Delicious and healthy 30-minute skillet chicken with broccoli. Smothered in a homemade, sweet and tangy Catalina Dressing, it’s an easy chicken breast recipe that’s perfect for dinner.
I used our Homemade Catalina Salad Dressing to make this family favorite Catalina Chicken! Using a make-ahead dressing helps keep the prep time for this recipe to only 5 minutes.
You guyyyys! I was so happy to see that a number of you asked for my Catalina Chicken recipe right after I shared my recipe for Catalina Dressing!
I hope that you will love it as much as we do, and that it will become your go-to meal when you need something suuuuuper quick. After all, this recipe comes together in around 30 minutes!
WHAT INGREDIENTS DO I NEED TO MAKE CATALINA CHICKEN?
As stated, this is a quick chicken breast recipe, perfect for a dinner prepared with very little ingredients.
- Chicken Breasts
- Broccoli
- Catalina Dressing
- Soy Sauce
- Seasonings
- Cashews are optional, but also fabulous!
HOW DO YOU MAKE CATALINA CHICKEN BREASTS?
- We will start with cooking the chicken breasts in a large nonstick skillet.
- Once chicken is cooked through, we will set it aside, and continue with the broccoli.
- Add broccoli to the same skillet with a little bit of water; cover and steam for 3 to 4 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Not mushy!
- We will then add our chicken back into the skillet, and stir in the catalina dressing, soy sauce, seasonings, and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
- To serve, you can either add the chicken and broccoli over a bed of rice, OR serve it as is, with a sprinkle of cashews on top.
- For maximum flavor, don’t forget to spoon the extra dressing/sauce over the cooked chicken and broccoli just before serving.
- Optionally, for a bit more flavor, you can marinade the chicken together with some catalina dressing for about 15 minutes in the fridge, before cooking.
That’s it!
Literally, 25 minutes to cook, and maybe 5 minutes to cut up the broccoli florets. My laziness makes me reach for the broccoli florets bag at the grocery store… #EasyDoesIt
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- Garlic Sauce Chicken
- Chicken in Tomato Sauce
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TOOLS AND INGREDIENTS USED IN THIS RECIPE
Skillet Catalina Chicken with Broccoli
Ingredients
- 4 (4-ounces each) boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/3 cup water
- 4 to 5 cups broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup Homemade Catalina Salad Dressing
- 2 tablespoons low sodium, lite soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped cashews
Instructions
- Combine garlic powder, thyme, salt, and pepper in a small mixing bowl and rub the chicken breasts with the seasonings mixture.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken breasts and minced garlic to the skillet; cook for 7 to 8 minutes per side, or until chicken is cooked through. Stir around occasionally.
- Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
- Add water and broccoli to the skillet; cover and cook for 3 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
- Remove cover and stir in Catalina Salad Dressing, soy sauce, and crushed red pepper.
- Add prepared chicken back to the skillet and continue to cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until heated through and bubbling.
- Remove from heat.
- Plate the chicken and broccoli, spoon some sauce over it, sprinkle with cashews and serve.
- Optionally, you can serve this over rice.
Notes
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
Slow Cooker
Freezer Friendly
Instant Pot
Gluten Free
Keto
Beef
like your Catalina family recipe, a nice balance of flavors, and eating a lot of broccoli and chicken these days, so appreciate a new sauce, thank you
Do you think I could use cauliflower instead of broccoli? 🙂
Made this tonight complete with your homemade Catalina. It was awesome!! I was out of thyme so subbed in Italian seasoning and it worked. Hubby said it’s a keeper.
I am working on losing weight and so is he we LOVE your recipes.
What a great way to jazz up chicken & broccoli!
Winner winner chicken dinner! A great way to get your protein and veggies in one amazing dish.
This looks like a dish I could eat every night of the week! Love the colors and how easy it is to make!
I did not see where to use the other 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil. 7 to 8 minutes per side to cook chicken seems too long. I did less and would do about 4 next time.
Looks like the perfect, flavorful dinner! Saving!
I am always looking for new healthy recipes for dinner! These broccoli and chicken look faboulos!
This sounds like it’s bursting with flavor! So good!
This chicken looks so amazing!
Thank you for including Potassium in your nutritional analysis. So many people with kidney issues these days and I know they need to know this.
Putting this on the list for next week! I’ll give an update after I’ve tried it. Sure looks good.