I know most of you are going to look at the title of this entry and think, "Broccoli, seriously?" and if I were the outsider (which I usually am) I would say the same thing. I can't stand broccoli; the taste, the texture, the smell... honestly it makes me gag. I never cook it for my husband, who loves it, because I can't stand the smell. I happen to have found a way last week, confirmed last night when I made it for the second time and it turned out "amazing" in the words of my husband, to cook broccoli and not be overcome by the smell. Wanna know my secret way? Keep reading :)
It's a stir fry! Two yummy green vegetables and some onions in a skillet with some other ingredients. Broccoli stir fry, who would have thought? You will need:
-Large non-stick skillet or wok
-1 large stalk of broccoli
-1/2 a small onion
-1/2 a large green bell pepper
-extra virgin olive oil
-liquid aminos (click here if you have no clue what liquid aminos is)
-healthy pinch of garlic powder or 1 small clove of crushed garlic
-ground pepper
-All you have to do is cut your broccoli into pieces as you would if you were going to steam it and throw it in the skillet. *Chop off the stem at the bottom of the largest pieces and begin to chop the individual stalks off. Work your way up the stem until you have nice, small pieces of broccoli.
-Slice your onion in half and pull out the heart and set aside. Slice through the layers of onion so you have half onion circles. Throw those into the skillet.
-Slice your bell pepper top and bottom and pull out the core. Cut the pepper in half from the open top, and slice one half long ways in thin slices. Throw those into the skillet. Turn your stove top on medium heat.
-Pour olive oil (the equivalent of about 4-5 tbsp) on top of your veggies and stir together well.
-Squirt a few tsp worth of liquid aminos onto your veggies and stir again.
-Add your garlic and pepper and stir again.
-Cover your skillet or wok with a large lid and allow to sit and steam for a minute or two. Uncover and stir well the recover for another minute. Uncover and stir around for a minute. It should smell REALLY good. Let it sit uncovered and stir occasionally. Total cook time about 5-7 minutes depending on how many veggies you added to your skillet. In the middle of cooking (it's really cool to watch) the veggies will start to turn a darker and brighter shade of green and then you know you're almost done. It's a beautiful color!
See? Broccoli can smell AND taste really good :)
*the picture has a really small amount in a large skillet. last time this skillet was very full. both nights the veggies turned out yummy, but this stalk of broccoli happened to be quite a bit smaller than the last one i used. just thought i'd let you know incase you were wondering why there was barely anything in there :)
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