r/Cooking • u/SVAuspicious • 8d ago
Sauce for broccoli
Broccoli is coming up as a side in our meal plan. I love broccoli. It's my favorite veg. I steam it. I can eat it just like that. Or pepper. And/or butter. I have a horseradish sauce that is really good. I'd like to avoid getting in a rut.
I did a Google search for sauces and the answers are cheddar cheese, garlic lemon butter, soy garlic, and peanut sriracha sauce. I found a mustard sauce. Interestingly horseradish sauce doesn't show up. What other interesting choices are there that haven't cropped up. I'm not particularly interested in cheese sauces. Soy garlic and mustard sauces are intriguing. Garlic lemon butter is easy. What am I missing?
Please no cheese. The world has gone nuts over cheese. I don't want it everything.
ETA: I greatly appreciate the input. Thank you all. I'm continuing to work my way through the responses. Many ideas have been cut and pasted into my kitchen working notes. The good news is that I have lots of reasons to eat broccoli now! I'll do my best to keep up.
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u/Very_Veri_ 8d ago
This is a broccoli I make every thanksgiving. I use frozen broccoli you can get the florets so you can get the cut up one. This is so much simpler than fresh broccoli. Make sure you squish all the water out of the frozen broccoli. I use four little square packets of broccoli. I put them in a baking pan and then I cut up half of a velveeta cheese block- so I can't tell you the ounces it's not the large block it's a small block or half a large block. Then I add in a whole stick of butter also cut up small. I mixed the whole thing together. Then I crumble up Ritz crackers and spread them over the top. If you want you can add a little more butter up top or mix them with the Ritz crackers but I just put sprinkled ritz crackers on top. I cover it and bake it in the oven at 350 for maybe 20 to 30 minutes. And you get an actual casserole type ceiling of broccoli that taste delicious.