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Baked Broccoli
This is a simple baked broccoli recipe topped up with cheddar cheese.
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
12
minutes
mins
Total Time
22
minutes
mins
Course:
Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
2
Calories:
Author:
Srividhya G
Ingredients
Broccoli - 1 big flower
10 florets
Olive oil - 4 tbsps
Orange zest
Any citrus zest - 2 tsps
Salt - a pinch
see notes below
Pepper - 1 tsp
Cheddar cheese or to your preference
grated - 2 tbsps or more according to your taste
Instructions
Clean the broccoli florets and pat dry.
Mix olive oil, salt, pepper and the zest and whisk together.
Preheat the oven to 350F
I used a cookie baking tray for baking this. I covered the tray with aluminum foil and sprayed the same with cooking oil.
Mix the broccoli and the olive oil mixture , make sure all the broccoli florets are coated well with the olive oil mixture and bake it for 20 mts.
Now add the grated cheese and bake it for 10-12 minutes or until the broccoli becomes crunchy. (Not more than 15 mts)
Notes
As I am using cheese, I didn't add salt. If I used cheddar, I do add a pinch of salt and if I use parmesan, I don't use salt at all.
You can use any citrus zest, be it lime or lemon or orange. I have tried all three and all tastes good.
You can also use flavored olive oil, garlic infused ones are really good.