Recipe: Lemony Broccoli

If you're trying to get more greens into your diet (and you should be!) you might as well make sure they taste amazing. I have a lot of broccoli and find it can get a bit samey, so I came up with this recipe to give it a bit of a kick. You can give it an even bigger kick by increasing the amount of chilli you add!

Recipe: Lemony Broccoli

 

Author: Suz Crawt

Recipe type: Sides

Prep time:  10 mins

Cook time:  5 mins

Total time:  15 mins

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This is a great side dish to make an ingredient that's often not popular, the star of the show!

Ingredients

• A clove of garlic
• Pinch sea salt
• 1½ tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoons freshly diced chilli (increase for more of a kick!)
• 1 lemon, juice & zest
• 150ml (5 floz) hot water
• 1 handful fresh broccoli
• Pinch flaked almonds

Instructions

1. Peel & grind up the garlic and salt using a food processor (or pestle & mortar). Add in a dash of the olive oil and stir the mixture.
2. Transfer the mixture to a pan and add in the rest of the olive oil and the chilli. Heat over a medium heat and stir until it starts to simmer. Add in the lemon juice and water as necessary to stop it sticking to the pan. Keep the mixture warm over a medium heat.
3. Steam the broccoli for three minutes until tender.
4. Dry fry the almonds in a pan until they turn golden.
5. Combine the broccoli, sauce & lemon zest and top with the almonds.
6. Serve and enjoy!

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