Broccoli in the microwave

The perfect vegetable side dish! Delicious, healthy, low-calorie! Broccoli in the microwave can be served as a main lean dish or as a vegetable side dish to meat or fish. Cooking often turns delicate inflorescences into a homogeneous porridge, pulling out of them not only the color, but also the taste. Baking requires more global preparation, and cooking in a microwave oven will reduce the work time in the kitchen to a minimum and ensure not only the preservation of vitamins and taste qualities, but also the flawless appearance of finished vegetables.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 38 % 3 g
Fats 13 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 50 % 4 g
24 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Cooking method

Cooking time: 25 min

Immediately before cooking broccoli, rinse with cold running water, crush the excess drops well and leave to drain on a towel. It is better to take fresh vegetables, but you can also use frozen semi-finished products. In this case, we take the inflorescences out of the freezer immediately before cooking, do not defrost in advance, and you will get a lump stuck together!

In the case of fresh vegetables, we disassemble the whole swing into inflorescences. We take a deep dish suitable for use in a microwave oven, place fresh or frozen pieces of broccoli divided into inflorescences in it. Salt with a small amount of salt, add sugar, if desired, you can diversify the taste with spices or your favorite herbs and spices. Add the required amount of water and cover with a lid.

We install the dishes in the microwave, set the maximum power and cooking time to 2 minutes. After disconnecting, open the lid and check the readiness of the broccoli with a fork or knife. If the vegetables are not ready, we send them to the microwave for another couple of minutes. It is not necessary to increase the time and digest, in this case, the elastic dense inflorescences will be digested, lose their external attractiveness and taste qualities.

As soon as the broccoli is ready, drain the water. Serve the vegetables hot. As an addition, you can use a small amount of butter, prepare a creamy or garlic sauce.

Broccoli in the microwave perfectly complement meat or fish dishes, potatoes, spaghetti and can replace a full meal. Broccoli can also be cooked for babies if they eat vegetables well.

Bon appetit!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Broccoli - 33   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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