Simple Garlic Butter Broccoli Recipe Deserves to Be On Your Dinner Table (4 Ingredients, 10 Minutes) Vegetables Budget Recipes Side Dishes Vegetarian Low Sodium Recipes Low Sugar Recipes

Simple can be spectacular. This simple garlic butter broccoli recipe is proof of that. This skillet broccoli has four simple ingredients, is ready to eat in about 10 minutes and lets the broccoli shine. This is one broccoli recipe that is in constant dinner rotation at my house.

To make this one-pan, budget broccoli recipe you will need just four simple ingredients. Here is your short, gluten-free shopping list: fresh broccoli, olive oil, butter and either fresh garlic or garlic powder. While I love fresh garlic and say fresh is always best, garlic powder is a spice rack staple and adds a lot of flavor, too. Don't sleep on the garlic powder!

Not only is this quick and easy, low-calorie vegetable side dish recipe delicious, but it is also healthy. Check out the health benefits of broccoli (broccoli is a superfood), the health benefits of garlic and the health benefits of olive oil.

Serve this buttery, garlicy broccoli as a side dish with dinner. Broccoli goes well with any protein, from chicken to turkey to pork to beef to seafood. How about a platter of this garlic butter broccoli next to that Thanksgiving turkey, ham or prime rib?

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 3 - 4 cups broccoli florets
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 - 3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed, or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Here's how to make it: 

1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the broccoli. Cook, stirring often, until broccoli is crisp-tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. (If you use frozen broccoli, make sure it is completely thawed before using. If not, the broccoli may be watery.)
2. Add the garlic or garlic powder and cook for about 1 minute more. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste. Serve hot. (For some spice, add crushed red pepper flakes.) Store the broccoli in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat in the microwave.

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