Lemon Chili Roasted Broccoli

Name: Lemon Chili Roasted Broccoli
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 lb broccoli (2 large heads, big florets, stems peeled and sliced); 3 tbsp olive oil; ¾ tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 3 clove garlic (smashed cloves, on the pan); 1 unit lemon (juice, squeezed after roasting); ¼ tsp red pepper flakes (flakes)

Sides & Vegetables · American

A variant of Roasted Broccoli — An ingredient branch from the authored reference, with its selected additions included in the quantities and method.

7 ingredients · 30 minutes · 2 servings

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only in an optional ingredient: dairy

Restrictions

Only if you add itdairy (cheese parmesan)Leave that ingredient out and the dish does not have it.

Diets

VegetarianVegan · without onePescatarianNo porkNo alcohol

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

2 lb	broccoli (2 large heads, big florets, stems peeled and sliced)
3 tbsp	olive oil
¾ tsp	salt
½ tsp	black pepper
3 clove	garlic (smashed cloves, on the pan)
1 unit	lemon (juice, squeezed after roasting)
¼ tsp	red pepper flakes (flakes)

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

¼ cup

Parmesan (grated over, hot)

Steps

prep8 min
florets big, stems peeled, everything DRY
the heads into large florets — big pieces get charred edges while staying juicy inside; small ones just burn — and the stems peeled of their woody skin and cut into coins, because the stem is the sweetest part of the plant and most kitchens throw it away. Then dry everything hard: water is the enemy of every browned vegetable
mix2 min
oil + salt + pepper, hands not spoons
tossed in a bowl with your hands until every face is slicked — oiled on the pan with a drizzle, half the florets stay dry and roast pale; the bowl-and-hands toss is the two minutes that decides the result
roast20 min
425°F, cut-side down, garlic among them, untouched
spread with space between pieces, cut faces against the hot metal, smashed garlic scattered through — and not stirred, not once: the deep brown face a floret gets from twenty unmoved minutes is the entire flavor argument of roasting, and stirring resets it to zero every time
season2 min
off the oven, finishers while hot
Squeeze the listed half lemon over the hot roasted broccoli and toss with all the listed chili flakes. Serve immediately; Parmesan remains an optional separate topping.