If you want to get maximum taste from broccoli cabbage, buy only a young vegetable. It can be recognized by dense inflorescences. Boil, fry in a pan, add to the soup, mash and bake in the oven.
How to choose and prepare a vegetable for cooking
Broccoli is a pantry of vitamins and minerals. How to choose this healthy and tasty product? The most useful broccoli should be bright green.
Sometimes a good and fresh cabbage may have a slight purple hue. On cabbage should not be stained and yellow, broccoli with loose nodules will not juicy.
For use in various dishes, cabbage must be prepared:
- wash the cabbage, divided into individual florets;
- frozen cabbage must be thawed in the refrigerator, and then used, as indicated in the recipe;
- fresh boil necessarily;
- boil the lumps for 5 minutes in a regular saucepan, do not close the lid, it is important that the cabbage is crispy and soft at the same time;
- for salads, blanch the cabbage in boiling salted water, then lower it for a few minutes into ice water, as a result of these manipulations the inflorescences will retain their attractive color.
How to cook broccoli tasty to garnish
To cook broccoli as a side dish, you can choose the cooking method you like. It can be stewing, steaming, or just boiling in salted water. The main thing - do not digest cabbage.
You will need:
- 400 g small broccoli florets;
- 1 chili pepper;
- peeled garlic - 3 cloves;
- chopped almonds or almond petals - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- honey and lemon juice in 1 tbsp. spoon;
- cold pressed olive oil;
- add ground pepper to taste;
- salt to taste.
You can cook for 30 minutes. A serving of garnish contains 270 kcal.
Preparation step by step:
Step 1. In a dry frying pan, fry chopped almonds or almond petals to cream color.
Step 2. Boil water in a saucepan, add salt and boil broccoli. Cook for 5 minutes. Broccoli inflorescences after cooking should be crisp. Drain the water from the pan and keep the cabbage warm.
Step 3. Chop the garlic cloves. Pepper chili cut, remove the seeds and finely chop. Pour the butter into the pan and fry the garlic with pepper for 3 minutes. Drain the oil from the pan through a sieve, mix the pepper and garlic with the almonds.
Step 4. Prepare the dressing: mix honey with lemon juice and 50 ml of refined oil in a cup, pepper and salt.
Step 5. Spread broccoli on a dish (plate) and pour the dressing. Sprinkle almonds on top. Ready, serve to the table. Such broccoli can be a side dish for fish or meat, but in itself is an excellent dish.
How to cook cabbage salad is tasty and healthy
Elegant spring salad "green plate" just pleasing to the eye. It can be the main dish on any occasion.
Necessary products for salad:
- 300 g small broccoli florets;
- 300 g green beans;
- leek - 2 stalks;
- celery - 2 stalks;
- diet curd - 150 g;
- 1 bunch of dill;
- peeled garlic cloves - 3 pieces;
- mustard sprouts - 1 handful.
- salt is added to taste.
Preparation takes only 30 minutes. Get 4 servings, each with 90 kcal.
How to cook:
- Broccoli inflorescences and pods of beans boil boiling salted water so that these vegetables become softer, but retain their elasticity;
- Wash the leek and celery stalks, then peel them and chop them into pieces, about 3 cm. If the cabbage inflorescences are small, then it is not necessary to cut it, but cut the large ones;
- Prepare the sauce: chop the dill and garlic in a blender, beat with dietary curd, season with salt;
- Take a flat plate and arrange products in piles: celery pieces, broccoli, chopped bean pods and leeks;
- Place the sauce in the center of the plate, put the mustard seeds on top.
How to fry green buds tasty in a pan
Put the cabbage from the boiling water into very cold water so that not only the green color is preserved, but also the structure of the vegetable. Fry cabbage in batter, serve hot or chilled. In any case, it will be delicious.
Required Products:
- 1 kg of broccoli;
- 0.2 kg of flour;
- 200 g sour cream;
- half a pack of oil;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- baking soda - at the tip of a knife;
- add salt and sugar to taste.
The dish can be cooked in 25 minutes. Its caloric content is 160 kcal.
How to do:
Step 1. Cut the cabbage into individual florets, add water, salt. Cook for 10 minutes.
Step 2. Throw the finished cabbage into a colander and disassemble into small pockets.
Step 3. Prepare the batter: beat the eggs, add to them in turn: sour cream, then flour, soda and sugar and salt to taste. Stir all to a smooth consistency.
Step 4. Place broccoli on a fork, dip them in a batter and fry in a skillet in hot oil.
How to extinguish frozen broccoli
If broccoli is frozen, you can not even boil it. Just put in the refrigerator and defrost, and then use, as recommended in the recipe.
Required:
- 350 g of frozen broccoli;
- a small sprig of fresh basil;
- 30 ml of refined oil (better than olive oil);
- 2 small tomatoes;
- garlic clove;
- orange;
- to taste the salt.
Cooking will take 30 minutes. Get 2 servings, each - 210 kcal.
Step by step method of cooking:
Step 1. Divide broccoli into florets and boil until half cooked in salted boiling water. Flip the cabbage into a colander.
Step 2. Peel the orange, separate the pulp, leave the resulting juice.
Step 3. Chop the tomatoes into cubes, chop the garlic clove. Fry these products in butter, add chopped basil and a little orange juice, season with ground pepper at your discretion, salt.
Step 4. Put broccoli in the resulting sauce and stew it a little.
Step 5. Put broccoli in a plate, add sauce and orange pulp decoration.
How to bake broccoli and cauliflower in the oven
Before baking the cabbage, boil it in salted boiling water. Then broccoli fold in a colander and put in a dish designed for the oven. The finished dish can be eaten hot and cold.
You will need:
- two types of cabbage (cauliflower and broccoli) - 400 g each;
- 150 ml of cream;
- large 2 eggs;
- hard cheese, pre-grated - 100 g;
- pinch of chopped nutmeg.
It will take 45 minutes to cook. The portion contains 260 kcal.
How to cook:
- Divide the heads of broccoli and cauliflower into florets;
- Put in a pan with hot water, the cooking time should not exceed five minutes. Salt to your liking;
- Remove cooked cauliflower and broccoli with a slotted spoon. Put it in a form that can be put in the oven;
- For the sauce: mix the cream with the egg and half the grated cheese. Add salt, nutmeg, pepper;
- Sauce pour cauliflower and broccoli, sprinkle with a second piece of cheese on top;
- Cook for 30 minutes in a preheated oven.
How to cook a delicious diet broccoli cabbage soup
The proposed soup from the series: few calories, and a lot of fun. If you really fear for your waist, remove the butter from the recipe.
Required Products:
- 1 large onion;
- 1 celery;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 45 grams of quality oil;
- 3 broccoli buds;
- 120 ml broth from homemade chicken;
- season with ground pepper, salt - to taste;
- half a glass of sour cream, 80 ml of olive oil - use as desired.
You can cook for 25 minutes, 100 g contains 270 kcal.
Cooking:
Step 1. In a pan, heat the oil and fry the chopped onion, celery stalk, garlic cloves.
Step 2. Cut the cabbage buds into pieces, pour boiling water on it, add salt and cook for 5 minutes.
Step 3. Send broccoli to the vegetables in a frying pan, pour in broth and cook over a minimum heat of 8 minutes.
Step 4. Beat the finished soup with a blender or mixer. To taste add salt, pepper.
Step 5. Put in the finished soup some butter, sour cream and serve.
How to cook broccoli for a child steamed
For a child it is important that the dish brings pleasure. It should be delicious, beautiful and loved. Show your imagination and add a little childish flavor to the usual broccoli dish, putting it nicely on the plate.
You will need:
- 300 g of broccoli disassembled into inflorescences;
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal;
- 150 ml of nonfat milk;
- a handful of grated cheese;
- salt is added at its discretion.
You can cook for 35 minutes. Calories per serving: 200 kcal.
Cooking:
Step 1. Pour 300 ml of cold water into the bowl of the double boiler. Install the dish appliance and lay broccoli. Cover with a lid, select the "double boiler" function, cook until soft, about 10 minutes.
Step 2. Prepare the milk sauce: put the flour in a small container, mix it with 2 tablespoons of milk, then pour the remaining milk. Put in the microwave for 1 minute, mix and cook until thick, about another 3 minutes.
Step 3. Add cheese to the sauce and stir until it melts. You can add a little salt.
Step 4. Put the cabbage on a plate and pour over the sauce. Serve hot.
Puree for baby cooked in a slow cooker
In an effort to feed his beloved child, parents are worried that the mashed potatoes made from broccoli are not only healthy, but also nutritious.
To make such mashed potatoes, you need:
- 0.3 kg of broccoli;
- 40 ml of natural cream;
- some salt.
Puree easy to prepare for 20 minutes. The calorie content per serving will not exceed 150 kcal.
How to cook:
Step 1. Disassemble broccoli into individual florets and place in a multicooker bowl. Cook for 15 minutes.
Step 2. Remove the finished cabbage and make mashed potatoes using a hand blender, you can wipe through a regular sieve.
Step 3. Pour the cream into the cup, put in the microwave.
Step 4. Add hot cream and a little salt in broccoli puree. Beat again with a blender.
Useful tips
This bright green cabbage is simply irreplaceable in the menu of the modern person. Green stumps contain many useful substances that protect the eyes, the heart, regulate pressure, strengthen the bones and protect against malignant tumors. Use it actively in salads, side dishes, children's dishes, in which cream, cheese and milk sauces are always appropriate.
If you need to cook a vegetarian version of the soup, then replace the meat broth with vegetables. To emphasize the savory taste of broccoli soup, you can add lean cream and a little refined oil. Serve soup is recommended with green salad and ciabatta. She is now sold in many bakeries.
Another option for cooking broccoli is in the next video.
