An easy snack to assemble and a healthy fried snack with just a tablespoon of oil. Crispy and spicy, these broccoli bites are crowd pleasing with its crunchy texture and beautiful colour.
Ingredients:
Broccoli florets – 10 -12
Panko bread crumbs or ordinary bread crumbs – 1 cup
Garlic powder – ½ tsp (optional)
For the Sauce:
Hot Sauce -1 1/2 tbsp
Ketchup – 1/2 cup
Soya sauce – 1 tbsp
Sugar – ½ tsp
Pepper powder – ¼ tsp
Vinegar – ¼ tsp
Olive oil – 1 tbsp + 1 tsp
Water – 2 tbsp
Corn starch – 1 tsp
Preparation:
To make the sauce, take a pan and heat it. Add 1 tbsp of oil and add the ketchup, soya sauce, hot sauce and 1 tbsp oil and mix well. Add the pepper powder, vinegar and corn flour mixed with a tbsp of water and put off the stove. Add sugar and mix well. Keep it aside and let it cool.
Spread ¼ cup of breadcrumbs in a plate and keep it aside.
To make the broccoli bites, dip each of the raw broccoli florets in the sauce, dip it in the breadcrumbs to fully coat it. Repeat this process with all the florets.
Arrange the broccoli florets in the air fryer basket in a single row. Heat it to 200 C for 10-13 minutes. The time will vary according to your broccoli floret size.
You can also make this in a pre- heated oven and turn it in between for crisper bites.
Enjoy with any sauceof your choice…
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