How to Steam Broccoli Without a Steamer
Broccoli is not a vegetable—it’s a flower. A very angry flower that wants to be tender before you eat it. If you microwave it straight, you’re basically committing a crime against texture. We aim for tender-crisp, not “soggy nightmare you’d find in a cafeteria from the ’90s.”
Did you know that broccoli has more vitamin C than an orange? I am not making this up. It also contains sulforaphane, which sounds like a villain from a sci-fi movie but is actually a cancer-fighting compound. You want to preserve that, not boil it to death.