20 Minute Meal- Prep Chicken, Rice And Broccoli

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This 20 minute meal prep Chicken, Rice and Broccoli is a delicious healthy meal prep recipe that will save you time and money!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: Portions

Calories: 243kcal

In a medium-sized saucepan, add the two cups of water and oil and bring it to a boil.
Once it boils, stir in the rice. Cover the saucepan with a lid and reduce the heat to low.
Simmer for approximately 15 minutes until all the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and set it aside.

Rub the chicken with garlic powder, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, and brown sugar.
In a large heavy-duty pan or skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat.
Add the chicken to the skillet and cook for 5 minutes on the first side until the undersides develop dark grill marks.
Flip onto the other side and cook for 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let the chicken breasts rest in the pan.
Remove the chicken breasts from the pan and cut them into smaller pieces.

Soak broccoli in salty water for about 5 minutes and drain through a colander while the rice is cooking.
Boil water in a large pot.
Add the broccoli florets to the pot of boiling water and blanch for one minute.
Remove from heat and drain the water

Place the broccoli in a bowl safe for microwaves and add 3 tablespoons of water.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and microwave on high for 3 minutes.

Note:

To hack this in 20 minutes, you need to start by marinating the broccoli, secondly cook the rice then fry the chicken.

The rice will be cooking while you fry and cook the chicken. These parallel activities save time.