How do you cook your Brussels?

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I have never cooked Brussels, like ever. I have no clue what to do with them to make them special...

Any ideas welcome

Cut in half.
Boil for 90 seconds only
Fry off some bacon/pancetta/whatever
Add in the cooked sprouts and fry off
Hey presto, Bob's yer uncle.

But I agree with a pp, there's already a lot of tastes on the plate. I often have the sprouts like this for lunch on Boxing day, when I'm craving relief from the excesses of Christmas day. They're yum then.

I boil them until almost soft, then I fry them in pancetta and a bit of oil.

That's what I do @WhenLifeGivesYouLemonsx . Greens and bacon is a marriage made in heaven even on a Wet Wednesday in January. Especially so at Christmas.

@bellinisurge I definitely agree! Tastes scrumptious I'm quite happy just eating a big bowl of brussels and bacon! And obviously a pudding for afters lol.

Plain steaming here, too. Just nicely tender and a good bright green.

Shredded and stir fried with onions and mushrooms, and a little of my chilli and garlic seasoning scrunch thingy

Whatever you do don’t boil them for more than 5 minutes - otherwise they start to go bitter.

I just drop Brussels into boiling water - time 4 minutes from when the water comes up to boil again and then strain.

I like them this was with a roast dinner.

Shred and fry with bacon (don't need extra fat as just use the fat from bacon). Add chestnuts once bacon beginning to crisp up.

Cook Brussels with bacon and cream on Boxing Day - add blue cheese and pasta - yummy

Pan fried with butter salt and pepper.

I do a sprout gratin, basically sprouts with cream and bacon topped off with breadcrumbs mixed with parmesan. It's the only way I can eat them.

I cook them in a fissler saucepan (a cross between boiling and steaming

I'm intrigued by this, what is it? I can't work out how you can cross boiling and steaming

just like them boiled for 8 mins.i do like veg as it is.it tastes good without needing shushing up

My Granny used to put her Brussels on to cook at the same time the turkey went in the oven.

I could eat her Brussels as a kid as they tasted of NOTHING.

Now we bacon them - anything becomes edible with enough bacon.

tdwilleyfarms.com/recipes/brussels-sprouts-cockaigne/

With Christmas dinner we just lightly boil sprouts- with so many other rich foods I prefer to keep them plain.

Leftover sprouts are nice fried with bacon the next day.

Sprout gratin is also really good.

Personally, I don't get the sprout and chestnut combo.

Ahhhh so many ways!

Thank you, I will give you an update tomorrow

They are just a green veg, what would you do with cabbage or broccol?
We just steam, yes in pan (can't beat a steamer basket) over carrots, use the water for gravy.
Leftovers nice fried up with leeks or make bubble and squeak

Too many apologies about them by tv chefs, they don’t need to be excused. No need to create more washing up by chopping/sautéing/stir frying/bubble n squeaking them. Like them? Boil for 5 mins max. Hate them? Don’t bother and serve peas/broccoli/cabbage/anything green. Personally I love them and they add colour to the plate.

steam them for 8 mins. They taste better than boiled. Salt and pepper. Luvvly jubbly!

Just put a cross in the bottom and boil for 8 minutes.
although some of them we will put aside for the meateaters and add bacon and chestnuts, may be

Shred them and steam for about two minutes. Then fry panchetta and chestnuts in olive oil for a couple of minutes and add the sprouts. Cook for a further few minutes and eat straight out of the pan with a spoon. Food of the gods!