Broccoli Rabe with Caramelized Onions

Name: Broccoli Rabe with Caramelized Onions
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 1 yellow onion, sliced into slivers, lengthwise (with the grain); 1 large bunch broccoli rabe (raab, rapini), rinsed and cut into 2-inch long pieces; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; 0 teaspoons red chili flakes; 1 serving Salt; 1 serving Freshly ground black pepper

If you have around 35 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Broccoli Rabe with Caramelized Onions might be a great gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and whole 30 recipe to try. This side dish has 119 calories, 2g of protein, and 11g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up pepper, onion, broccoli rabe, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the onions, spread out in a thin layer. Cook, stirring occasionally until softened and then lightly browned.

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Onion

Spread

(Tip: to speed up the caramelization process you can sprinkle a pinch of sugar over the onions.) If the onions start to dry out at all, lower the heat (you can add a little water to them too.) They should brown, but not get dried out.

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Onion

Sugar

Water

Blanch the broccoli rabe: After you start the onions, bring a large pot of water to a boil. The onions take at least 15 minute to cook, so you'll have time to get the water boiling. Salt the water (about a tablespoon of salt for 3 quarts of water).

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Broccoli Rabe

Onion

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Salt

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Pot

Prepare an ice bath, fill a large bowl half way with ice water.

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Water

Ice

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Bowl

Add the rabe to the boiling water. Blanch for 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon to remove from the boiling water and put in the ice bath to stop the cooking. Shocking the rabe with ice water will also help keep the rabe bright green colored.

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Water

Ice

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Slotted Spoon

Note that some people blanch their rabe, some do not. Rabe can be rather bitter, so blanching will help take the edge off of the bitterness. If your rabe isn't particularly bitter, or you like bitter greens, you can easily skip this blanching step.

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Greens

Drain the ice water from the rabe. Use a clean tea towel to gently wring out the excess moisture from the rabe.

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Water

Tea

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Sauté the rabe and onions with chili flakes and garlic: Once the onions are lightly browned, remove them from the pan to a bowl. Using the same pan, add another tablespoon of olive oil and heat the pan on high heat.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Olive Oil

Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add the chili flakes. Once the chili flakes start to sizzle, add the garlic.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Garlic

Once the garlic just starts to brown at the edges add the broccoli rabe and the onions.

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Broccoli Rabe

Garlic

Onion

Toss the rabe mixture so that it gets well coated with the olive oil. Cook on high heat until most of the moisture is gone, about 5 minutes if you blanched first, a minute or too longer if you skipped the blanching.

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Olive Oil