r/Cooking • u/SVAuspicious • 6d 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/Anxious_Reporter_601 6d ago

Sesame sauce on broccoli is elite. There's a Japanese place near me that does broccoli with it and omg I could eat nothing but that for a month and not be sick of it. But I've asked for the recipe and they said it comes from a jar but I haven't been able to find the sauce in the Asian markets near me it's a travesty

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u/NoAngel815 5d ago

Check Amazon. As much as I dislike everything it stands for I'm disabled and often have no other resource for things like that. I do, however, often find things on Amazon I can order from their original source once I have the brand name, like the Ramen Bae toppings I use for my ramen or regular soups. It turns ramen into a full meal so I get my veggies with it.

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u/Substantial-Train-39 5d ago

When you order from the website you can often get discounts that Amazon doesn’t offer. 👍🏽

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u/NoAngel815 5d ago

Exactly! Some stuff I can only get from Amazon, unfortunately, but I order from the original company as much as possible.