To tell you we’ve all been cooking broccoli wrong

[Pbbananabagel]

Roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper for 10-15 mins on high

It’s freaking amazing and I never knew little trees could taste this good!

I love broccolli and I love asparagus. Saving for tips

@Howshouldibehave

That sounds tasty! No boiling/steaming at all first?

God no, just chop and put on a oven tray with olive oil drizzled/sprayed/brushed/poured over

If you chop it so one side is flattish you get a lovely roasted bit, then turn over (shake about) pit back in the oven.

Love roasted broccoli and cauliflower. I steal all the super burnt bits before I serve it as they’re the best bits. I’m not sorry.

I’ve always thought I hated cauliflower I’m trying it this way asap
Just can’t get over how easy and delicious it is, how did this take me 35 years to find out?!

@PinkiOcelot high on my oven is around 200 but it runs hot so on cooler ovens might be more like 220- fast and furious does it better than low and slow

We had that for dinner tonight! Sometimes we fling on some chilli flakes as well.

Broccoli and asparagus on a griddle with lemon juice and feta.

Thanks @SpookyPumpkinPants

Nope, they are too bitter when roasted. Boiled broccoli everytime for me. I love the stuff.

OMG @Pumpkinsonparade! Now you're talking...

I will empty the Broccoli and cauliflower supermarket shelves tomorrow😂

op, where have you been that you didn't know?

get yourself watching some cooking tiktoks or youtube

@ivykaty44 I genuinely do not know, my mum was an amazing cook and my husband is a trained chef. I have not a stalk to stand on here.

What form do you add the garlic with broccoli? As slivers or cloves or something else? If I tried roasting garlic (apart from the whole head it burns.

Try sesame oil.

@Prattypitel

I will empty the Broccoli and cauliflower supermarket shelves tomorrow😂

Warn your family first - I ate broccoli and Brussels sprouts at lunchtime, and roasted cauliflower at tea time and things are a little windy chez dragon tonight...

I was veggie for many years and ordered broccoli with garlic in a chinese in Manhattan about 20 plus years ago. It is food from the gods.
I also had the misfortune to spend a year in the cultural wilderness that is northampton at around the same time. There was a tiny, family run balti house which did a mushroom and garlic balti (full garlic bulbs- amazing naan bread). I have lived in Leeds/Bradford area now for over 20 years so no stranger to good curry. That balti has never been surpassed.

I’ve always cooked broccoli (and other vegetables) with seasoning, garlic, etc. I never ever understood why people simply boil / steam and serve as is!

@5128gap
Fm. YES that sounds amazing, with soy sauce too.

Just a heads up. If you want sprouts like your granny used to make for Christmas dinner, they should have been on to boil a fortnight ago .. .

(Whispers) I didn’t know this either @Pbbananabagel and i am a pretty keen cook
Will try it tomorrow night with some cauliflower, thanks

Spread hummus over the cauliflower then roast it and cut slices.
Do not eat a whole cauliflower. I didn’t stop because it’s healthy but it had an agonizing digestive impact.

I love broccoli. Even better, broccoli and cheese and a lot ground pepper 😋

Cooks really well in an air fryer as well. Olive oil, paprika and garlic salt - 12mins for broccoli and cauliflower 20mins for carrots. So much nicer than boiled :)

[quote Pbbananabagel]@5128gap
Fm. YES that sounds amazing, with soy sauce too.[/quote]
And a little sprinkle of Chinese five spice!