How do you cook brussel sprouts?

mommy2mercedes · **How do you cook brussel sprouts?**

Brussel sprouts is something I never cared for but would like to try again.

I saw a recipe somewhere,I think in one of my Bon Appetite magazines...that had them all sliced down and fried w/bacon and onions(or maybe shallots)

It looked really good, like fried cabbage.

Anyone try this.......or have another way to cook them that we might find them likeable???

Missystuy · 07-12-2008, 03:06 PM

YUp, I just steam them then add brown sugar before serving. It takes away the tartness/bitterness and they aren't half bad. My kids still won't eat them, but at least I can tolerate them this way.

gayla50 · 07-12-2008, 03:13 PM

I love them I make
brussels sprouts with Bacon & Onions

2 slices of bacon , chopped
6 small white , boiling onions . peeled and sliced
1 pound ( 1 pint ) brussel sports , trimmed and halved
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
Salt & Pepper

Fry the bacon in large skillet over meduim heat until crisp . about 10 minutes, remove and drain on paper towel
pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat.

add the onions to the skillet and saute juse unil well coated . about 1 min. add the brussell sprouts and saute for 2 minutes . add water cove and steam until the sprouts are bright green and tender about 8 minutes

Transfer the sprouts to a serving bowl Drizzel the vinegar top Salt and pepper to taset . crumble the bacon on top

or I just trim them up and with and X in the bottom and steam .. alittle butter Yummy

Oregano · 07-12-2008, 03:20 PM

2 T Olive Oil
6-8oz Pancetta (diced) *
1 1/2 lbs Brussels Sprouts (trimmed and cut in 1/2)
3/4 tsp Kosher Salt
3/4 tsp Black Pepper (freshly ground)
2 C Chicken Stock

Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan and add the pancetta. Cook over med heat, stirring often, until the fat is rendered and the pancetta is golden brown and crisp, 5 to 10 min. Remove the pancetta to a plate lined with a paper towel.

Add the Brussels sprouts, salt, and pepper to the fat in the pan and saute over medium heat for about 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the chicken stock. Lower the heat and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the sprouts are tender when pierced with a knife, about 15 minutes. If the skillet becomes too dry, add a little chicken stock or water. Return the pancetta to the pan, heat through, season to taste, and serve.

* You can sub in regular bacon if you can't find pancetta.

** You can add some 1/2 to 3/4 C of raisins, currants or dried cranberries with the chicken stock, which sounds weird but is very good. Soak them in the chicken stock for a bit before adding to the pan.

ryans_mom10 · 07-12-2008, 03:42 PM

I steam them whole and when done I add melted butter and salt over them.Pretty plain here.

weezie · 07-12-2008, 10:02 PM

steamed.

booker81 · 07-13-2008, 07:53 AM

We're butter freaks, so we just dump them in a pot (we use frozen since we eat a lot of them), put in a few Tbs of butter, fill to cover with water, put in Onion powder and garlic salt (tsp of each?), cover, boil and whenever dinner is done, they are done. Usually about 15mins or so. DH puts salt on his, I put more butter on mine.

We LOVE them, and eat them about 3 times a week.

kellym3girls · 07-13-2008, 01:06 PM

We love them in our house and buy frozen. I just put them in a skillet with either oil or butter and a lot of salt and pepper (more salt than perpper). I saute them until tender.

araefinn · 07-13-2008, 01:13 PM

I do not make them. I hated them when I was a kid. I think my mom just got the frozen kind and boiled them up and that was it-no butter or seasoning. I use to feed them to my dog when no one was looking. Maybe I should try them again.

67paintbrush · 07-14-2008, 09:10 AM

I do them the sliced way. Even the kids like them. Just slice very thin and cook with butter or oil and onion. Or you could do bacon. No one here likes them when they are whole. Also, if they aren't very fresh, the taste will be much stronger.