Johnny G's Favorite Broccoli
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Recipe: #16560
January 04, 2015
Categories: Dinner, Side Dishes, Fruit, Lemon, Vegetables, Broccoli, Garlic, Asian, North American, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Quick Meals, New Years, Summer, Winter, Weeknight Meals, Steam, Gluten-Free, High Fiber, Kosher, Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegan, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch more
"This is my husband's favorite broccoli, therefore I've named it after him. I've been making this recipe since the beginning of our marriage and it's always been one of his requests since that time. I found this in one of my favorite magazines; Southern Living."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (114.4 g)
- Calories 68.5
- Total Fat - 2.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 690.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 9.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 3.9 g
- Protein - 3.4 g
- Calcium - 49.4 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 85.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
Remove broccoli leaves, and cut off tough ends of stalks; discard. Wash broccoli thoroughly, and cut into spears.
Step 2
Arrange broccoli in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover and steam 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove from heat; keep warm.
Step 3
Heat sesame and vegetable oils in a small saucepan until hot but NOT smoking; remove from heat.
Step 4
Add crushed red pepper, and let stand 10 minutes.
Step 5
Add garlic and next 4 ingredients, stirring to dissolve sugar.
Step 6
Toss broccoli spears gently with oil mixture just before serving. Serve hot or cold.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.