VIDEO: How to cook broccoli properly
If you want to cook healthily, broccoli should be an integral part of your kitchen. If you are environmentally conscious, then you can also buy it in the health food store or on the organic farm and pay attention to its regional origin.
Prepare the broccoli tasty
- Broccoli tastes best when not in water cooked, but gently steamed.
- To do this, you need a steamer insert for the saucepan. This ensures that the broccoli does not lie directly in the water, but is gently cooked by the hot steam that rises from the boiling water.
- If you don't have a steamer insert and want to first try out whether you like steamed vegetables, you can also use a metal spaghetti strainer for steaming.
- This should be big enough that you can place it on the saucepan and there is enough space between the bottom of the pan and the bottom of the sieve so that the sieve does not protrude into the boiling water.
Boil broccoli
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Steam or boil the vegetables
- Whether you want to steam or cook the broccoli, the first thing you should do is wash it thoroughly under running water.
- Then cut off the individual heads from the stalk. You shouldn't throw away the stalk, because you can boil or steam it too. Cut off the bottom end and the top end into slices about an inch thick.
- Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. Alternatively, you can heat the water in the kettle and then pour it into the saucepan.
- Now put the broccoli florets and the stalk slices together in the steamer insert or the spaghetti strainer and place it over the saucepan.
- Depending on how small or large the broccoli florets are, they are usually cooked after ten to twelve minutes. They can also be a bit firm to the bite.
vegetables like broccoli or carrots, you should steam rather than boil. Not only is it healthier, it also makes for a better taste.
