Spicy fried broccoli

Liven up your vegetable sides with the spicy fried broccoli. The trick is that half the spice mix goes into the coating and the other half is toasted and used to finish the broccoli.

• serves

  4-6

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

Ingredients

• 2 heads broccoli, separated into florets, stalks cut into long pieces
• 75 g (½ cup) plain flour
• salt and black pepper, to season
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 110 g (1 cup) dried fine breadcrumbs
• vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• 2 tsp sea salt flakes
• lemon wedges, to serve

Spice mix

• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp Korean chilli powder
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp ground coriander
• ½ tsp ground allspice

Instructions

1. For the spice mix, combine the ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Cut the broccoli into florets, then peel and slice the stalks.
3. Place the flour in a large bowl, add half the spice mix, season well with salt and pepper and stir to combine. Add the egg and enough cold water to make a not too thin batter. Add the broccoli and stir to coat well.
4. Place the breadcrumbs in a large bowl, add the broccoli and toss to coat well.
5. Heat the oil in a large saucepan or deep fryer to 170˚C. Fry the broccoli pieces for about 5 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are golden brown and crisp, then drain on a wire rack.
6. While the broccoli is frying, heat the sea salt flakes in a dry frying pan and the hot salt to the remaining spices with a little black pepper and stir to combine. Season the fried broccoli with extra spiced salt and serve with lemon wedges.

 

Photography by Adam Liaw.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.