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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you are looking for a light, healthy dish, then boiled broccoli is a great suggestion for you. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN and make this boiled dish simple, quick, and convenient right away!
Ingredients for Boiled Broccoli For 2 people
Broccoli 1 bunch (about 500gr) Ginger 1 piece (small piece) Salt 1 little Water from washing rice 500 ml
How to choose fresh and delicious broccoli
- Choose broccoli stalks that are round, with vibrant green leaves, and leaf blades about 4 fingers wide for the best taste.
- Good broccoli will have short, thick leaf stems that are light green.
- Unlike other types of broccoli, flowering broccoli is tastier than non-flowering broccoli.
- However, you should also avoid choosing broccoli that has flowered too much as it may be too old.
- Do not choose broccoli if you see the leaves turning light yellow or have strange black spots.
How to cook boiled mustard greens
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Pick and wash mustard greens
After bringing the mustard greens home, cut off the stems, separate each leaf, and include the stems as well. Then, soak them in water mixed with rice for about 5 – 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
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Cut the mustard greens
After washing the mustard greens, cut them into bite-sized pieces, approximately 2 finger lengths long.
Peel the ginger and then crush it.
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Boiled Greens
Prepare a pot of water about 1 liter, add smashed ginger, a little salt, and bring the water to a boil.
When the water is boiling vigorously, add the stems of the greens first because they take longer to cook. After 3 minutes, when the stems are slightly cooked, add the leaves of the greens.
You should boil on high heat so the greens retain their green color, crispness, and sweetness. When you add the leaves, boil for about 2 more minutes.
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Final Product
Thus, you have a delicious and light dish of boiled greens to accompany other dishes for today’s meal.
The boiled greens are just cooked enough to still retain their bright green color, not too soft, and when eaten, you can still feel the sweetness and crispness of the greens, which is definitely worth trying. With this boiled greens dish, you can enjoy it with soy sauce or either salty or sweet fish sauce.
Tips for boiling green vegetables and preserving their nutrients
- Method 1: A simple way to keep vegetables green and preserve their nutrients is to add a little salt to the boiling water.
- Method 2: You must wait for the water to boil before adding the vegetables and boil on high heat.
- Method 3: While boiling the vegetables, you can add a tablespoon of cooking oil, which will help the vegetables remain fresh and shiny.
- Method 4: To keep the vegetables green and crunchy, after boiling, soak them in ice water.
- Method 5: Adding a little lemon juice or vinegar to maintain the green color of the vegetables is also very good.
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