Need some new ways to cook broccoli? As a chef, even I get tired of preparing broccoli the same old way. These recipes are sure to inspire—from roasted to stir-fried to steamed and everything in between, including growing our ever-popular broccoli sprouts.
A member of the cruciferous vegetable family with a powerhouse of nutrients and anti-cancer compounds, broccoli is not only easy to prepare—it’s healthy and oh so delicious. Here are a few of my chef’s tips and cooking methods to “up” your broccoli game!
Our Top-Rated Broccoli Recipes
Here are our most popular, reader approved broccoli recipes on the blog! These tried and true recipes have hundreds of 5-star reviews!
Roasted Broccoli recipes
One of our best cooking methods for broccoli is roasting it in the oven! Baking in a hot oven yields tender-crisp broccoli in under 30 minutes. This easy method brings out the flavor and adds delicious texture while letting the oven do most of the work.
How to Roast Broccoli
Toss bite-sized florets with olive oil, salt and pepper and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet in the oven. Feel free to sprinkle with parmesan, or keep it vegan. Use this in salads, grain bowls, or as a side dish.
Roasted Broccoli Salad
Roasted Broccoli Salad with toasted almonds, kalamata olives, and lemon zest, drizzled with delicious Mustard Seed Maple Dressing. Add feta cheese if you like! Amazingly simple, yet filled with so much vibrant flavor.
Roasted Romanesco
Romanesco is a stunning chartreuse-spired cruciferous veggie in the same family as broccoli and cauliflower. Here we’ve roasted it with shallots, garlic and lemon zest and served with Italian Salsa Verde and Calabrian Chilies.
Delicious Broccoli Dinners
You’ll find new and inspiring ways to enjoy broccoli with these healthy main dishes full of savory flavor. We love pairing shrimp, chicken and tofu with broccoli, as well as pasta, always a winner.
Broccoli Shrimp Stir fry
Shrimp Stir Fry with broccoli florets in a flavorful, fresh orange ginger sauce. Healthy and easy, this dish will be on your dinner table in under 30 minutes!
Broccoli Pasta
Orecchiette Pasta with Broccoli Sauce – a simple vegetarian pasta dish hailing from Tuscany that is easy to make, healthy and oh so delicious!
Broccoli Cakes!
These vegetarian Broccoli Cakes can be made in 30 minutes & are a delicious healthy meal that your whole family will love! Can be made ahead for the busy week!
Broccoli Manicotti
These Broccoli Stuffed Manicotti require no pre-boiling- just stuff and bake in the sauce! A cozy homemade vegetarian meal that can be made ahead. Perfect for weeknight dinners or the holiday table.
Garlicky Cruciferous Pasta
A simple vegan pasta recipe, heavy on the cruciferous veggies and garlic cloves and light on the pasta. Keep this vegan with extra-virgin olive oil or add grated parmesan cheese (although it’s really good without). Sprinkle with red pepper flakes.
Broccoli Stir Fry
Quick and easy Broccoli Stir Fry with your choice of tofu, chicken, shrimp or beef. The simple stir fry sauce is made from scratch and is Gluten-free and adaptable. Serve over rice!
Broccoli Chicken Bake
This comforting, easy Broccoli Chicken Bake is full of delicious Mediterranean flavor! We love adding broccoli to casseroles, here its paired with chicken, orzo pasta, olives, feta cheese, lemon, basil and optional pine nuts for savory flavor.
Favorite Broccoli Soup Recipes
We love broccoli soup and have several for you to try! Make a batch ahead for the busy week, and you’ll have something to nourish you all week long!
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup
Comforting broccoli and cheddar soup with loads of broccoli and white cheddar cheese, a creamy texture and sharp, savory flavor. This wholesome soup is a perfect choice for a cozy meal.
Thai Broccoli Soup
A simple delicious recipe for Thai Broccoli Soup with Coconut Milk- bursting with authentic Thai flavors. Make from scratch in 40 mins! Vegan & Gluten-Free.
Vegan Broccoli Soup
This Broccoli Soup is vegan! Made with broccoli, corn and jalapeño – it is a fast and easy weeknight recipe that is healthy, vegan and keto!
Broccoli Soup with Pesto!
This Broccoli Soup with Pesto is deeply nourishing, full of flavor, and made with simple ingredients in under 35 minutes. Gluten-free & Vegan-adaptable!
Broccoli Salad Recipes
Crunchy and fresh, this broccoli salad may surprise you with its incredible depth of flavor.
Roasted Broccoli Salad
Easy Roasted Broccoli Salad with toasted almonds, kalamata olives, and lemon zest, drizzled with delicious Mustard Seed Maple Dressing. Amazingly simple, yet filled with so much vibrant flavor.
Vegan Broccoli Salad
Creamy Vegan Broccoli Salad is so good, you won’t even realize it is vegan! Bite sized florets are tossed in a creamy herby dressing with a little red onion- it is easy, healthy and full of incredible flavor- you’ll want to drink the dressing.
Steamed Broccoli
Steamed broccoli is quick to prepare and delicious. It is probably my favorite way to prepare broccoli because it is so darn fast. It will easily become a staple on your dinner table!
Steamed Broccoli with Garlic & Lemon Zest
This recipe for Steamed Broccoli! Simply toss it with extra virgin olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, and red pepper flakes is our “go-to” broccoli recipe -simple yet full of fantastic flavor! Vegan, healthy can be made in 15 minutes!
Broccolini Recipes
And lets not forget broccoli’s ever-popular cousin- broccolini!
Broccoli For Breakfast!
Broccoli Frittata
A recipe for Vegetable Frittata (crustless quiche) baked in the oven. A versatile vegetarian brunch recipe- loaded with healthy veggies like broccoli that can be made ahead.
Broccoli Benedict
Eggs Benedict with Broccolini and a Meyer Lemon hollandaise Sauce.
Storing Broccoli
- Raw broccoli can keep up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator if stored correctly in a semi-perforated plastic bag in a crisper drawer.
- Cooked broccoli will keep up to 4 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Broccoli can also be frozen either raw, or cooked for up to 3 months.
Ways to use Leftover Broccoli
I always try to to make a double batch of broccoli because the leftovers can be used in so many different ways!
- Make Broccoli Bowls. Serve left over broccoli over brown rice or quinoa with your choice of protein and a drizzle of peanut sauce or tahini sauce.
- Add to salads. Cooked broccoli can be chopped up and added to salads ( grain salads, lentil salads, or chickpea salads) for an extra burst of nutrition.
- Add to stir-fries. Toss in cooked broccoli to your next stir fry!
- Serve as a side dish with your next dinner! Pairs well with salmon, chicken or crispy tofu.
Broccoli FAQS
The stems of broccoli contain more nutrients than the florets! Save and add to soups and stir-fries!
Steaming broccoli is lowest in fat and will retain more of the vitamin c content than other methods of cooking.
Sautéing, roasting or pan-frying broccoli brings out the delicious flavor also keeps the texture tender crisp, retaining color and nutritional value. Steaming broccoli will retain more of the vitamin c content than other methods of cooking.
No need to blanch, cut the flowerets small and they will cook up perfectly tender-crisp.
Broccoli is considered a superfood! It is a great source of antioxidants, can reduce inflammation, improve blood sugar control, boost immunity and may promote heart health! Broccoli is rich in fiber and contains vitamins c and k and iron and potassium.
While raw broccoli is high in vitamin c and many people can enjoy raw broccoli, for some it can create gas and bloating. Cooking broccoli softens the fibers making them easier to chew and digest fully.
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25+ Best Broccoli Recipes: Roasted Broccoli
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: side dish
- Method: roasted
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Here are our Best Broccoli Recipes that are healthy, flavorful, and not boring! Whether you are looking for roasted broccoli recipes, broccoli salads, broccoli soups, vegetarian broccoli recipes, or entire meals made out of broccoli, you’ll find inspiration here! (Roasted Broccoli)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450F.
- Trim off the tougher stem and peel the broccoli stem if needed. (If broccoli is freshly picked, it will probably not need peeling). Cut into bite-sized pieces. This size allows the broccoli to get a good sear without overcooking. Cut the stem into 2-inch lengths about 1/2 inch thick. Place cut broccoli in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper into the broccoli, lightly massaging in with your hands.
- Arrange broccoli in a single layer, on a sheet pan covered with parchment (optional, but makes for easy clean up).
- Bake for 15-20 minutes. The broccoli with continue to cook on the sheet pan, when you bring it out of the oven. Move immediately to a serving dish to keep it tender crisp.
- Serve warm as it or with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Check out additional serving suggestions in the notes.
Notes
Feel free to add a drizzle of truffle oil, to elevate this!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 68
- Sugar: 0.4 g
- Sodium: 7.5 mg
- Fat: 7.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 1.5 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 0.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Love your recipes and your tips about broccoli! Have you heard about the health benefits of sulfurophane, which you can get from broccoli. You get lots more from raw cruciferous veg, but if you chop up your broccoli and wait 30-40 minutes before cooking, you still get some. You can also add dry mustard to cooked broccoli. Check it out! NutritionFacts.org has more info.
Yes, Christina! We are all about the sulforaphane! Very interesting about the mustard seed powder- makes sense. Broccoli sprouts have 40 times more than broccoli- have you tried growing them? I have a batch growing every week. So much fun- we have an easy guide for this too ” How to grow microgreens“.
Oh, that’s awesome! Thanks so much. I’ll definitely try growing sprouts and am going to find your instructions right now. 🙂
Great!
Looks good. What is the serving size on the broccoli manicotti ?
Thanks so much Felice. 1 manicotti per serving!
I can’t wait to try these. My daughter abhors broccoli but I think she would like some of these.
Give it a go Justina!
Wonderful Recipe thank you!
Thanks Jennifer!
Thank you for these!
Thanks Jennifer!