Light & crispy broccoli coated in a nori salted tempura batter. Perfect side dish or snack!
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Nori Salted Crispy Broccoli
Ingredients
- 2 cups (170g) broccoli florets
- 2 tbsp (15g) cake flour
Batter (mayo version)
- 1 ½ tbsp (22g) Japanese mayonnaise
- 7 tbsp (105ml) water
- 6 tbsp (48g) cake flour
- 3 tbsp (30g) potato starch
- 1 tbsp (6g) aonori
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp black pepper
Batter (vinegar version)
- 5-7 tablespoon (80-105) ml cold water / cold carbonated water
- 4 tsp (20ml) vinegar
- 6 tbsp (48g) cake flour
- 3 tbsp (30g) potato starch
- 1 tbsp (6g) aonori
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Remove broccoli stem from florets. Cut the broccoli into bite size pieces. Wash and drain well. Add the broccoli to a container with 2 tablespoon of the cake flour. Cover the bowl and shake to coat the broccoli in the flour.
- In another bowl, mix together the cake flour, potato starch, aonori, water, salt and pepper. If the batter is quite thick, add 1 extra tablespoon of water. The batter should be slightly looser then tempura or pancake batter.
- Add oil to a pan and heat to 160-170 C(320-338 F). Dip the broccoli into the batter and then carefully place into the oil. Fry for 1-2 minutes and then turn each piece and fry other side until golden brown. Remove broccoli and place on a wire rack to let excess oil drip off.
- Serve immediently and enjoy!
Notes
- Helpful Equipment: tongs, thermometer, mixing bowls, whisk
- Nutritional Information Disclaimer: Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated on an online tool (Cronometer).
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Otazr says
I’m very excited to try this. What’s your take if I use my air fryer instead?
Dana says
Why kind of vinegar do you use? X
Lisa Kitahara says
rice vinegar but any vinegar works!
Ashley says
What can you substitute for cake flour? Thank you!
Lisa Kitahara says
All purpose can work but it may be a little more chewy and dense!
stanley says
Delicious!
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Stephanie Wu says
So good! I used a mini deep fryer and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing.
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Thao says
Cake flour? Is that the same as regular flour? Sorry, that threw me off, but I can’t wait to try this recipe! Maybe my kids will finally eat their broccolis!
Lisa Kitahara says
Cake flour is low protein flour 🙂
Annette says
This was so tasty! I did the mayonnaise batter version with egg-free Kewpie and we really enjoyed it, the aonori adds a lovely little pop of flavour <3
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Yuri says
It was very delicious! (Mayonnaise Butter ver )
I will recommend this recipes! We loves it! (Me and My family )
Thank you for sharing this recipe Lisa-san 🙂
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Duffy says
Loved this! I couldn’t find potato starch in my local supermarket sooo went with cornstarch but still gooood!Definitely try again with potato starch. Super simple and a great side dish. Broccoli is my FAVE so love trying it different ways broccoli 🥦
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Mio says
So so so yum!! I've never enjoyed eating my greens more! Haha. No but really, the broccoli was perfectly crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. I dipped it in Lisa's tomato tuna recipe and it went soooo well together - highly recommend!! Now I want to make all my vegetables like this 😀 Thank you Lisa for this wonderful recipe, as usual!!
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