How long to boil broccoli
Fresh broccoli should be cooked for 5-7 minutes in a small amount of salted water. Frozen broccoli should be cooked for 12-15 minutes after water starts boiling.
Broccoli is cooked for 10 minutes in a steamer, then let it stay in the steamer under a lid for 5 minutes. If you cook broccoli puree for a baby, cook broccoli for 30 minutes in a steamer.
How to cook broccoli
1. Remove leaves from broccoli and wash it.
2. Cut broccoli into florets.
3. Pour water in a pot, add salt, and put on heat.
4. When water starts boiling, put broccoli in it.
5. Cook broccoli for 5-7 minutes, then take out of the pot.
Your broccoli is cooked!
Broccoli stalk can be boiled and mashed, as well as, used for cooking vegetable broth and soup.
Cook the broccoli, put in colander, let the water to evaporate. Beat egg whites with spices and salt. Dip broccoli florets in the egg white, then in flour or bread crumbs - and fry in a skillet for 5 minutes on each side.
Factelicious about broccoli
- Calorific value of broccoli is 28 kcal/100 grams.
- Shelf life of boiled broccoli is 3 days in the refrigerator.
- Seasonings for broccoli - spicy mustard, black ground pepper, paprika, basil, khmeli & suneli, rosemary, thyme.
How to cook Broccoli Soup
Ingredients for cooking soup
Fresh or frozen broccoli - half a kilogram
Carrot - 1 big fruit
Tomato - 3 medium-sized fruits
Potato - 4 medium-sized fruits
Onion - 2 heads
Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
Parsley - to taste
Chicken or vegetable broth - 3 liters
Salt and pepper to taste
How to cook Broccoli Soup
1. Cook broth with meat or vegetables.
2. Peel and cut carrot across into small round slices, and add to the boiling broth.
3. Peel potatoes and cut into 1.5 centimeters cubes, and add to the broth.
4. Peel onion, wash and finely chop it.
5. Preheat a pan, pour oil, add onion, and fry it for 5 minutes.
6. Cut broccoli into florets and add to the broth.
7. Rinse tomatoes clean, precut, blanch them in boiling water and remove the skin.
8. Remove stems from the peeled tomatoes and cut the later in cubes.
9. Add to the broth together with roasted onion.
10. Cook Broccoli Soup for more 5 minutes under a covered lid.
Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts garnish
Cook broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts in a covered saucepan, in a little quantity of water.
Put in a colander, let the water to evaporate. Then heat all in the pan, season with salt and pepper, add the Italian seasoning, rub the cheese directly into the skillet, add 2 tablespoons of sour cream, stir, turn off and hold for 5 minutes. Serve with pleasure. :)
Cooked broccoli in batter
Ingredients of cooked broccoli in batter
Broccoli - 0.5 kg
Eggs - 3 pcs.
flour or bread crumbs – a glass
salt, pepper and other spices - to taste
Cooking broccoli in batter
Cook the broccoli, put in colander, let the water to evaporate. Beat egg whites with spices and salt. Dip broccoli florets in the egg white, then in flour or bread crumbs - and fry in a skillet for 5 minutes on each side.