Roasted Broccoli with Garlic
If you like broccoli and garlic, this Roasted Broccoli with Garlic is an absolute WOW for a low-carb four-ingredient side dish! Don’t be afraid to use this much garlic because roasting mellows the garlic and makes it taste amazing!
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If you’ve never tasted Roasted Garlic you might not understand why this recipe for Roasted Broccoli with Garlic is so special, but trust me. This is not only one of the easiest broccoli recipes I’ve made, but also one of the tastiest broccoli dishes you can imagine.
Roasting sweetens the garlic and brings out the flavor of the broccoli in a most delightful way. Try it once and I’ll bet whenever you’re cooking something in the oven, tossing in some broccoli to roast is going to be your favorite way to cook broccoli.
And this recipe couldn’t be healthier or more versatile; hope you will try it soon! And I predict that if you do your family will ask for it over and over!
What ingredients do you need?
- broccoli, cut into bite sized flowerets
- extra virgin olive oil
- fresh garlic cloves
- salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
A tip for the garlic cloves used for this recipe:
If you shop at Costco, they sell big bags of garlic cloves that make the prep for this recipe so easy. Other places probably also carry them.
Why are roasted vegetables so good?
Roasting is the perfect way to cook vegetables because cooking at high heat concentrates the flavor and brings out the sweetness in broccoli and other vegetables, and the veggies all the nutritional benefits since they aren’t cooked in water.
More Roasted Broccoli you might enjoy:
- Quickly Roasted Broccoli with Soy Sauce and Sesame Seeds
- Roasted Broccoli with Lemon and Pecorino-Romano Cheese
- Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal
Making Roasted Broccoli with Garlic:
(This is just a description of the steps; see below for the complete printable recipe with nutritional information.)
- Cut up broccoli into bite-sized flowerets.
- Prepare garlic cloves, trimming off any brown ends and cutting the larger cloves into halves or even thirds. (Use more or less garlic to taste.)
- Toss together the broccoli pieces, sliced garlic cloves, olive oil, salt and pepper and stir around until the broccoli pieces are well-coated with the oil.
- Arrange garlic on a cookie sheet so the pieces are in a single layer as much as possible. (If the broccoli is too crowded the pieces will steam instead of roasting.)
- Roast about 20 minutes, or until broccoli is bright green and starting to brown and garlic is barely getting browned on the edges.
More tasty recipes featuring broccoli:
- Pan-Fried Broccoli with Pine Nuts and Parmesan
- Broccoli Salad with Feta and Almonds
- Sesame Chicken and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal
- Cheesy Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup
- Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Curry Casserole
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic is so delicious and this is one of the easiest broccoli recipes you can make.
Ingredients
- 1 bunch broccoli, about 1 pounds, cut into bite sized flowerets
- 3 T extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup fresh garlic cloves (more or less to taste)
- salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F/230C.
- Trim garlic cloves, and cut the cloves in half or thirds if they’re especially large.
- Cut broccoli into bite sized pieces.
- Toss broccoli with olive oil, garlic, salt, and fresh-ground black pepper; then spread broccoli and garlic out on a baking sheet, trying to get it in a single layer as much as possible.
- Roast until broccoli is bright green and edges are starting to brown slightly, about 20 minutes. Don't let the garlic get too brown or it will start to taste bitter.
- Serve hot.
Notes
This recipe adapted from The Food Network.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 120Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 152mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 1gSugar: 0gProtein: 1g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Roasted Broccoli with Garlic is a perfect side dish for low-carb and Keto diet plans, and it would be suitable for any phase of the original South Beach Diet.
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61 Comments on “Roasted Broccoli with Garlic”
This recipe was spot on! Â Broccoli came out perfect and LOVED the taste of the roasted garlic! Â Can’t go wrong with this one. Â Saved it to make again and again! Â Thank you Kalyn!
So happy to hear you enjoyed it so much!
Simple, delicious and healthy. I make it often, I love broccoli 🙂 Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Thanks, glad you are enjoying it!
Very good. Good simple healthy dish with common ingredients.
I’ve been going gluten free these days and am always on the search for some awesome recipe to try out. Thanks so much for the inspiration and lots of delicious things!
Do you rinse and dry the broccolli first
I prefer not to, unless you really think it needs it. If the broccoli does have to be rinsed, get it as dry as you can before roasting.
Thank you!!! I’ve literally never had broccoli I like (my parents are of the generation which thinks boiling veggies is the right thing to do). This broccoli tastes so so good and I’m so glad I finally tried it! My pan was way too big though so the garlic ended up crisping up like little garlic chips. it’s ok for be because I weirdly enjoy burnt garlic but others might be warned that a giant pan could result in an undesirable garlic situation.
Glad you enjoyed it so much! Roasting is the absolute best way to cook vegetables, imho!
Silly question, for convenience I only use jarred pre minced garlic. Should I adjust the cooking for that at all or do I need to use real sliced garlic? I’m thinking I might try the trick the person from Spain commented with. 😀
I do use the minced garlic in a jar for some recipes too. But for this recipe I worry the garlic will burn in such small pieces. I can’t say for sure since I haven’t made it that way, but I don’t think I would recommend it.
very nice
Thanks Miles!
I wouldn't say this would reheat particularly well. It would be okay reheated, but it would never have the slightly-crisp texture that makes it so good right out of the oven.
Would this dish reheat well?
Hi Sara, fun hearing how it's done in Spain!
I'm from Spain, country in which no missing recipe garlic. This roast you've done is very Spanish.To preserve garlic peeled, nothing better than to put it in glass bottles filled with olive oil and put them in the fridge. Although we, Spaniards have it with your skin out and peel them and chop (or not) when are we going to cook.
This is one of my most favorite ways to eat broccoli as well – sooooo good!
I love broccoli pretty much any way, but there isn't much that would not be better with a little {or a lot} of roasted garlic
Missy, that's fun to hear!