Sweetgreen Spicy Broccoli

This Sweetgreen Spicy Broccoli is an easy copycat recipe for one of Sweetgreen’s tastiest salad ingredients. Topped with umami seasoning and roasted for a crispy and healthy salad add-in.

Sweetgreen salads are simple to make at home, such as this Harvest Bowl Copycat or this Sweetgreen Peach & Goat Cheese Salad.

If you want to try some other Sweetgreen salads add-ins, try these Sweetgreen Sweet Potatoes or this Sweetgreen Wild Rice.

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Recipe Highlights

• Sweetgreen Copycat — This spicy broccoli is the key ingredient in some of Sweetgreen’s salad recipes, such as their Caramelized Garlic Steak Salad or their Chicken Pesto Parm Salad. If you are looking to make a copycat version of these salads at home, you’ll need to learn to make this broccoli recipe.
• Spicy Kick — The umami seasoning on this broccoli is flavorful with a tiny bit of a spicy kick.
• Salad Add-in Or Healthy Side — This spicy broccoli is great as a salad add-in, but it is just as delicious as a healthy vegetable side dish all on its own.

Ingredients & Substitutions

• Broccoli: You’ll need a head of broccoli chopped into small to medium sized florets. You can also use pre-packaged broccoli florets.
• Olive Oil: Use extra-virgin olive oil or another type of oil, such as sunflower oil, vegetable oil or avocado oil.
• Nutritional Yeast: You should be able to find nutritional yeast in any large grocery store, but if not, you can easily order some online.
• Garlic & Onion Powder: The umami seasoning uses both garlic and onion powder for flavoring. Don’t use garlic salt, otherwise the seasoning will be too salty.
• Cumin: Ground cumin is used for the umami seasoning.
• Paprika & Red Chili Flakes: The combination of paprika and red chili flakes is what gives this seasoning its spicy kick.
• Salt: Salt brings out all the other flavors in the seasoning. If you want to reduce the sodium, you can cut the amount of salt in half.

Step By Step Instructions

Step 1: Combine the umami seasoning ingredients together in a small bowl. Drizzle the olive oil over the broccoli florets. Take a large pinch of seasoning and sprinkle it over the florets. Use your hands to mix the broccoli, making sure the olive oil and seasoning is spread evenly over each piece.

Step 2: Spread the broccoli florets out evenly on a baking sheet that has been lightly coated in olive oil. Bake at 425F for 15 minutes until they are crispy and lightly browned.

Expert Tips

• Use the seasoning on other veggies. This umami seasoning is great on lots of roasted vegetables, not just broccoli. Try it on roasted sweet potatoes, roasted carrots or roasted cauliflower.
• Storing extra seasoning: Store leftover umami seasoning in an airtight container at room temperature. You can make a large batch of the seasoning to save time later on.
• Reheating Spicy Broccoli: This broccoli is best enjoyed fresh out of the oven. However, if you do have leftovers, you can either eat them cold (if you are meal-prepping salads), or you can reheat them in the air fryer, oven, microwave or a pan. Reheating in the air fryer is my favorite method since it keeps the broccoli crispy.

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