My husband and I always liked them——but just boiled topped with lots of butter——all of these new ways of cooking them are just awesome.
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Steam
Till soft
Split in half
Fry middles in olive oil till brown
Yum
Even my kids love em
Boil until tender
Saute with real butter
Remove from burner
Add sweet basil, salt and pepper
In lieu of sweet basil balsamic vinaigrette is very good.
It “aint bad” at all.
Salt and a little lemon juice really improves boiled ones’ flavor and scent and helps their color too, but of course never over boil them.
“...just boiled topped with lots of butter..”
That’s always been my favorite, and mushy is good - same with cabbage.
Rather than boil them I’m actually steaming them, but I like them soft.
I do like the roasted ones too - bacon is good with anything - but there isn’t a right and a wrong way. It depends how much you like the taste of Brussels sprouts.
If you don’t like the taste, then of course you’ll prefer to hide the taste with bacon, olive oil and toasted garlic. But that doesn’t mean plain cooking them is “wrong”
For example, I have a friend who is a chef and he hates fish although he won’t admit it. He is so proud of his fish recipes because he manages to get rid of the fish taste.
I like the taste of fish, so as long as it’s fresh it can be poached, grilled, baked, broiled - topped with lemon, butter, scallions, horseradish, teriyaki, whatever! Or just fried in a skillet.
His fish recipes hide the taste of the fish and are over priced.