Broccoli Tater Tots *Video Recipe*
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
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Serves: About 35 tater tots
 
Ingredients
  • Fresh broccoli – 3 heads, about 6 cups of florets
  • Onion – 2, medium, finely chopped
  • Panko breadcrumbs – 1 cup (can be substituted with regular breadcrumbs too)
  • Egg – 2
  • Peanuts – ½ cup, toasted and coarsely chopped
  • Garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • All-purpose flour – 1 tbsp
  • Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Cut the broccoli into florets. Rinse and drain. Boil water in a large pot and season it generously with salt. Add the broccoli to it and boil them for exactly 3 minutes.
  2. Drain the broccoli and run through cold water to stop it from overcooking. Finally drain and squeeze out all the water and coarsely chop them into smaller pieces.
  3. Take the chopped broccoli in a large bowl. Add eggs, chopped onion, panko, peanuts, garlic paste, salt and pepper to the bowl. Using a spatula mix everything well to make a homogeneous mixture.
  4. Add the second egg if you feel the mixture is not sticky enough. Mix well.
  5. Add a tablespoon of all-purpose flour to soak any excess moisture and make a uniformly sticky mixture.
  6. Preheat your oven to 180 C / 350 F and place the wire rack at the lowest level. Grease a roasting tin with non-stick cooking spray or line it with an aluminum foil and then spray non-stick cooking spray.
  7. Take about 1 tablespoon of the broccoli mixture and give it a shape of a tater tot. Place the tots on the prepared roasting tin keeping a gap of about an inch between two tots.
  8. Bake the broccoli tater tots in the oven for 20 minutes. Then flip them over and bake for another 20 minutes or until they are golden brown and crispy.
  9. Serve hot broccoli tater tots with ketchup or ranch dressing.
Recipe by Flavor Quotient at http://www.flavorquotient.com/2017/02/broccoli-tater-tots/