One Pot Creamy Chicken and Broccoli
A simple, delectable one-pot meal perfect for a mid-week dinner. It features a generous helping of cheese, contributing to your daily dairy intake.
Ingredients
Chicken seasoning
- (500 g) chicken fillet, cut into stewing pieces
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp mixed herbs
- salt
- cooking oil
- 1 broccoli head, cut into small florets
Creamy cheese sauce
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
- (100 g) butter
- 4 tbsp flour
- (250 ml) cream
- (250 ml) cream milk
- 1 cup cheese, grated
- 100g feta cheese, to sprinkle on to before serving
Instructions
- Season the cut chicken fillets with the chicken seasoning mixture.
- Heat some oil in a pan.
- Once the oil is heated fry the chicken fillets in the pan. Browning on both sides, about 5 minutes then remove the chicken and set aside.
- In the same pan add some more oil, then add the chopped onions and sauté till the onions cook and become transparent.
- Once the onions have cooked, add the garlic and continue to sauté for a couple of minutes, ensuring that the garlic does not burn.
- Add the butter to the onion and garlic, whisking it in till it melts fully.
- Sprinkle the flour into the pan, while continuing to whisk to allow the flour to combine with the melted butter without formation of any lumps. It should form a thick, buttery paste.
- Once the flour has incorporated into the melted butter and the smooth paste has formed slowly add the milk while whisking to create the sauce.
- Finish off the sauce by whisking in the cream.
- Allow the sauce to simmer for a few minutes on low heat while whisking.
- Once the sauce has simmered and the flour has cooked, add the grated cheese and whisk it into the sauce so it combines well.
- When the cheese has melted, return the browned chicken fillets and the cut broccoli florets into the pan. Allow the chicken and broccoli to simmer and cook at a low temperature for 10 minutes.
- Add some crumbed feta to dish just before you remove it from the heat.