Simply Perfect Baked Broccoli

With broccoli being so cheap right now its a good time to eat some! Broccoli benefits from very light cooking. The standard method for this is blanching but I find that baking is even easier and in many ways better. I'm certain that I'm not the only person who intended to lightly blanch/steam/or boil my broccoli and accidently Cooked It To Death!

Also, broccoli really has a delicate- almost mildly sweet- flavor. As such, if you want to savor the broccoli in all of its glory you need to keep you preparations and ingredients reigned in. This recipe is the easierst, cheapest, and best way to showcase the flavor of broccoli

You will need:

A ziplock bag or a container with a tight fitting lid

An oven safe dish large enough to let the broccoli lay on it in a single layer
An oven - set to 350

Ingredients needed (for 1 serving):

1 Cup Broccoli, chopped
1-3 tsp Olive Oil
1 dash Salt




Directions:

1.Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees
2.Place chopped broccoli, oil and salt into the bag/container with a lid.
3.Shake the broccoli until well coated with oil. Add a little more oil if needed.
4.Spread the broccoli on the oven safe dish in a single layer.

5.Bake for 5 minutes, until the broccoli is bright green and tender-crisp.

Nutrition facts created by: http://nutritiondata.self.com