Broccoli tacos that are insanely addictive. Good thing broccoli is healthy.
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I feel like when the weather starts to get chilly is when I want to start frying things. In the summer time, fried food just doesn’t appeal to me. It is heavy and greasy, which sucks in the heat of summer, but is an amazing comfort in the chill of winter and fall.
Last week, I had the insane pleasure of going to Dirt Candy in New York City. It was hands down in the top 5 meals of my entire life. One of the many dishes I had was the Korean Fried Broccoli. It was so frickin’ delicious. My husband wasn’t with me, so I immediately sent a picture, suggesting(ferociously) that he try to make the dish for me! I found the recipe for it on the internets! We then got to talking about making our own fried broccoli entree, and after careful thought and brainstorming, we came up with a test for Bang Bang Broccoli!
This fried broccoli is so good and filling and comforting, but still light and crisp. The perfect comfort food for a cold night in! The whole recipe has only 12 ingredients (including the oil for frying), the sauce is only 3! A customary Bang Bang sauce has sweet chilli sauce and honey. I thought that was WAY too much sugar, so I went with a simple Vegan mayo, chilli paste and agave. So easy, so sweet and spicy, but not too sweet:) The batter is only 5 ingredients, and everything is just thrown together. After dipping into the batter, you just toss it in panko, and it is ready to get nice and brown and crispy.
Then a quick drizzle with the Bang Bang sauce and you are ready for one of the best meals ever. My husband and I made some veggie fried rice to go with it, and bam! Oh yeah! You can also use this basic batter and sauce recipe for pretty much anything, I thought about tempeh and tofu, cauliflower and chickpeas. The possibilities are endless.