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Healthy broccolini cooked in a pan. This easy sauteed broccolini recipe with garlic butter takes only 10 mins to make and perfect for weeknight dinner.
What Is Broccolini
Broccolini is a healthy green vegetable and a hybrid between broccoli and Chinese gai lan (Chinese broccoli).
When you have a hybrid, the taste combines the best of both vegetables.
Broccolini has smaller florets and much longer and thinner stems. The florets have more of a bite and the stems are crunchy.
Broccolini Recipe
This healthy vegetable is always available in my neighborhood grocery stores and farmers market.
It’s in season now so I decided to make this easy recipe of garlic butter sauteed broccolini.
The recipe takes only 10 minutes to make from start to finish.
How To Cook Broccolini
The best way to cook is a simple saute in a pan with simple ingredients below:
- Garlic
- Butter
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Lemon juice
Cooking broccolini takes only a few minutes so the vegetables retains its original flavors and fresh good taste.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Nutrition Facts
This healthy vegetable is packed full of nutrition and vitamins with many health benefits.
It’s very low in calories, with only 37 calories in one cup of serving. It has zero cholesterol and almost no fat.
You can learn all about its nutrition here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you sure can. There are many ways to cook the vegetable. Steamed, baked and roasted broccoli are some of the best ways to cook the vegetable.
Are they the same? No, they are not. Both are completely different from each other.
Broccoli rabe is a leafy vegetable while the latter has stalks and florets, with no leaves.
Below is the picture comparing the two vegetables. Source: Twitter.
This recipe is only 100 calories per serving. Try this garlic butter sauteed broccolini for your dinner tonight!
What To Serve With This Recipe
This meal is best served with a main dish. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Broccolini with Garlic Butter
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500g) broccolini
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 squirt lemon juice
Instructions
- Trim the bottom part of the broccolini stems by about 1/2 inch (1 cm).
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the butter. Sauté the garlic until it turns light brown, then add the broccolini. Toss with a spatula to combine well with the garlic.
- Add salt and ground black pepper to taste, along with a few squirts of lemon juice. Once the stems of the broccolini become tender, remove from heat and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Sorry Tammy, it was accidentally deleted. It’s back on. :)
Tried this with something labelled baby broccoli, but looked like broccolini. I’ve not had broccolini, so I don’t know the difference. This recipe was delicious! Added a bit of broth after the broccoli was browned in the skillet because I wanted it softer. Also added some sesame oil and seeds before serving. So much flavor! Loved the lime with it too! (Didn’t have a lemon.)
I have tried some of your recipes and enjoy them very much! Thank You for sending these delicious recipes!
Awesome thanks for trying my recipe!
Thank you ever so much for such a pleasant and clear presentation with all nutritional explanation.
Great recipe. I actually really appreciate this amazing recipe. I will make it for my family. Thanks!..
There’s just something about broccolini that gets me every time.
To reduce the bitterness, be sure to first blanch the broccolini in boiling water for 1-2 min, and then saute. It improves the final result hugely. Also broccolini is not a hybrid of broccoli and gai lan, it is actually of the mustard family, popular in Italy, but relatively unknown elsewhere.
I think you may be confusing broccolini with broccoli rabe. The latter is indeed bitter, and a cross with the turnip/mustard green family.
Wow ! all this recipe contain full of nutrition and looks so beautiful.
Wow this looks amazing!
Thanks Sara.