Broccoli in a pan - 10 recipes for delicious broccoli

Broccoli, as a subspecies of cauliflower, which has a more intense green color, is very useful for the human body, and it is prepared simply and quickly. You are presented with a selection of broccoli dishes in a pan. It is prepared both as an independent dish and as a side dish, which will make your lunch tasty, healthy and low-calorie.

How to quickly and deliciously cook fresh broccoli in a pan?

Frying fresh broccoli in a skillet is the easiest way to make a wonderful side dish with any dish. This cabbage is disassembled into inflorescences, blanched and then fried in oil without additional ingredients.

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  Divide the broccoli forks with a knife into small inflorescences and remove the thick stems. Then fill the inflorescences with cold water for 10 minutes.
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  In a separate bowl, boil clean water with a little salt. Transfer the soaked broccoli to boiling water and blanch for no more than 3 minutes from the start of the boil, because the cabbage quickly becomes soft.
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  After 5 minutes, place the blanched broccoli on a tea towel with a slotted spoon to remove excess liquid as much as possible. During this time, heat three tablespoons of vegetable oil with a slice of butter in a skillet (ideally take a wok-dish).
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  Transfer the dried broccoli florets to hot oil and fry them over medium heat on both sides. Determine the degree of roast to your liking. The broccoli in the pan is ready. Transfer it to plates and serve with a slice of fish and rice.

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How to cook frozen broccoli in a skillet?

It is more convenient and faster to cook frozen broccoli in a pan than fresh, because it is already clean and divided into inflorescences. It is considered even more useful than fresh, because it is frozen immediately after collection and all useful properties are completely preserved. Add garlic to the broccoli for flavor.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Frozen broccoli - 400 gr.
• Garlic - 3 cloves.
• Oil for frying.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Frozen broccoli does not need to be defrosted beforehand. It is kept in boiling water for several minutes, and if the inflorescences are small, they can be fried immediately. Take a bag of broccoli in the amount you need.
2. In a separate saucepan, boil clean water and then pour the frozen broccoli into the boiling water. Cook it for no more than 2 minutes from the beginning of the boil. During this time, the cabbage is quickly defrosted.
3. Throw the boiled broccoli in a colander or sieve and rinse with cold water. This cooling preserves the vibrant color of the vegetable. Leave the cabbage in a colander for a couple of minutes to drain all the liquid.
4. During this time, fry finely chopped garlic cloves until light golden brown.
5. Transfer the broccoli inflorescences to the fried garlic. Sprinkle with salt to your liking and fry for 5 minutes, at least, until golden brown. The broccoli in the pan is ready. You can serve it to the table.

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How to fry broccoli with egg deliciously?

For a quick and satisfying breakfast, you are invited to cook broccoli with egg in a skillet. These products combine well and you don't need meat for them, which will be much healthier. The dish is well suited for both baby and PP food.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 500 gr.
• Egg - 3 pcs.
• Oil for frying.
• Salt to taste.
• Spices to taste.

Cooking process:

1. The first step is to prepare all the ingredients for making breakfast. Put fresh broccoli, beforehand for 20 minutes, in cold water with the handle facing up to remove nitrates from its surface. Then rinse the broccoli under running water and divide into separate small inflorescences.
2. Boil clean water in a saucepan, and put broccoli inflorescences in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Then fold them in a colander to drain all the liquid.
3. Heat some oil in a skillet and add broccoli. Sprinkle the cabbage to your liking with salt and any spices and fry for 5-7 minutes until light golden brown. Fry over medium heat and turn the buds with a fork for an even browning.
4. Beat three chicken eggs with fried broccoli. As soon as the protein turns white, quickly mix the inflorescences with the egg so that they are covered with egg batter on all sides. In a couple of minutes, your broccoli with egg in a skillet will be ready. You can serve the dish for breakfast.

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Broccoli in egg batter in a pan

Crispy bread or batter changes the taste of any food, and broccoli cooked in this way is considered to be the most delicious. The batter is prepared according to various recipes and with different additives. This recipe offers you the easiest and fastest option for broccoli in batter in a skillet.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 1.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 250 gr.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - 2 tablespoons
• Oil for frying.
• Salt to taste.
• Spices to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Fresh broccoli, first rinse well under running water, and then divide with a knife into individual inflorescences. Boil it in water with a little salt for 4-5 minutes. Then fold in a colander so that all the glass liquid and cabbage cool slightly.
2. During this time, in a separate bowl, mix two tablespoons of flour with salt and any spices. In another bowl, beat the chicken egg with a fork or whisk.
3. Put the broccoli inflorescences in a bowl with a flour mixture and quickly, so that the flour does not become glue, roll them in flour on all sides.
4. Then pour the beaten egg over the broccoli and stir gently and quickly.
5. Heat the oil well in a skillet and transfer the inflorescences in batter to it. Fry the broccoli florets on both sides over medium heat until golden brown. The dish is ready, you can serve it for breakfast.

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Quick recipe for broccoli with cheese in a pan

Even knowing about the benefits of broccoli, for many, its appearance, insipid taste and special smell are boring, not to mention children. But, nevertheless, cooked with other ingredients, and in the proposed recipe with hard cheese and sour cream, it will really please your family, and the guests will not refuse.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 500 gr.
• Hard cheese - 70 gr.
• Sour cream - 150 gr.
• Vegetable broth - 50 ml.
• Salt to taste.
• Spices for vegetables to taste.
• Greenery for decoration.

Cooking process:

1. We wash the forks of fresh broccoli under running water and divide into separate inflorescences, removing the thickest stems with a knife.
2. Then boil the broccoli in boiling water for 7-10 minutes. We put the boiled inflorescences in a colander so that all the water is glass.
3. On a preheated frying pan with a small amount of oil, transfer broccoli from a colander and pour it with sour cream of any fat content.
4. Then sprinkle the broccoli to your liking with salt and spices, pour 50 ml of cabbage broth and simmer it under a covered lid and over moderate heat for 4–5 minutes.
5. Grind a piece of hard cheese on a coarse grater. After 5 minutes, evenly sprinkle the broccoli stewed in sour cream with grated cheese, close the lid of the pan and continue cooking the cabbage until the cheese is completely melted.
6. Broccoli with cheese in a skillet is ready. We transfer it to portioned plates, decorate with any finely chopped greens and serve.

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Broccoli with cauliflower in a pan

Broccoli and cauliflower, like two subspecies of ordinary white cabbage, are returning to the table in connection with the desire of many to eat right, and besides, they are more useful, nutritious and low in calories. You can cook them together at any time using frozen vegetables. Experiment with the main ingredients and you will have many great flavor combinations for these vegetables to garnish with chicken or fish.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 300 gr.
• Cauliflower - 200 gr.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Salt to taste.
• Sugar - ½ tsp
• Provencal herbs - ½ tsp

Cooking process:

1. In a skillet, fry the onion cut into small pieces until transparent. Add half a teaspoon of sugar to the onion.
2. Then add cauliflower and broccoli inflorescences to the fried onions. You do not need to defrost frozen cabbage. Boil fresh for 2-3 minutes in boiling water, and then discard in a colander. Fry the cabbage over moderate heat and do not cover the pan with a lid, then the inflorescences will keep their shape well.
3. While the cabbage is fried, beat one chicken egg with a pinch of salt and Provencal herbs in a bowl.
4. Then pour this egg mixture to the already fried cabbage and stir quickly and gently with a fork so that the egg covers all the cabbage inflorescences. Fry the cabbage until golden brown.
5. Then transfer it to portioned plates and serve hot for a side dish with the main course.

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Step-by-step recipe for making broccoli with chicken

For those who respect broccoli, this recipe suggests cooking it with chicken. These products can always be bought in any supermarket, and the dish will turn out to be inexpensive, tasty and low-calorie, because chicken and cabbage do not take much time to cook. Add sour cream and sweet pepper to the dish.

Cooking time: 35 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 1 head.
• Chicken fillet - 2 pcs.
• Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
• Sour cream - 100 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Spices to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse fresh broccoli under running water, divide into separate inflorescences and then blanch in boiling water with a little salt for 3 minutes. If you have frozen broccoli, you can fry it right away without defrosting it.
2. We wash the chicken fillet, dry it with a napkin and cut into small pieces. Chop the sweet pepper peeled from seeds into strips.
3. In a preheated frying pan (for a dietary dish, you can without oil) fry the fillet pieces until white. Then put chopped pepper to it and fry a little too.
4. Then put the boiled or frozen broccoli inflorescences into a frying pan.
5. Sprinkle the chicken and cabbage according to your taste with salt and spices. Then pour sour cream to them, mix a little and cover the frying pan with a lid. Simmer broccoli with chicken over low heat for 20-25 minutes. During this time, the chicken and cabbage will become soft, and the meat will still remain juicy.
6. We transfer the finished dish to portioned plates and serve for dinner.

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A simple and quick recipe for broccoli with sour cream

Broccoli in a frying pan and with sour cream will be a very tasty and simple dish for you and not only for the supporters of the PP, because this cabbage is very useful, and it should be included in the diet for both children and adults. We take good quality sour cream and add garlic and spices for flavor, which will make the broccoli more tasty.

Cooking time: 35 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 600 gr.
• Sour cream - 1 tbsp.
• Garlic - 3 cloves.
• Dill - 1 bunch.
• Ground coriander - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste.
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• Oil for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the head of fresh broccoli well under running water and use a knife to divide it into separate inflorescences of any and the same size as you like. Remove the thickened cabbage stalks.
2. Heat oil in a skillet, you can take vegetable oil with butter, and for 3 minutes over high heat, fry broccoli inflorescences in it on all sides.
3. During this time, prepare a sour cream broccoli dressing. Chop the cloves of garlic in a bowl of garlic and place in a bowl. Add finely chopped dill to them, add salt and ground coriander and put a glass of sour cream. Mix these ingredients well with a spoon. The dressing is thick, so pour a glass of water over it and stir again.
4. Then pour this sour cream dressing over the fried broccoli inflorescences and cover the pan. Cook the broccoli in sour cream for 15 minutes and over low heat.
5. During this time, some of the liquid will evaporate, the sauce will become thicker, and the broccoli will become softer. The dish is ready. You can lay out in portioned plates and serve with sauce.

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Broccoli in a creamy sauce in a pan

There are many options for cooking broccoli, but the recipe for broccoli in cream in a pan is recognized as the most delicious. This dish is prepared simply and quickly. It is advisable to take fatty cream, and broccoli will do both fresh and frozen. Spices are often added to the dish: rosemary or pepper, in this recipe we add French mustard in beans.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 1.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 200 gr.
• Cream 30% - 70 gr.
• Milk - 40 ml.
• French mustard - 2 tablespoons
• Salt to taste.
• Oil for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the broccoli well under running water and divide into inflorescences of the same size. Frozen broccoli can be thawed in cold water without losing its properties.
2. Heat some vegetable oil in a skillet and fry the cabbage inflorescences over high heat for 3 minutes.
3. Then pour the amount of heavy cream with milk calculated for the number of servings to the fried broccoli and salt the dish to your liking. Stir everything a little, cover the skillet with a lid and simmer the broccoli over low heat for 5 minutes.
4. Then put two tablespoons of grain French mustard in a frying pan, gently stir again, then simmer the dish for several minutes without closing the lid, and turn off the heat.
5. Broccoli in a creamy sauce is ready. You can put it on a nice plate and serve.

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Fried broccoli in a pan with garlic

Broccoli is considered a symbol of healthy eating, but when cooked, it does not cause an appetite for many. Another thing is fried broccoli in a pan, and with garlic. You will have this dish as an excellent and quick dinner, as well as a side dish for meat or fish. The recipe is very simple.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 500 gr.
• Garlic - 3 cloves.
• Salt to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare broccoli forks for frying. With a sharp knife, divide it into inflorescences of approximately the same size and then rinse well under running water, because they may contain small caterpillars and dust.
2. In a separate saucepan, boil clean water, adding 1/2 tablespoon salt to 2 liters of water, and boil broccoli in it for 2-3 minutes. Throw the boiled cabbage in a colander and pour over with very cold water, which will keep the green color of the vegetable bright.
3. Peel the garlic cloves and chop finely with a knife. Then fry the garlic in hot vegetable oil for a minute.
4. Then transfer the prepared broccoli inflorescences into a frying pan and fry it for 5-7 minutes, gently turning it over with a fork, so that the inflorescences are evenly browned on all sides.Put the fried broccoli with garlic immediately on the plates and can be served.

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