Name: One Pan Chicken and Broccolini
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp butter; 2-3 cloves garlic; 2-3 chicken breasts; 1 pack Mann's Broccolini ((they're already washed and ready to use)); 1 splash avocado oil ((or other high smoke point oil)); sea salt; Pepper; fresh parsley ((optional, for garnish))

THIS POST IS SPONSORED BY MANN'S

5 minutes prep and one pan is all you need to make this Chicken and Broccolini®. There is no better busy weeknight dinner than one that gives time to have a glass of wine while dinner makes itself ;)

There are days you come home from work completely exhausted. And you pretty much feel like even preparing a fried egg is too much. All the oil sprays out of the pan and someone’s got to clean up that mess later on.

There are days you simply want dinner to prepare itself while you sit down, put up your feet and relax. Well, here you go my friend! I just created YOUR recipe!

Chicken and Broccolini® the best dinner combo ever

Here is why I love to combine chicken and broccolini® so much. Well, chicken breasts to be precise. They need the same amount of time in the same heat to cook to perfection in the oven.

There are not that many vegetables that cook to absolute perfection in the same time chicken breasts do. Which is why usually chicken is cooked separately. It took quite a while to figure out how to cook this One Pan Curried Chicken Cauliflower for example. And it requires to pay attention to the pan.

I really wanted to create a basically hands-off one pan dish so you can spend your coming home from work time enjoying a glass of wine while dinner cooks itself.

This Chicken and Broccolini® needs 5 minutes of work, maybe a couple more minutes of waiting until the oven finished preheating and then only 15 minutes of waiting while chicken and broccolini® cook to perfection. BLISS!!!

Broccolini ® are like asparagus. They taste best when still crunchy but it’s easy to overcook them. 15 minutes roasting in the oven in a hot cast iron skillet is by far the best way to prepare them. Even without chicken, that’s the way I always make them.

Best way to bake chicken breasts in the oven

I’ve tried several different methods and my favorite is by far this method:

*Take chicken breasts out of the fridge a good 30 minutes before cooking. This is not absolutely necessary but recommendable.

*Place a cast iron skillet in the oven and preheat to 450F.

*Dry chicken breasts with a disposable kitchen towel and generously salt and pepper on both sides.

*Take smoking hot pan out of the oven, add a splash of high smoke point oil such as avocado or coconut oil.

*Add chicken breasts to pan, add a vegetable that takes only 15 minutes to cook, such as broccolini®.

*Pour melted butter and crushed garlic over everything and place in the hot oven for 15 minutes.

I’ve tried with different sizes and thicknesses of chicken breast and they were all cooked through but still juicy. The reason I preheat the cast iron pan is to achieve a little bit of browning.

Usually baked chicken breasts are pale and not browned. With a hot cast iron skillet you get a tiny bit of “frying” done with only a fraction of the oil.

MANN’S

Big big shout out to this amazing company for sponsoring this post. You are one of a kind! I am thrilled I was given the opportunity to work on this delicious recipe for you!

There are two things I want to point out about this amazing company today:

#1 At their facilities, wash water is reclaimed into industrial waste systems for use on golf courses and city landscaping, and 90% of their facilities’ waste water is recycled.

#2 The electrical usage at their Salinas plant is the same as it was in 2001 despite a 50% increase in capacity.

I am so proud to be working with a company which’s goal is to protect and conserve our natural resources and continually practice a solid position of environmental sustainability.

Thank YOU, my lovely readers, for supporting the brands that support Green Healthy Cooking! I hope you love this Chicken and Broccolini® Recipe as much as I did! Make sure to tag @greenhealthycooking when you post a photo of your finished dish. I’d love to see!