Weeknight Dinner Recipes

Feeling bored with takeout or stuck in a meal routine? You have come to the right place! I have write healthy homemade dinner ideas on the blog, and I’m adding more all the time. Find a meal that everyone will love from quick and easy dinner to healthy options. Quick and Healthy Weeknight Dinner Recipes

Explore and find your new favorite meal! Looking for some fresh inspiration for your dinners? Fill up on these flavorful recipes all week long. Find a meal that everyone will love from quick and easy dinner to healthy options.

Healthy Parmesan Chicken with Broccoli

Looking for a quick and easy, healthy dinner option for those busy weeknights? This quick and easy chicken dinner is just what you need. Everything cooks in one vessel, so cleanup is a breeze. The hot air in the air fryer makes the broccoli perfectly crispy, while the chicken gets a deliciously crisp sear with minimal oil. You can even customize the dish with your favorite bottled sauces for an extra burst of flavor. This versatile air fryer chicken recipe is not only healthy but also offers endless possibilities for additions and substitutions.

The flavor of the chicken and broccoli from the air fryer is fantastic. It’s crispy, with toasted edges and super flavorful. The texture is more like roasted chicken and broccoli, which is just as fantastic. This healthy air fryer chicken recipe is low fat and fantastic when served with some wild rice or brown rice.

It’s not greasy and the broccoli is wonderful crispy and flavorful. Give it a try and you’ll be obsessed with air fryer recipes from now on. Dinner comes together so quickly and easily. Again, the benefit is that there’s such little oil when it comes to healthy air fryer recipes!

How to Make Air Fried Chicken and Broccoli

Combine chicken, broccoli and onions in bowl. Add marinade and toss evenly with ingredients. Add all ingredients to air fryer.

Gently toss and stir ingredients once during cooking. Do this twice if needed.

Check one last time, if chicken need more time, stir and cook for additional 3 minutes.

We have a second method for less crispy broccoli. All recipe details are below with step by step photos. Enjoy!

The chicken and broccoli will cook down and shrink, so if it the basket feels full at first, there will be less volume after everything is cooked. Quick and Healthy Weeknight Dinner Recipes

DO NOT pre-heat the air fryer for this recipe.

There are two methods for Air Frying: Cooking the chicken halfway, then adding the veggies will cook the broccoli moderately. The other option is to air fry them all together from the beginning which makes the broccoli extra crispy. Or you can add the broccoli at anytime that cooks it to your preference. After your first batch, you’ll know better what method works for your air fryer and personal liking.

Ingredients

 

• 1 pound  boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs , cut into 1-inch bites sized pieces
• 1/4-1/2 pound  broccoli , cut into florets
• 1/2 medium onion , sliced thick
• 3 Tablespoons olive oil or grape seed oil
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 Tablespoon  fresh ginger
• 1 Tablespoon  soy sauce , or to taste (use Tamari for Gluten Free)
• 1 Tablespoon  rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt , or to taste
• black pepper , to taste

serve with lemon wedges , optional

Instructions

Make the Marinade: In a bowl, combine oil, garlic powder, ginger, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, optional hot sauce, salt, and pepper.

Place the chicken in one bowl. Place the broccoli and onions in another. Divide the marinade between the two bowls, stirring to coat each completely.

Air Fry: Add just the chicken to the air fryer basket/tray. Air Fry at 380°F/195°C for 10 minutes. Stir in the broccoli and onions with the chicken (make sure to include all the marinade). Continue to Air Fry at 380°F/195°C for 8-10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Make sure to stir halfway through cooking so broccoli gets cooked evenly. Quick and Healthy Weeknight Dinner Recipes

Add additional salt and pepper, to taste. Squeeze optional fresh lemon juice on top and serve warm.

 

FAQs

What are some good dinner foods?

Our most popular dinners of 2024

Fry salmon.

Sweet potato & peanut curry.

Beef stroganoff.

Easy sausage casserole.

Chicken & chorizo jambalaya.

Easy chicken curry.

Can I cook Parmesan Chicken with Broccoli in pan?

Yes you can cook it at medium flame.

For meal best dish for dinner?

Non-Vegetarian dinner ideas – Chicken curry / butter chicken/ chicken tikka masala with butter naan, roti, cumin rice or ghee rice.