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Pan-Fried Broccoli tastes wonderful with pine nuts and Parmesan, and you may add thinly sliced garlic in the event you favor! Both method you make it, this stovetop broccoli recipe is ideal for a particular aspect dish that’s fast, straightforward, and low in web carbs!
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Pan-Fried Broccoli (with Pine Nuts and Parmesan) is my Friday Favorites choose for this week! And I believe it’s a recipe most broccoli followers will get pleasure from. This one-pan recipe is simple for a flavorful wholesome aspect dish. And with yummy flavor-boosting components like pine nuts and Parmesan, that is particular sufficient for Thanksgiving. However this wonderful approach to prepare dinner broccoli is simple sufficient to make for a week-night dinner too.
It is a recipe from the very early days of my weblog, and I’ve made it fairly just a few instances by way of the years. Nevertheless it took a very long time for this straightforward broccoli recipe to make it to the entrance of the road for brand new pictures! Now I’m completely happy to have pictures that showcase how tasty that is!
And let me say it yet another time: Pine Nuts and Parmesan! I hope that the improved pictures and that reminder is sufficient to get you to do that completely scrumptious approach to prepare dinner broccoli!
What components do you want?
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Are pine nuts a should for the fried Broccoli recipe?
Pine nuts are wonderful on this broccoli dish, however in the event you don’t have these or don’t need to splurge on them, slivered almonds might be nice. (I’m loopy about pine nuts although, and purchase them at Costco and preserve within the freezer!)
What different cheese can you utilize for the Pan-Fried Broccoli:
Parmesan cheese is nice with the pine nuts on this recipe, however you should use some other exhausting grating cheese like Asiago, Romano, and even Mizithra. I additionally suppose Feta can be scrumptious on this recipe in the event you’re a Feta fan.
How low in carbs is that this Pan-Fried Broccoli?
This tasty stovetop broccoli aspect dish has solely 5 web carbs per serving with 4 grams of protein.
The way to Make Pan-Fried Broccoli (with Pine Nuts and Parmesan):
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- Trim broccoli so each bit is about 2 inches lengthy. Then reduce by way of stem and pull aside to make each bit about 1 inch extensive.
- Measure out pine nuts and grated Parmesan.
- You want 4 thinly sliced garlic cloves in the event you’re utilizing that, which I missed taking a photograph of!
- Warmth a big non-stick frying pan over medium-high warmth, add pine nuts, and prepare dinner 1-2 minutes, till barely beginning to colour.
- Warmth 1 tablespoon olive oil in the identical pan, add broccoli, and pan fry, stirring always, till broccoli turns shiny inexperienced, about 2-3 minutes.
- Season to style with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
- Transfer broccoli to aspect of pan, add the remaining oil and garlic slices and prepare dinner till garlic is aromatic, about 1 minute.
- Flip warmth to excessive, add hen inventory, stir, and canopy pan and prepare dinner about 2 minutes, or till broccoli is barely tender.
- Uncover and proceed to prepare dinner, stirring always, till liquid has evaporated and broccoli is fork-tender, about 3 minutes longer.
- Sprinkle the pan-fried broccoli with Pine Nuts and freshly-grated Parmesan and serve instantly.
Make it for a low-carb meal:
This straightforward fried broccoli can be nice for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, however it might even be nice for an everyday dinner with one in every of these particular low-carb major dishes:
Need extra concepts for vacation broccoli?
Take a look at Keto Broccoli Recipes for Thanksgiving in the event you’d like extra broccoli choices!
Substances
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 1 1/2 T olive oil
- 1 lb. broccoli florets (6 cups)
- salt and recent floor black pepper to style
- 4 cloves garlic, sliced very skinny
- 1/3 cup hen broth (see notes)
- 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Directions
- In case you purchase pre-cut broccoli items that are available an enormous bag, no want to scrub the broccoli. In case you’re utilizing broccoli with stems hooked up you may need to wash the reduce broccoli in a salad spinner and dry very nicely.
- Trim broccoli so each bit is about 2 inches lengthy, then reduce by way of stem and pull aside to make each bit about 1 inch extensive. (Slicing by way of the stem and pulling aside prevents the messy “crumbs” you get while you reduce by way of the florets.)
- Measure out the pine nuts and grated Parmesan so it is able to go. Use extra of much less of both of those components, no matter you like. You additionally want 4 thinly sliced garlic cloves.
- Warmth a big non-stick frying pan over medium-high warmth, add the pine nuts, and prepare dinner 1-2 minutes, till barely beginning to colour. (You may add a teeny little bit of oil in case your pan is not non-stick.)
- Take away pine nuts to a plate.
- Warmth 1 tablespoon olive oil in the identical pan, add broccoli, and pan fry, stirring always, till broccoli turns shiny inexperienced, about 2-3 minutes.
- Season to style with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
- Transfer broccoli to at least one aspect of pan, add the remaining oil and garlic slices and prepare dinner till garlic is aromatic, about 1 minute.
- Flip warmth to excessive, add hen inventory, stir, and canopy pan and prepare dinner about 2 minutes, or till broccoli is barely tender.
- Uncover and proceed to prepare dinner, stirring always, till all of the liquid has evaporated and broccoli is fork-tender, about 3 minutes longer.
- Sprinkle the fried broccoli with pine nuts and freshly-grated Parmesan and serve instantly.
Vitamin Data
Yield
6
Serving Measurement
1
Quantity Per Serving
Energy 116Whole Fats 9gSaturated Fats 1gTrans Fats 0gUnsaturated Fats 6gLdl cholesterol 4mgSodium 254mgCarbohydrates 8gFiber 3gSugar 1gProtein 4g
Vitamin data is routinely calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I’m utilizing. I’m not a nutritionist and can’t assure 100% accuracy, since many variables have an effect on these calculations.
Low-Carb Weight-reduction plan / Low- Glycemic Weight-reduction plan / South Seashore Weight-reduction plan Strategies:
This fried broccoli recipe is nice for low-carb and Keto diets and for the unique South Seashore Weight-reduction plan. Broccoli does have some carbs, however it’s low in web carbs. You may want to use fewer pine nuts and/or Parmesan in the event you’re strictly following South Seashore.
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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
Pan-Fried Broccoli (with Pine Nuts and Parmesan) was first posted in 2007! It was lastly up to date with higher pictures and extra full directions November 2020 and was final up to date with extra data in 2026.
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