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Smoky Spicy Broccoli Fritters with Chickpea flour, spices, chipotle pepper and bbq sauce. Quick and Easy Snack or breakfast. Vegan Gluten-free Nut-free Soy-free Recipe. 5 Ingredients + spices!
This weekend is going to be a mess of emotions, since Peppen our foster pup leaves for his adoptive home tomorrow. It is hard when these bundles of love leave. Do send loving thoughts his way for a happy life with his new family.
I might not cook as much so these fritters will be useful to have around. Super quick patties made with shredded broccoli, spices and chickpea flour. Process the broccoli in a food processor, mix in the spices, chipotle pepper, bbq sauce, and chickpea flour and pan fry. Done! Use a combination of veggies for variation like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, sweet potatoes and more. Serve with marinara, sriracha, bbq sauce, ketchup or other chutneys or dips. Serve as is or make sandwiches.
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Mix the shredded broccoli with the rest of the ingredients.
Shape and pan fry.
Broccoli Fritters
Ingredients
- a large bunch of broccoli, 2.5 + cups florets or 2 heaping cups shredded
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup packed cilantro
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked or regular paprika
- 1 tsp chipotle pepper powder
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tbsp bbq sauce
- 3/4 cup chickpea flour
Instructions
- Process the broccoli florets, onion and cilantro in a processor.
- Transfer to a bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Mix well to distribute. Let sit for a minute or 2 for the broccoli to leak enough moisture so you can form patties. If it is too wet, add more flour. If too dry and does not stick well, wait for another few mins or sprinkle some water and mix and press to see if the mixture sticks.
- Shape into 5 to 6 patties. Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add a bit of oil and spread.
- Pan fry the patties for 4 to 5 minutes per side. Serve with sriracha, ketchup, bbq sauce, marinara or a cooling ranch.
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Notes
Use a combination of veggies for variation like broccoli, Cauliflower, carrots, Cucchini, sweet potatoes, squash etc. Make them into smaller bite size pieces for appetizers. Make ahead, reheat in the oven and serve. Nutritional values based on one serving
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are AMAZING! I also make smaller patties for serving as bite-size finger food.
You can make ahead, refrigerate, then just warm them up before serving. Your friends will be begging you for the recipe!!!
great idea to make small patties. I think they would work as veggie balls with pasta and tomato sauce as well.
Thanks for another easy and delicious recipe, Richa. I made these with a slight modification – fresh grated garlic, not sure if the powder adds additional flavor, but the fresh garlic was pretty good too. These were so quick to put together and very tasty. I grilled the patties over low heat on a gas BBQ, they were gone in no time =)
Thanks. One, possibly final, question. How big are the patties. Trying to decide if I need to double as one entree for a Thanksgiving dinner.
they are 2 to 2.5 inches. They are quite filling, you can double them. They store well refrigerated as leftovers.
Is the garlic fresh or powder?
powder
Could you tell me how much broccoli would make 2 heaping cups shredded?
2.5 to 3 cups florets
Richa, have you tried baking these in the oven?
Great recipe. I was doubtful that it would come together but in the end it did! Left it alone for more time, though. Very tasty! Thanks!
Just saw this now. Hope you survived your weekend.
This recipe looks great!
Yes, we are doing good. Thank you Sue. I miss him a lot, but we were not the right family for his energy level and activity requirement :).
This looks like something I could make for the holidays! It looks so good.
Perfect timing as I have some broccoli in the fridge that needs using up asap – as well as some zucchini (or courgettes as they are called here in South Africa!). Will be serving without the smoked pepper as I don’t like smoke flavors but will use them with the pasta and marinara sauce I was going to make for supper tonight :). thanks so much!
Great!