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Brussel sprouts are a favorite of many people, but I feel they require some algorithmic instructions to get them perfect.
Let’s get on cooking!
First, get your ingredients. The main ingredients are bouillon which I prefer instead of salt, vegetable oil spray, hot smoke point for example, rapeseed oil. Olive oil, but to use once they are roasted, some nutritional yeast and maybe some agave syrup if you are into sweet stuff and even some lime juice.
Preheat the oven at 400 Fahrenheit or around 200 Celsius.
Add baking paper to a baking tray and spray oil generously, this step is important to get them roasted evenly.
Cut in half the brussels sprouts. And put them with the flat part facing up. This is so that they use as much surface as possible and they get roasted evenly.
Sprinkle bouillon (stock powder) over them. I prefer this to salt because it gives them a better flavour in my opinion. You can add pepper and any other spices you want at this point.
Spray oil over them.
Put them in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. Every oven is different. I strongly suggest that you check them at 20 minutes or earlier if it’s your first time making them.
Remove them from the tray and add your favorite toppings. This is the time to add olive oil if you like it, or cheese, lemon, whatever you like. My personal favorite? nutritional yeast!
Enjoy!
Do I need to wash the brussels sprouts before roasting them?
NO. I know this might be controversial, but, you are roasting them lol… unless you think they will have some ‘insects’… it is not needed, in fact, it could be bad because you are adding more water to them and it is not helpful when roasting.
I am worried about pesticides. You get traces of any pesticide, it is not a reason to worry about. If you wash them you do remove some extra residue, but we are already talking about parts per million. If you are interested in pesticides, organic etc, read my article where I explain the science behind it.
Can I use extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)?
I don’t recommend roasting them with EVOO because you will be roasting the brussels sprouts at 200 degrees celsius or 400 Fahrenheit and the smoking point of extra virgin oil is: 350°F and 410°F (175°C – 210°C), whereas rapeseed oil is slightly higher at 204°C to 238°C (400°F–460°F). Heating past the smoking point could be detrimental to the flavour and can create compounds that are bad for your health (if eaten too often), so I recommend roasting with an oil that has a higher smoking point and if you like olive oil, maybe add it at the end, or roast them at a lower temperature, say 350 Fahrenheit or 170 Celsius. If you are interested in smoking points, and its effects, check out this post on Instagram from Food Science Babe explaining the smoking points.
This is a side dish, looking for other recipes? what about making a creamy and cold pasta to make a full meal?
Looking for other roasted veggies recipes? what about trying sweet potato rounds or roast potatoes or roasted smash potatoes.
If you are looking for other great side recipes, maybe make a vegan queso?
Finally, if you are looking to make a sauce to go with the Brussels sprouts and are on the look for a blender, the Ninja blender is still my favorite for price/benefit.
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Roasted Brussels sprouts
Equipment
- 1 tray bake
Ingredients
- 18 oz Brussels sprouts (500g)
- 1 spray high smoke point oil I use rapeseed oil
- 1 teaspoon Bouillon (stock powder) you can use salt
- 1 tbsp Nutritional yeast optional
- 1 tbsp lime juice optional
- 1 tbsp olive oil optional
Instructions
- Get your ingredients
- Preheat the oven at 400 Fahrenheit or about 200 Celsius
- Add baking paper to a tray and spray oil
- Cut the Brussel sprout in half
- Put them in the tray with the flat part facing up
- Spray oil over them, a good amount of spraying
- Sprinkle the bouillon or salt over them
- Put the tray in the oven for about 25 minutes. I would say check them at 20 minutes just in case
- Remove them from the tray and add your favorite toppings
- Enjoy!
Video
Notes
- It is very important to oil the tray to roast them properly
- I don’t think it is a good idea to use olive oil, especially not extra virgin because the smoking point is lower. If you like olive oil, I suggest you add some at the end rather than when they are being roasted
- Putting them with the flat part facing up is key to get them evenly roasted
- Do not even think about adding the nutritional yeast before roasting them, nutritional yeast will burn
- You don’t need to wash them, in fact I don’t recommend washing the brussels sprouts because you will add water to them and they may not roast as well. You don’t need to wash them because they will get roasted so bacteria will be killed on that process. I guess you could if you feel they could have bird’s… you know, but I am not worried about that. If you are doing it due to pesticide residue, let me let you, that’s not a thing, we get parts per million which are not harmful to human health