Broccoli Rabe with Garlic

Broccoli Rabe with Garlic

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Ingredients

• 1 bunch broccoli rabe, trim off tough stems on bottom
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 10 garlic cloves
• ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

• Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet
• Add garlic to skillet and cook over medium heat until lightly browned, a few minutes
• Add broccoli rabe to skillet, and cook until wilted
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper
• Transfer to a bowl and serve

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

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Equipment

Large Cast Iron Skillet

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I planted a little row of broccoli rabe in our front yard and got a descent harvest from it in June.  It bolted though and now I have replanted another crop, and hopefully I will get more.  Another wonderfully bitter green is dandelion, though I don’t like it as much as I do my broccoli rabe.

What is your favorite green and how do you like to prepare it?

What is your favorite flavor?  In Ayurveda we were taught that there are 6 flavors –bitter, sweet, sour, salty, pungent and astringent.  It’s odd living in a culture that places so much emphasis on sweet and salty, when there are 4 other important flav