It feels like the dishes that require the least amount of ingredients are sometimes the trickiest to perfect. Let’s take fresh broccoli, for example: If you steam or boil it for a few minutes, the ...

Learning how to steam broccoli properly is a game-changer. It transforms a humble vegetable into a bright, flavorful side that’s as beautiful as it is nutritious. Steaming prese ...

Broccoli can be an uninspiring vegetable if not cooked well. Fortunately, these eight methods make it easy to turn this brassica into something tasty.

These side-by-side tests reveal how to avoid dull, mushy broccoli for good.

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Steaming is a cooking method that—surprise—uses hot water vapor to heat the food. A quick refresher from 7th grade science class: When water reaches its boiling point (that is, 212°F), it begins to ...

I was at a young, impressionable age when President George H.W. Bush made his somewhat tongue-in-cheek declaration to the press that “I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a ...

The challenge for home cooks is that heat can both help and hinder this process. Too much, and the enzyme is destroyed. Too ...

Broccoli's cancer-fighting compound sulforaphane forms best when lightly steamed for 3-5 minutes, stir-fried after 40+ minutes resting, or paired with mustard powder if frozen. Overcooking or boiling ...