Here’s a comforting, creamy, and quick Creamy Chicken Broccoli recipe — perfect served over rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.
🍗🥦 Creamy Chicken Broccoli
⭐ Ingredients (Serves 4)
For the chicken
- 1 ½ lbs chicken breasts or thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
- Salt & pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1–2 tbsp olive oil or butter
For the sauce
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 ½ cups chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream (or half-and-half)
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- Salt & pepper to taste
For the broccoli
- 3 cups broccoli florets (fresh or frozen)
- Steam lightly before adding OR cook directly in the sauce
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Cook the chicken
- Season chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Heat oil/butter in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Sear chicken 5–7 minutes until cooked through and golden.
- Remove to a plate.
2. Make the creamy sauce
- In the same skillet, melt butter.
- Add garlic and cook 30–60 seconds.
- Stir in flour to form a paste; cook 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in chicken broth until smooth.
- Add heavy cream and simmer 2–3 minutes.
- Stir in Parmesan, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
3. Add broccoli
- Add broccoli to the sauce.
- Fresh broccoli: steam 2–3 minutes first OR simmer in sauce until tender.
- Frozen broccoli: thaw slightly and add directly to sauce.
Let simmer 3–5 minutes, until broccoli is tender and sauce thickens.
4. Return chicken to pan
- Stir chicken back into sauce.
- Simmer 2 minutes to heat through.
5. Serve
Great with:
🍚 Rice
🍝 Pasta
🥔 Mashed potatoes
🍞 Warm crusty bread
⭐ Variations
Cheesy Version
- Add 1 extra cup shredded mozzarella or cheddar.
Low-carb / Keto
- Replace flour with 1 tsp xanthan gum
- Serve over cauliflower rice or zucchini noodles.
Lemon Garlic
- Add juice of ½ lemon + extra zest for brightness.
Spicy
- Add red pepper flakes or a dash of Cajun seasoning.
If you want, I can also give you:
🍲 Creamy Chicken Broccoli Pasta
🧀 Chicken Broccoli Casserole
🍛 One-pot Creamy Garlic Chicken & Rice
