Chicken with Broccoli and Garlic Sauce- Meal for this week!

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Chicken with broccoli and garlic sauce   ProPoints™ Value:    8 Servings:  4 Preparation Time:  20 min Cooking Time:  15 min Level of Difficulty:  Moderate   A thick, garlic sauce smothers golden chicken and crisp broccoli in this dish. It's so easy, it may just become a weekly staple. Ingredients 2 tsp olive oil    3 clove(s) fresh garlic, crushed      500 g lean chicken breast, excess fat trimmed, cut into 3cm cubes    3 tsp fresh thyme, chopped      200 g broccoli, cut into florets    1 individual chicken stock cube, dissolved in 1 1/2 cups (375ml) hot water    1 1/2 Tbsp Cornflour      2 cup(s) Rice, brown, boiled without salt, kept warm    Instructions Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Season chicken with thyme, salt and pepper and add to pan. Cook, stirring for 3 minutes or until brown on all sides. Add broccoli to pan, cover and cook for 2 minutes. Add 1 cup of stock and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Dissolve cornflour in remaining stock. Add mixture to pan. Simmer, stirring for 1 minute until mixture thickens. Spoon over rice and serve. Notes Get into the habit of cooking the rice ahead of time and simply reheat in the microwave when you're ready to serve. Alternately, cook a double batch and store in single serves airtight containers in the freezer. Defrost and reheat in the microwave for instant rice!