What vegetable dishes can you use to diversify your everyday kitchen, especially if you are a vegetarian or watching your figure?

You can, for example, learn how to fry broccoli in a frying pan by studying and trying out several recipes using this healthy cabbage!

Let's find out what frying an analogue of cauliflower involves, what rules it is fried by, and what it is seasoned with to improve the taste.

Rules for roasting broccoli

Before you start frying broccoli, an extremely healthy and tasty vegetable, you need to familiarize yourself with the rules for its preparation in order to preserve the maximum amount of minerals and vitamins. Here are the basic rules for such cooking:

How long to fry broccoli in a frying pan

Frying cabbage takes 5-20 minutes. It depends on what kind of broccoli you roast - raw or boiled - and how thick the florets and stems are.

If it is boiled, then fry it for about five to ten minutes.

If the cabbage is fresh, frying will take longer. However, you should not fry it too much, otherwise it will lose a lot of useful substances.

How to Prepare Broccoli for Roasting

If the cabbage is fresh, then wash it and divide it into inflorescences. If desired, you can cut the cabbage bouquets into pieces.

If the broccoli is frozen, there is no need to defrost it: put it in the frying pan immediately, and then be sure to use seasonings, since frozen cabbage has a weak taste.

How to roast broccoli

Usually cabbage is fried like this: heat a frying pan with oil, add broccoli, season with seasonings and fry.

The dish is considered ready if the cabbage is easy to chew and somewhat crunchy. Fried broccoli goes well with any meat dishes, pasta, potatoes and can be eaten separately, both hot and cold.

Fried broccoli with soy sauce

Ingredients

  • A kilogram of broccoli;
  • 2 tbsp. soy sauce;
  • Tbsp. balsamic vinegar;
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil;
  • A couple of cloves of garlic;
  • A pinch of cumin;
  • Quarter chili pepper;
  • A little salt.

How to deliciously fry broccoli in a frying pan

If you don’t have time for long cooking, you can quickly fry broccoli and get surprisingly tasty crispy cabbage. We stock up on a healthy product and prepare it according to this recipe:

  1. After washing the broccoli, divide it into small florets. Separate the stems from the inflorescences and cut into pieces 3cm long.
  2. Cook the raw cabbage for three minutes in a pan of salted water and drain in a colander.
  3. Fry the boiled broccoli in a frying pan with oil, adding chopped chili, crushed garlic and cumin. Frying time – 4 minutes. over moderate heat. The cabbage is ready when it is covered with a crispy crust.

We take the broccoli out onto a dish, add a little balsamic vinaigrette and soy sauce, and, after mixing, put it on the table.

Roasted Broccoli: Olive Oil Recipe

Ingredients

  • Cabbage - 600 g;
  • Olive oil;
  • A little salt and your favorite seasonings.

How to fry broccoli in a frying pan in olive oil

If you don’t want to bother with a side dish for meat or want to cook something fried but light, we recommend frying broccoli, which can be eaten even cold. We fry it according to the following recipe:

  1. Divide the washed cabbage into small inflorescences.
  2. Heat a frying pan with olive oil. If the cabbage is fresh, add a little hot water; if it’s frozen, put it straight into the oil, without defrosting.
  3. Add seasonings and salt, stir, close the pan and simmer for about a quarter of an hour until the water evaporates.

Stirring regularly, fry the broccoli uncovered over medium heat until crispy. If desired, add a little onion and crushed garlic.

How to deliciously fry breaded broccoli

Ingredients

  • - 1 tsp. + -
  • — 600 g + -
  • Breadcrumbs— 50 g + -
  • — 40 g + -

How to prepare fried broccoli in breadcrumbs

This cabbage can be eaten raw, boiled, stewed and baked, but the tastiest thing is fried broccoli, especially if you fry it in breadcrumbs. To make breaded broccoli, follow this recipe:

  1. We wash the cabbage and cut it into inflorescences. If the legs are long, cut them into pieces.
  2. Boil raw cabbage for 3 minutes. in a saucepan with salted water.
  3. Place the broccoli in a bowl of ice water, and after a couple of minutes place it in a colander to drain.
  4. Thoroughly coat the inflorescences and leg pieces in breadcrumbs.

Fry in a frying pan with butter for 10 minutes, stirring regularly, and immediately serve to the table, where it will be “swept away” by hungry household members in a couple of minutes!

So, you know how to fry broccoli in a frying pan and feed your family a surprisingly tasty dish. Try these recipes and you'll see a different side to boring-looking broccoli!

And one more medicine from the garden. It is believed that broccoli is the healthiest cabbage of all cabbages. Vitamins, microelements... everything as it should be, but in larger quantities. At the same time, there are only 26 kcal per 100 g, and there is more protein than in meat. But the highlight of the list of beneficial substances contained in this vegetable can be considered antioxidants (diindolylmethane, indole-3-carbinol and glucoraphanin) - they are the ones that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

But!!! Show me a Russian (not Italian) child who would agree to eat some broccoli dish instead of a plate of disgusting semolina porridge. In fairness, it should be noted that among adults there are adherents of broccoli, but for the majority, if there is a choice of dishes, it is not in favor of this wonderful product. In my family, I am that same adherent; the rest, if given a choice, will even prefer “semolina porridge with lumps.”
And only occasionally it is possible to feed them with broccoli dishes, the recipes for which are described below.

How to cook broccoli:


Photo 1.

Beauty is a bouquet of unblown cabbage flowers. From a culinary point of view, this is the most optimal degree of ripeness for broccoli. But there are more beneficial antioxidants in ripe inflorescences. And the maximum is contained in the seeds. But young buds are also a storehouse of benefits, all you have to do is not spoil it with cooking.



Photo 2.

A very dietary dish - soup in recycled chicken broth with boiled meat and fresh vegetables (potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and broccoli).
It's very easy to cook:
Peel carrots and potatoes, cut potatoes into cubes, carrots into slices.
Separate broccoli and cauliflower into small florets.

Place carrot pieces into the prepared boiling broth, after five minutes diced potatoes and small cauliflower florets, and after another five minutes - broccoli. Broccoli is much more tender than cauliflower and cooks in 2-3 minutes. Before turning off the stove, add salt to the soup. You can serve with sour cream and fresh chopped herbs. And small garlic croutons.



Photo 3.

But broccoli fried in breadcrumbs in olive oil is really delicious. No wonder this cabbage has another name - asparagus cabbage.

This wonderful side dish can be prepared in just 15-20 minutes. Before frying, broccoli must be separated into florets of equal size. Place in boiling salted water for no more than a minute or two (this will remove excess bitterness).

Then carefully place the cabbage in a colander, let the water drain a little and sprinkle evenly with freshly ground white bread crumbs right in the colander, shake lightly and place the pieces in a frying pan with heated olive oil. Of course, any vegetable oil will do, but it's the combination of broccoli and olive oil that makes this dish Mediterranean. Fry for a couple of minutes on one side and turn over for another 2-3 minutes on the other.

Ideally, the cabbage should remain a little al dente, but as I know, children prefer soft inside with a fried crispy crust on the outside - a matter of taste. In this case, you can fry a little longer.

    There are quite a lot of recipes for vegetable second courses without meat, and they always help out when you don’t want to stand at the stove for a long time in the hot summer. You can prepare a wide variety of dishes based on broccoli, from salads to soups and casseroles. But this vegetable can also act as a full-fledged side dish. It can be boiled, steamed and even fried. Moreover, in the latter case, you can use an interesting and healthy breading without eggs and sour cream, which will provide an attractive, appetizing, crispy crust and will not allow juice to leak into the pan.

    A vegetable prepared in this way is suitable as a light dinner. It is not for nothing that it is included in the list of permitted products in almost all types of diets. The amino acids it contains help to “accelerate” metabolism (metabolism), and protein allows you to saturate the body, as a result of which there is no feeling of hunger for a long time after eating. Dietary fiber allows you to gently and regularly cleanse the intestines, which is very important when losing weight. This cabbage also has a slight choleretic effect, which is very important when regulating fat balance and cleansing the liver of accumulated toxins.

    Ingredients:

  • Broccoli - 500 g
  • Breadcrumbs - 3-4 tbsp.

How to prepare the recipe:

Wash the broccoli well and separate it into florets.

You can soak them for 30 minutes in salted water to remove any bugs and worms.

Throw into boiling water and cook for no more than 5 minutes after boiling, otherwise it will overcook.

It turns out very tasty! The crunchy, salty croutons complement the soft broccoli very well.

Bon appetit!

Benefit

Anyone knows how important it is to eat a portion of fresh vegetables and fruits every day. It is necessary that the correct diet provides maximum benefits and contains the greatest amount of vitamins. Broccoli contains a lot of useful substances and vitamins. Few people know that it contains a large amount of plant proteins. In terms of protein content, it is close to beef. That’s why it’s so important for vegetarians and those who decide to give up meat for a while (for example, during Lent). Especially if a person plays sports and leads an active lifestyle. After all, it is protein that is involved in the formation (building) of muscle mass. This vegetable even contains lipids - substances that help in the production of thyroid hormones.

Of the minerals, it is rich in phosphorus, potassium, and calcium. They strengthen bone tissue, normalize the functioning of the cardiovascular system, and help remove harmful cholesterol from the blood. It contains a lot of amino and omega acids, which help normalize blood pressure. Few people know that this cabbage is a good alternative to lemons, since the amount of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in it is very high, which means that this vegetable must be eaten during periods of exacerbation of viral diseases. It is ascorbic acid that strengthens the immune system and prevents the occurrence of inflammatory processes in the body.

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For a quick and healthy breakfast, broccoli in eggs and croutons is perfect - a simple but original dish. Broccoli in breadcrumbs combines two “incompatible” qualities: firstly, the recipe is dietary because it contains boiled vegetables; secondly, tasty and satisfying - since these same vegetables are then lightly fried in breadcrumbs with egg. Let everyone cook scrambled eggs and oatmeal, and we will try the delicious and unusual broccoli!

Ingredients:

  • broccoli cabbage – 1 head;
  • breadcrumbs - 1 pack;
  • eggs – 2 pcs.;
  • salt - to your taste;
  • vegetable oil (I use sunflower) for frying;
  • water – 1.5 liters for boiling cabbage.

How to cook broccoli in croutons:

Among all the variety of types of cabbage, broccoli is easy to recognize: just like cauliflower, only with green inflorescences! This is what we buy, rinse with water, let the water drain and then cut the cabbage into inflorescences.

Place them in boiling salted water and boil for about five minutes.

Then we catch the inflorescences with a slotted spoon and place them in a colander (sieve) to drain the water.

Beat eggs in a deep plate and add salt. Pour crackers into a shallow plate. Dip the inflorescences in the egg and roll in breadcrumbs.

Place the broccoli florets in a frying pan with heated oil, fry over medium heat on one side, then on the other.

Remove with a fork or spatula onto a plate.
Broccoli in breadcrumbs is delicious served with sour cream, cream or garlic sauce.

Bon appetit!

Breaded broccoli is a delicious recipe for lovers of vegetable dishes. This dish is also suitable for those who suffer from diabetes, since eating broccoli helps prevent damage to blood vessels and cells and activates protective enzymes.

Breaded broccoli recipe

1. You can not limit yourself to cooking broccoli, but add zucchini or zucchini to it to get a complete hearty lunch. Boil the cabbage along with the zucchini until the vegetables are ready, being careful not to overcook as the cabbage may turn out too soft. The water should be salted while boiling.

2. Place the broccoli and zucchini in a colander to drain.

3. Divide the broccoli into florets, cut the zucchini (or zucchini) into not too thin circles.

4. Dip the inflorescences in beaten eggs, roll in flour, again in eggs, then in breadcrumbs. For zucchini or zucchini, use only eggs and flour or just flour to prevent the vegetables from becoming tough.

5. Melt low-fat butter in a frying pan.

6. Fry broccoli and zucchini until a beautiful golden brown crust forms.

7. Serve broccoli with other vegetables and herbs. Add fruit to the prepared dish