How to clean broccoli?

Broccoli is a very common food in our lives. It is rich in nutrients, but how can we clean broccoli? Many people have found that broccoli looks very clean, but there are many small insects and dust hidden in it. If you want to clean it thoroughly, you must spend a lot of effort. How can you clean the broccoli? The following will tell you in detail how to clean broccoli.

How to wash broccoli

1. Washing and cutting

(1) Wash the broccoli, soak it in light salt water, and then cut it into small florets;

(2) The stems can be cut into small pieces and cooked together;

(3)Put the chopped broccoli in boiling water with salt and blanch until cooked.

2. Break the broccoli instead of cutting it

There are many florets on a whole broccoli, and they are attached to each other. If you simply cut it with a knife like cutting cucumbers, it is easy to cut the connected florets into pieces, and then your cutting board will be scattered with a lot of green fragments, which is not easy to cook. Therefore, broccoli is usually broken by hand. You can grab the root of a small cluster with your hand and gently pinch it to pick a small, complete broccoli flower without affecting the ones nearby.

If you really need to cut it with a knife, it is recommended that you first cut off the thick part of the broccoli root, which is generally not edible, and then find the position with the least adhesion and cut it with a knife. Then use the same method to cut the broccoli to the size you want.

III. Practice

Stir-fried vegetables

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients

2 Wash all vegetables and slice garlic

3 slices of red pepper and carrot

4 Cut the cabbage into sections and pick and wash the snow peas

5. Boil water, add broccoli and cauliflower and blanch for half a minute.

6 Pour a little olive oil into the pan

7 Add garlic slices and fry until fragrant

8 Add carrots and stir-fry for about 1 minute until they change color and become soft.

9 Add snow peas and stir fry for about half a minute until they change color

10 Add Chinese cabbage and stir-fry until the cabbage is soft

The above article introduces in detail the method of cleaning broccoli. Now everyone should be clear that broccoli must be cleaned before cooking. There are many ways to cook broccoli. The editor recommends that it is best to boil broccoli rather than steam it. Steaming will lead to nutrient loss. Are you excited? Hurry home and make this dish.