Delicious broccoli florets are fried and covered in a cheese sauce. We were saddened when our neighborhood restaurant quit providing its broccoli bites. So one night I tried to recreate them at home. It was amusing to observe that shortly after, they began bringing them back here.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons prepared Dijon-style mustard
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup sifted all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
- ½ cup vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- To make the sauce: In a small bowl, stir together the mustard and honey. Set aside.
- Chop florets into small pieces or pulse lightly in food processor. Toss in a mixing bowl with shredded cheese. Set aside.
- Beat egg and stir in the milk. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together and combine them with the egg and milk mixture, beating well. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon oil as well. Pour mixture over broccoli and cheese and toss to coat well.
- In a large skillet or saucepan heat oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Drop broccoli mixture by spoonfuls into 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oil and fry until golden brown. Serve with honey mustard sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 113 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 27 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 284 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I like the idea of frying them in the oil. I will give them a try and serve it with ranch dressing. Thanks for the recipe.
Air fryer did the trick in ~8 min. This is pretty easy & everyone ate their broccoli. Upped the flour to one cup, used more broccoli just because I had it. Kept the cheese at 1 cup. Skipped the oil in the batter. My batter was the consistency of slightly runny strawberry shortcake biscuit batter. It looked a little thin, but was right after air fried. I gave the tops a light spray of canola oil air fried @ 375 for ~ 8 min. Puffed crisp globs of broccoli & cheese, yummy
I made it with half the milk and no oil. I also baked them for 20 mins at 375. They were good, a quick snack.
Turned out great! I made a low carb version using half coconut flour and half almond flour. I also didn’t have milk so I used half and half. I also left broccoli a little more chunky. I will make again!
After reading recipe and reviews decided to make waffles. Added onion, garlic and sriracha for a little more flavor. After first waffles added about 2 tablespoons flour a teaspoon of baking powder and a little more olive oil so they were puffier and easier to remove from waffle iron. Recipe would have been fine as is. Will make again
I followed the directions exactly, but my mixture was way too soupy. Didn’t know what else to do so I added bread crumbs to give it the consistency to stay together. Once fried, they were delicious.
My 9-year-old son and I loved them when they were hot! When they cool down, they are good but best served hot!
I am not an experienced cook so thanks to all of the hints this came out great!
I wish I had read the comments before I made these. Mine were also runny and did not hold together well. When dropped into the oil. I also had to add more oil for frying. The taste is good
Great! Based on other comments, I doubled the flour, baking powder & salt. Also added garlic powder. Family loved them! Husband suggested using zucchini or ham next time. Quick & easy!
Very good recipe! I add a pkg of Hunt Valley dry Ranch mix to the flour mixture. Adds just the right flavor!
Pretty good recipe, I had to add more flour to the recipe but it was pretty good.
Maybe if the measurements were corrected, it would be ok. 1/2 C. oil for frying? Are they supposed to be deep fried? Or just browned in a frypan? Mine were very loose, messy, not worth the effort.
Yummy, but too runny. less milk. Also, it seems a non stick pan is a must.
My kids adore broccoli and they really didn’t care for this. Think I will stick to steaming it w/some butter. Batter didn’t really stick and really oily.
I took the advice of some other reviewers and added less milk and extra flour so that I could ball them. After balling, I rolled some of them in bread crumbs to see if they would be crispier or whatever; both with and without bread crumbs are good. I also mixed cauliflour with the broccoli too. The mixture definitely needs spices added to it or you get rather bland tasting balls. I added some salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder. A little ground mustard was yummy too. I also used Pepper Jack cheese to give them a little kick.
Fantastic hot or cold, fresh made or next day really great!
very very yummy. my family enjoyed them a lot.
I had high hopes for this but the batter did not stick to the broccoli and it ended up mushy and greasy. Since it is not a healthy type dish I think it would be better to go all out and deep fry.
Very good. I did have the same problem with it being a bit runny, so just added about a 1/4 cup bread crumbs. Came out perfect. Thanks!
Good way to get the kiddos to eat thier veggies! Our kids loved them.