#broccoli recipe
This beautifully simple and tasty Butter and Garlic Broccoli serves one as a main, or two as a side and keeps the tender snap of the fleurets. Happy Monday!
Ingredients (serves 1 or 2):
- 2 small heads fresh broccoli
- 1 ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Fill a medium saucepan to the half with water, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
With a sharp knife, cut broccoli fleurets off the stalks(keep the large stalksand leaves to make a fragrant Vegetable Broth.)
Place broccoli fleurets in a steaming basket, and fit basket over the saucepan. Cover with a lid, and steam, about 10 minutes, until broccoliis just tender.
Remove from the heat.
In a large, deep skillet, melt butterover medium heat. Once buter is just foaming, add minced garlic; cook, 1 minute.
Then, stir in steamed broccoli, and cook, shaking the pan to coat in butterandgarlic, a couple of minutes more. Season with saltand black pepper, to taste. Cook, another minute.
ServeButter and Garlic Broccolihot.