This Sesame Garlic Broccoli needs just 6 ingredients. It is vibrant with blanched broccoli and delicious with a simple dressing of garlic roasted with sesame oil. A perfect side. Vegan glutenfree nutfree recipe. Jump to Recipe
If you like broccoli, you will LOVE this simple 6 ingredient garlicky broccoli. Broccoli is blanched then mixed with slowly roasted garlic + sesame oil dressing. The key to amazing flavor is just the right golden brown garlic. Cook it over low heat so it doesn’t burn. Add some crisped tofu and more soy sauce to make a meal!
Broccoli is one of those vegetables that divides the house. There are some that absolutely adore it in any shape and form, and some (read me) that need it generally chopped up in some format with loads of flavor. I used to not like broccoli, then I made dishes like broccoli fritters and broccoli veggie balls and slowly appreciated the vegetable. 🙂 Chop the broccoli smaller or larger for this recipe. The Garlic sesame flavor works amazingly well here.
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Sesame Garlic Broccoli
Ingredients
- 2 small heads of broccoli , cut into florets
- 2 tsp oil
- 2 large cloves of garlic , finely chopped or thin small slices
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 tsp soy sauce , use tamari for glutenfree, coconut aminos for soyfree
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp water
- sesame seeds and red pepper flakes for garnish , while and black sesame seeds
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a generous pinch of salt. Add the broccoli and cook for 3 to 5 mins (depends on the size of the florets and amount of florets to water).
- Once the broccoli is bright green, take off heat, drain and wash with cold water.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium low heat. Once the oil is hot, add garlic, reduce heat to low. Mix well and cook until the garlic is golden. 4 to 5 mins. (Slow cooking the garlic will roast it without burning).
- Add sesame seeds and sesame oil and continue to cook until the seeds start to change color.
- Add soy sauce, red pepper flakes and mix well for a few seconds. Add a tbsp of water and mix and take off heat.
- Drizzle over broccoli or add broccoli to the skillet and mix well. Add a dash of salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Allison
Love it! Simple and tasty.
Vegan Richa Support
thank you!
Merri Braunstein
This looks delish! I would like to make it oil free any suggestions?
Vegan Richa Support
omit the oils
Erin
I love this! I’ve never made this with broccoli, I usually make it with cabbage. It’s one of my favorites!
Vegan Richa Support
So happy to hear you enjoy. 🙂
Vegan in Chicago
Delicious!! Great idea to pair with tofu. Will definitely make again.
Vegan Richa Support
thanks for popping in ♡
Maya Didas
My whole family loved this broccoli side dish. My 15yo made it all by herself to go with some Asian noodles she was making. Delicious and Easy!
Vegan Richa Support
that’s awesome – never too young to start enjoying tasty recipes
Plant Based Rohit
I’ve always had a love and hate relationship with Broccoli. I hate Broccoli, but my body loves it. I am still not sure if I like them or not. I tried your recipe and it was actually quite good. Keep up the great work Richa 🙂
Chintu
Nice recipe..
But my husband is having diabetes.. can i add soy sauce ?.. or serve him without bsoy sauce.. i knw I’ll be delicious without soy sauce too.. but plz guide me..
Richa
yes, add more garlic and sesame oil for flavor
Bettina
Richa, thanks for another lovely way to make a quick meal! With a little tofu this would be all I’d need, and this is encouraging me to add this into my lunch box for work.
I do have one question. What does NaN mean, as in “(NaN ) sesame seeds and red pepper flakes for garnish?”
“Not a number?”
(I’m assuming it’s not a programming reference)
: )
Richa
yes, the conversion widget clearly has bad coding for when it cant find a number to convert to metric 🙂
Jasmine
Would this work with frozen broccoli?
Richa
should work, i havent tried it.
Tamara H.
This looks so delicious! Im definately going to be making this soon!
My question: There’s 9 gm of protein listed for one serving. Is that for the broccoli *without* the tofu? If so, I am quite pleasantly surprized! I didn’t realize this veggie had so much protein! Another benefit to this wonderful superfood!
Richa
it is without the tofu 🙂 yes broccoli has a good amount
Tamara H.
Wow!! Thank you! This is great to know!! Brocolli has so many healthy benefits!
Keren
Delicious! Shows to perfection the exquisite broccoli I had. I ate it with tofu and also added a few cashews and a dab of coconut butter to the pan after having thought I’d added too much soy sauce. So to offset the strong flavour. Perfection!
Richa
awesome!
Jordan
So delicious, so easy to make and, as a bonus, my kitchen smells so good. I made this for lunch today and we changed it from “serves 4” to “serves 2 broccoli-deprived adults”. This is so more-ish, couldn’t stop eating. Thanks for such a satisfying recipe!
Richa
sounds about right for the serving size :))
Rita C. Donnell
We are all of my family found of broccoli. I have done this last night. This is super healthy. I have got perfect color, flavor and taste. Thanks for presentation such type of vague less recipe.
Beth
Is it ok if we mince the garlic? Will that change the flavor?
Richa
a fine mince will burn easily. You want a coarse mince or fine chop. See pictures
Joan and Les
Just made this to have with a Coconut Curry and rice for lunch. My husband raved over it, calling it “fantastic”. I agree with him. Really easy to boot. How can anything this easy to prepare be so tasty? Great flavors. The only thing we found a wee bit confusing was with the garlic being called for “finely chopped” and then, “thin small slices”. We went with thin small slices though it probably doesn’t really matter I guess. Thank you for another great recipe!
Richa
Awesime! “or” is missing there. Finely chopped or thin slices
Gosia
Made it yestarday, too easy too good. Love it and Thank you ♥️
Richa
awesome!
Christine @ Run Plant Based
This looks wonderful and simple, can’t wait to try it. Thanks!
Jennifer
If it makes you feel any better my son hates them. All the baby books talk about how they LOVE broccoli, and my son hates it. I can only feed him the stems diced up, or maybe finely minced into something. So clearly not alone ^__~
Betty
Start with stalks sliced with carrots & corn or another veggie he likes . Then maybe once you add a sauce he like to dip little trees into, he may eventually develop a taste .. I think small thin slices- SMALL- is key to little mouths.
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Michele
When you use sesame oil, is it toasted? A lot of times, it’s hard to find oil that is not toasted.
Richa
i use toasted.
Shirley
Easy and delicious, thank you.