The BEST Broccoli You'll Ever Eat (roasted, of course!)
This oven roasted broccoli recipe combines Parmesan cheese, garlic and lemon in one delicious and healthy dish. It's a pared down, cheaper version of Ina Garten's famous roasted broccoli, but every bit as tasty. Good enough to convert even the biggest broccoli hater!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 68kcal
Ingredients
- 1 head broccoli
- 6 cloves garlic
- olive oil
- kosher salt
- pepper
- 1 lemon
- Parmesan cheese (use the real stuff!)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Wash head of broccoli and cut it into florets. I also like to peel the stems and cut them into slices (tastes just like broccoli - waste not, want not).
- Peel and slice 5 or 6 good sized cloves of garlic. Toss them together with broccoli on a sheet pan.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper. Toss around. Roast in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Take the pan out and use a spatula to scrape everything off the pan and toss it again. Put back in the oven for 5 more minutes. (I like broccoli with a little firmness left in it.)
- Take pan out. Wash a lemon and use a zester* to grate some lemon zest all over the broccoli.
- Squeeze some fresh lemon juice over the broccoli (be careful not to drop lemon seeds in it - they taste terrible).
- Use your zester again to grate a generous amount of fresh Parmesan cheese over the broccoli. Serve hot.
- Enjoy! :)
Notes
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* I have a zester similar to this one and I use it all the time. It's a really inexpensive but useful kitchen tool.
Nutrition
Calories: 68kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 435mg | Potassium: 357mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 630IU | Vitamin C: 100.9mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 0.9mg