Garlic Tahini Broccoli Stir-Fry (One Pan Recipe)

stir fried garlic tahini broccoli in a bowl.

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Garlic Tahini Broccoli Stir-Fry (One Pan Recipe)

A nutty yet citrusy tahini broccoli stir-fry with sweet hints of garlic and ginger.

Prep Time17

Cook Time13

Total Time33

Servings:

Calories: 183.8kcal

Author: Max

Ingredients

4 cups chopped broccoli florets & stems; roughly 2 large heads of broccoli
2 Tablespoons sesame oil
3 cloves garlic minced
1 teaspoon fresh or frozen ginger minced
2 T tahini or almond butter
1 teaspoon honey alt. coconut sugar
½ teaspoon sea salt dissolved in 2T water
½ teaspoon sumac
1 teaspoon lime zest or lemon zest
1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds or sliced almonds

Instructions

Cut your broccoli into florets & small cubes of broccoli stem, keeping the two parts separate and drying them to get off any residual water. Mince both the ginger and the garlic, zest the lime, and dissolve the salt into 2 Tablespoons of water.
Turn on medium-low heat under a cast iron* or nonstick pan, and add your sesame oil, giving it 10 seconds to heat up a bit (any longer and it will pop when you add your ingredients).
Add a third of your garlic, half of your ginger, and all your broccoli stems to the pan, heating for 1 minute.
Add all the broccoli florets and stir until everything has a light coating of oil, then add the rest of the ginger & garlic and stir everything again until well-distributed.
Arrange the broccoli mixture in a single layer in the pan, cooking it for 9 more minutes & stirring every 30 seconds or so. You want to encourage as many pieces of broccoli to brown and crisp up, but NOT burn. If anything begins to burn, reduce the heat and stir until the burning bits are on top of yet-to-be-cooked bits— the ginger and garlic should also brown but not burn.
Once fully cooked (a fork goes easily into the stem of the largest piece of broccoli), pour in your tahini and honey and stir until evenly-coated, then increase heat to medium high and cook all together for 30 more seconds.
Once the pan has heated up to temperature, which may take another 30 seconds, pour on the salt water and stir immediately and constantly, until the coating on the outside is more of a sauce (about 1-2 minutes).
Then turn off the heat and add your lime zest and sumac, stirring until evenly-coated, and then sprinkle toasted sesame seeds on top before serving.

Notes

*Note that if you use a cast iron pan, you'll want to keep the heat on low the whole time, as cast iron conducts heat much better than nonstick pans. Don't forget your pot holder!

You may want to add more salt for your own palate, but be sure to try it before you add more.

If you tend to like dishes a bit sweeter, you can add a pinch of pure monk fruit at the same time as you add the honey, but keep in mind that even a pinch goes a very long way.

This sauce goes nicely with plain chicken, and if you want to make extra of the sauce to have on top of meat, simply double every ingredient except for the broccoli and roasted sesame seeds, and otherwise follow the recipe as written.

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