This is a garlic-flavoured quick and easy stir-fried broccoli recipe. Serve it as a side dish or enjoy it as a healthy snack; either way, you will love it.
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
This stir fry is one of my favourite ways to eat broccoli. It is packed with nutrition, garlicky flavour and is so easy to make, from start to finish, it takes less than 30 minutes.
More Reasons To LOVE Broccoli Stir Fry
- requires minimal ingredients
- wholesome and fulfilling
- vegan and vegetarian
- healthy and nourishing
- gluten-free
Here, we have a time-saving, tasty, healthy vegetarian stir fry! It requires just a few simple ingredients. Garlic, sesame oil, chilli, black pepper, and salt are all you need to season this delicious vegetable perfectly!
Nothing is more satisfying than having a bowl of stir-fried broccoli with my meals!
I love experimenting with broccoli. If you love broccoli too, like me, try my healthy broccoli soup, green pesto, chicken broccoli pasta, or the air fryer malai broccoli tikka. They are pretty amazing too!
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Broccoli: You can purchase pre-chopped broccoli florets or an entire head of broccoli and cut it into florets yourself.
- Garlic is the key ingredient in this stir-fry recipe to flavour the broccoli.
- Soy Sauce adds a delicious savoury flavour. Use light soy sauce.
- Seasoning: Salt, Black Pepper, Red Chilli Flakes
- Oil: Use sesame, groundnut, or light olive oil.
- Sesame Seeds add a subtle nutty taste and crunch to the broccoli. You can add sliced almonds or roasted peanuts also.
How To Make
Blanch Broccoli
- Cut broccoli head into florets. Rinse with water. Transfer florets to a bowl with the lid. Add hot water.
- Cover and let broccoli sit in hot water for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Fill a bowl with water and ice cubes. Transfer broccoli florets into it.
- After 2 – 3 minutes, drain all the water and transfer broccoli florets to a colander. They are ready for stir-frying.
Stir Fry Broccoli
- Heat oil in a frying pan. Add garlic, and fry it for a few seconds to infuse its flavour into the oil.
- Add chilli flakes, broccoli, salt, pepper, and soy sauce. Stir-Fry over high heat for 1 – 2 minutes.
- Add one tablespoon of water. Cover and cook broccoli precisely for 20 seconds.
Sprinkle sesame seeds, and stir-fried broccoli is ready to serve.
Serving Suggestion
Stir-Fried Broccoli makes an excellent vegetarian side dish for pasta main course, steaks, grilled meat, or soups.
You can serve it as a side dish with Asian dishes like chicken fried rice, chilli oil noodles, or kung pao chicken.
I enjoy it as a healthy and tasty snack between meals. It keeps me full and is an excellent way to include broccoli in my everyday diet.
More Vegetable Sides Recipe
- Healthy Vegetable Stir Fry
- Tofu Vegetable Stir Fry
- Air Fryer Green Beans
- Cabbage Coleslaw
- Beetroot Stir Fry
- Roasted Potato
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Garlicky Stir Fried Broccoli Recipe
Ingredients
- 200 gram broccoli florets
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
- 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds (til)
Instructions
- Cut broccoli head into florets. Rinse with water.
- Transfer florets to a bowl with the lid. Add hot water. Cover and let broccoli sit in hot water for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Keep a bowl filled with ice cold water ready. After two minutes, immediately transfer the broccoli to the ice cold water. This stops the cooking process and helps retain the green colour.
- After 2 – 3 minutes, drain all the water and transfer the broccoli florets to a colander. They are ready for stir-frying.
- For stir frying, heat oil in a frying pan. Add garlic, and fry it for 20 – 30 seconds to infuse its flavour into the oil.
- Add chilli flakes, broccoli, salt, pepper, and soy sauce. Stir-Fry over high heat for 1 – 2 minutes. Do not cook broccoli for too long.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds. Turn off the heat.
- Garlicky Stir Fried Broccoli is ready to serve.
Arti says
Thank you, it turned out pretty good
Hina Gujral says
So happy you liked it!
Anjan Banerji says
This is delicious I am guessing on its own. I also add some ground toasted nuts and a dash of lime for tartness.
Nandanee khedaroo says
It came out delicious
Hina Gujral says
Thank you for sharing your feedback!