Easy Broccoli Salad

Name: Easy Broccoli Salad
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams fresh broccoli; 1 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 3 cloves garlic, mashed into a paste; 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper, or to taste; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 79 milliliters olive oil; 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste; 2 Tbsps rice vinegar

Need a gluten free, primal, and vegan side dish? Easy Broccoli Salad could be a super recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 224 calories, 5g of protein, and 19g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of salt and ground pepper, rice vinegar, pepper flakes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes.

Instructions

Trim bottoms of broccoli stems and cut off broccoli heads; cut the broccoli heads into quarters. Peel broccoli stems and cut into quarters crosswise.

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Broccoli

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; reduce heat to medium and cook broccoli until tender when cut with a paring knife but still slightly firm, 5 to 6 minutes.

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Broccoli

Water

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Pot

Transfer broccoli to a large bowl filled with cold water and chill to stop the cooking process.

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Broccoli

Water

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Bowl

Drain well. Arrange broccoli in a colander with the florets facing down towards the holes of the colander and allow broccoli to drip for at least 30 minutes.

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Broccoli

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Colander

Whisk together garlic, lemon juice, rice vinegar, Dijon mustard, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper together in a large serving bowl. Slowly drizzle in olive oil while whisking rapidly until the dressing is thick and creamy. Adjust salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes to taste.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Dijon Mustard

Black Pepper

Rice Vinegar

Lemon Juice

Olive Oil

Garlic

Salt

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Whisk

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Toss broccoli with the dressing; let stand 5 to 10 minutes to marinate, then toss again. Can be refrigerated up to an hour if you want to serve the salad cold.

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Broccoli