1-inch items, however you can use boneless skinless rooster thighs and even floor rooster, floor turkey or floor beef as effectively.
• inexperienced beans – ensure to make use of recent trimmed inexperienced beans and not canned on this recipe.
• olive oil – I like to make use of an excellent olive oil to cook dinner the rooster and inexperienced beans.  Doesn’t should be costly, simply ensure it’s cold-pressed and natural for essentially the most taste. You might additionally use sesame oil, avocado oil or butter.
• soy sauce – I at all times use low-sodium soy sauce as I discover that common soy sauce could make dishes too salty. You might additionally swap the soy sauce with tamari or coconut aminos to make this gluten-free or paleo.
• rooster broth – for extra savory depth of taste.
• honey – the star of this sauce that provides sweetness with out utilizing refined sugars and makes a pleasant glaze.  You might additionally swap the honey with maple syrup and even brown sugar in the event you don’t have honey readily available.
• garlic + ginger – recent garlic and recent ginger are undoubtedly greatest on this dish.
• arrowroot powder – (or cornstarch) that is what the rooster items are dredged in and creates a lightweight, crispy coating that soaks up the flavors of the yummy sauce. We’re additionally utilizing somewhat to thicken up this sauce.
• spices – mixture of garlic powder, onion powder, kosher salt and pepper to season the rooster. I additionally like so as to add a pinch of pink pepper flakes for somewhat warmth.
• inexperienced onions – provides taste and a pop of shade to the dish. You might additionally add in herbs equivalent to recent parsley, basil or cilantro.
• sesame seeds – optionally available garnish

How to Make Honey Garlic Chicken and Green Beans

1. Prepare the rooster. Cut the rooster into 1-inch cubes. Mix collectively 1 tablespoon of arrowroot powder, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper then toss with the rooster ensuring every bit is flippantly coated.
2. Cook the rooster.  In a big skillet over medium-high warmth, drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil to coat the pan.  Once the pan is scorching, add the rooster items in a fair layer.  Season with salt and pepper and cook dinner till flippantly golden brown, about 4 to five minutes, stirring the rooster as wanted.  Once the rooster is cooked, switch to a plate and put aside.
3. Sauté the inexperienced beans.  Drizzle one other tablespoon of olive oil onto the recent skillet, add the inexperienced beans and season with somewhat salt and pepper.  Saute the inexperienced beans for about 6 minutes till they start to get somewhat char and are tender, however nonetheless crisp.  We don’t need floppy inexperienced beans! 
4. Make the sauce. While issues are cooking, whisk collectively the rooster broth, soy sauce, honey, garlic and ginger in a small bowl. Separately, whisk collectively 2 teaspoons arrowroot powder (or cornstarch) together with 2 teaspoons of water and combine till clean. Set apart.
5. Everything within the skillet. Once the inexperienced beans are good and tender, add the rooster again into the pan and combine collectively.  Pour the honey garlic sauce over prime, add within the arrowroot combination to assist thicken up the sauce, and stir effectively ensuring all the pieces is coated. Bring the sauce to a boil then flip down the warmth and let all the pieces simmer till the sauce has thickened up and all the pieces is included. 
6. Serve. Top with sliced inexperienced onions (aka scallions) and sprinkle on some sesame seeds. Serve over brown rice or cauliflower rice and get pleasure from!

Variations

• Protein – swap up the protein and strive making this with shrimp, salmon and even tofu
• Veggies – really feel price to make use of no matter veggies you’d like. Broccoli, asparagus, zucchini, snap peas, carrots, and peppers all make nice choices.
• Make it spicy – in the event you like an excellent quantity of warmth, be happy so as to add somewhat sriracha or Sambal Oelek to the sauce. You might additionally add some pink pepper flakes.

Prepping and Storage

Leftovers will last as long as 4 to five days within the fridge saved in a sealed, hermetic container. You can reheat the rooster and inexperienced beans in a skillet or microwave.   Trust me once I say, this meal tastes even higher the subsequent day so it’s an excellent recipe for meal prep!

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