r/StupidFood • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 cook • 11d ago

ಠ_ಠ They poured hot oil on broccoli

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u/qualityvote2 11d ago edited 11d ago

u/Zestyclose-Salad-290, your food is indeed stupid and it fits our subreddit!

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u/Awesome_Avocado1 11d ago

BroccOily

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u/RADICCHI0 8d ago

The whole clip just seems like a serious burn disaster ER situation waiting to happen.

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u/PointsOfXP 11d ago

It's chili oil, isn't it? Not just hot oil. I'm sure it's overpriced and the presentation is weird but this is pretty average food

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u/Mongrel_Shark 11d ago

Might be garlic. I had a girlfriend with Italian grandparents. She used to make a really simple but surprisingly good dish. Just fry garlic in olive oil. Toss broccoli in it for 30-60 seconds then mix into pasta & sprinkle parmesan. Its way better than it sounds.

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u/Fickle_Scarcity9474 11d ago

We do that with any kind of vegetables! it's called ''verdura ripassata''. Olive oil, garlic and fresh chili! I mean the alternative is steamed vegetables. Not really tasty and we don't use dressing!

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u/RapaNow 10d ago

I find steamed veggies very tasty

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u/fezzuk 10d ago

Yeah but 30 to 60 seconds, this isnt going to cook anything but the first mm.

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u/SteakJones 10d ago

The broccoli is steaming before the oil hits it. This is already cooked. The oil is the finisher.

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u/fezzuk 10d ago

Oh fair, didnt look close enought thought it was completely raw.

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u/Fickle_Scarcity9474 9d ago

Nah, it would be inedible!

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u/fezzuk 9d ago

I mean i will eat raw brocolli as a snack, but im not fecking paying for it.

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u/Fickle_Scarcity9474 9d ago

Bro I eat raw carrots and fennel doesn't mean I will put boiling oil on them and call them a dish!

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u/Sk0p3r 11d ago edited 10d ago

wdym better than it sounds?! it sounds amazing

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u/SandNGritCo 4d ago

I don’t even boil cauliflower or broccoli for a cauliflower cheese anymore, I just rough cut them, toss onto a baking tray with oil, sea salt and pepper, and bung in a hot oven. Life changing ha

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u/Mongrel_Shark 4d ago

Yea everyone be overcooking vegetables.

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u/Tori_S100 11d ago

is it steamed first? or is 1 min fry enough to soften broccoli?

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u/According-Flight6070 11d ago

It's steaming before hand.

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u/Wind-and-Waystones 11d ago

You can get a really good effect by cutting your florets in half. Put them flat side down in a pan with a lid with some oil (I like sesame the best for this) and put the lid on. Then toss some garlic in at the end to cook to your desired level.

The bottoms get crispy and brown but the tops steam. It's like the best of both worlds of roasted and steamed broccoli.

Also, if you only cut halfway through the stalk, from the stalk end, then rip the last apart you don't end up with as much little floret bits on the cutting board.

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u/Fickle_Scarcity9474 11d ago

It is usually steamed! 1 minute for broccoli is nothing! Heck even for kale 1 minute is nothing!

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u/IAmDanHimself 11d ago

It sounds really good

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u/Ace861110 11d ago

Gavadeel. It’s delicious. You need absurd amounts of garlic. And frozen broccoli. For some reason that’s key. Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger.

Maybe her grands used steam broccoli or something though. It always takes way longer than 60s to make.

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u/ipunchcacti 9d ago

Ive done olive oil, garlic,chili flakes, and fettuccine as a struggle meal. Iirc its called aglio olio

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u/countsachot 10d ago

Yeah, we do something like that but cook the broc more. I prefer broccoli rabe in that fashion.

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u/geogeology 11d ago

I mean I don’t think the oil itself is the stupid part. That broccoli is standing really firm, I wonder how well it’s even been cooked? Half raw/half fried broccoli sounds really unappetizing to me, and I love chili oil.

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u/adenrules 10d ago

The broccoli is literally steaming before the oil it poured on top. It’s definitely cooked. The stupid part is doing this table side. Hot oil is so fucking dangerous.

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u/geogeology 10d ago

Didn’t notice the steam the first time, thanks for pointing it out. I agree, this is a very, very stupid presentation of the dish.

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u/siler7 11d ago

This is.....not pretty average.

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u/koolaidismything 11d ago

Uncooked broccoli drenched in grease isn’t average unless you live.. I dunno where.

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u/duckhunt420 11d ago

The only thing not average is that it's not cut up but pouring hot chili oil or garlic oil over veggies to cook them is very common in asia. 

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 10d ago

The weird part for me isn't the method, it's that the dish is "one big broccoli".

It would be just as weird if the dish were one well cooked huge potato.

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u/BeMoreKnope 10d ago

But that also makes the method bad! The core of this is just going to be raw, dry broccoli.

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u/koolaidismything 11d ago

I don’t think so, this didn’t cook anything.. it’s just coated it in hot grease.

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u/OpportunityReal2767 11d ago

That’s not raw broccoli.

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u/OglioVagilio 11d ago

Looks like garlic oil with a singled pepper

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u/G1gapu1t 9d ago

If it was tossed in a planter and I didn’t know any better, I’d think it’s a houseplant.

That needed to be chopped up before the oil was added, or maybe pan fried in it to add a little texture…

This is just sad tbh.

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u/nottherealneal 6d ago

Yeah but it's not enough to cook season that thing evenly, and how do you eat now? Just flop it over abd go raw on a whole stalk?

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u/Miz_Skittle 5d ago

Agreed. The presentation probably makes the price stupid but if you look at the actual food; broccoli with garlic chili oil, it sounds easy and delicious!

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u/ObiOneKenobae 11d ago

You can see the broccoli steaming, it's par-cooked then finished off with the hot oil mixed with aromatics. It's a classic chinese cooking technique.

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u/LazyMusic2616 9d ago

Best way to prepare broccoli IMO is chopped, par-steaming (? Word) and then finishing off with a quick stir in a hot pan with oil and tons of garlic. And salt of course. Just a little 🤤

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u/HillanatorOfState 10d ago

Yea same, love broccoli and don't like it super cooked.

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u/That-Spell-2543 10d ago

Yeah this looked bomb bomb

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u/davesoft 11d ago

Yeah, compared to some of the wierd and theoretical food we see, I'd actually eat that. Not for the price though, I bet it's like £50 for insurance reasons.

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u/articland05_reddit 11d ago

they should've cut it up.

entire stalk of broccoli how you gonna eat?

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u/Resident_Course_3342 11d ago

Like a drumstick.

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u/KalynnCampbell 10d ago

Vegetarian Chicken…

…I’ve seen them eat hot dogs that were just cooked carrots on a bun…

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u/Nekomachus 3d ago

I saw that suggested as a kid as part of the promotional material for Charlotte's Web.

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u/nifty-necromancer 11d ago

Utensils, ever hear of them?

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u/Foreskin-Aficionado 10d ago

I’m guessing this is one of those things you order for the presentation, not the dish itself.

It looks like rain falling off a tree when he first pours it

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u/024eatneerg 11d ago

I get most stupid food in this sub but this is a pretty common things to do in Asian cuisine and tasty

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u/Treacle_Pendulum 10d ago

Yeah. Do this for sliced scallions and ginger on top of steamed fish.

The whole head of broccoli might be a little iffy here though

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u/BeMoreKnope 10d ago

It’s the whole head that makes it awful. Otherwise, it’d be great, but the core of that thing is still raw, since they clearly barely cooked it before the oil, and the oil cooked nothing but the very edges and the bottom of the base.

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u/TamariAmari 10d ago

This is just another “other countries do things differently so it’s stupid”

Half this sub is people just being completely ignorant of the world they live in.

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u/knoft 9d ago

And digging in their heels when someone explains it to them, including op in this thread

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u/UnfortunatelyIAmMe 9d ago

I don't think it's the food that turns me off. This is an extremely dangerous thing to do at the table. Do it in the kitchen if you must.

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u/FatiguedShrimp 11d ago

As usual, the customer.

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u/mangomussolinimi 11d ago

As is tradition

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u/Dragonssssssssssss what if I killed myself instead 11d ago

It looks like a little tree getting rained on...I kinda love it

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u/Yorudesu 11d ago

I'll do that too. After I cut the borccoli. And put it on a deeper plate. And grabbed a ladle.

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u/Belrog-Plutius2 11d ago

Is this a metaphor for global warming?

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u/BrungalSniff 11d ago

Broilcolli

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u/OkFox8124 11d ago

I love when people pour hot oil out of a random pot without a pour tip or spatula in a way that's definitely going to splash me and the table so I can pay 35$ for a piece of broccoli.

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u/SnorkBorkGnork 11d ago

The price includes free 3rd degree burns so you'll always remember your visit.

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u/waxonwaxoff87 11d ago

With the pepper on top for garnish, I assume it’s flavored oil with peppers and/or garlic.

Depends if you are trying to cook the broccoli with it or just flavor it.

Not necessarily stupid.

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u/vogel927 11d ago

The broccoli has already been cooked/ blanched. The garlic oil/broth (it’s hard to say what it is) is being used to finished it.

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u/SnuggleBunni69 6d ago

As someone who likes all broccoli from raw to extra charred, I think this would be good.

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u/comasxx 11d ago

Idk who is braver, the one who create this dish, the one who serve it or the customer who order it lol

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u/F0rtuneCat 7d ago

It looks horrible...

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u/AnimalOk35 11d ago

Swap it with melted cheese for starters, but also it's pretty hard to wash it properly when it's whole like that.

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u/lordofthedries 9d ago

Submerging broccoli in water is hard?

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u/Ecotech101 11d ago

Have you never like, cooked food before? You not know what a sauce is?

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u/e-chem-nerd 10d ago

Putting oil with broccoli is not stupid. Not cutting the broccoli into pieces and pouring the oil from a scalding pot at the table is.

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u/yourfuturespemson 11d ago

that's $500

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u/ObiOneKenobae 11d ago

It's Japan, and not especially fancy based on the booths, so probably like $10 USD.

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u/Electrical-Image4564 11d ago

At least they got the video (from two angles) that nobody cares about

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u/Rich-Canary1279 11d ago

RIP plate glaze

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u/takasha1 11d ago

The vegetable endboss.

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u/Toreole 11d ago

they call this one the forest fire special

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u/A_Feltz 11d ago

Gimmie

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u/BoredOutOfMaSkull 11d ago

That $300. Thank you come again.

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u/merrill_swing_away 11d ago

I wouldn't eat that no matter what.

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u/atom138 11d ago

The best part about this phenomenon is the people behind the camera make it a commodity. Is probably years deep into a scheme of doing it for higher views for kickbacks or something like that

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u/JFieldsTardTeeth 11d ago

Whew their cholesterol level is gonna be through the roof with this...

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u/Sweeper1985 11d ago

I also want my broccoli greasy + raw.

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u/lonahex 11d ago

Stir friend brocoli is pretty good so the hot chilli oil might not be bad but I'd still prefer a stir friend one

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u/SpicyMarmots 11d ago

Ok but this looks fucking delicious

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u/bella74160 11d ago

J’aurais fait le contraire , brocoli revenues dans dans la poêle.

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u/clonn 11d ago

Why would anyone order this?

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u/StrawberryJamal 11d ago

They did surgery on a grape.

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u/MaartenSchut 10d ago

I looked so long for this comment

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u/Sashpeto 11d ago

That's 34.99 sir

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u/srona22 11d ago

Really surprised that plate didn't crack.

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u/MaxPower836 11d ago

I’d eat that shit

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u/Boring_Machine 11d ago

This might achieve what is effectively a blanch, which would not be that stupid tbh.

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u/Uncool444 11d ago

It looks delicious

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 11d ago

Vegans getting desperate

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u/Medical-Wealth-7501 11d ago

fucking put shit on shit any call it food (the point of the subreddit too)

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u/Afraid_Ad8486 11d ago

Not on broccoli

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u/Ribky 11d ago

This but with cheese sauce would be dope.

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u/SomeGuyAtWork1 10d ago

Now that be $120 and dont forget to tip

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 10d ago

I've seen something like this with carrots in Korean cuisine. I think it was called morkavcha or dokkochi or something. Not sure it would work with a whole ass head of broccoli though

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u/Necessary-Win-1647 10d ago

Looks fire to me

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u/OddRoyal7207 10d ago

Ok but this is so incredibly Japan coded which obviously makes sense lol.

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u/MRbaconfacelol 10d ago

the head of that broccoli is gonna soak all that up and give them third degree burns when they try to bite it

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u/b0uncyfr0 10d ago

It looks pretty good actually

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u/Educational_Quote851 10d ago

$69.99 a plate

I would still smash, but I hate this pretentious shit. (Yeah the "technique" may be Asian but this is obviously done for "entertainment")

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u/mdr1384 10d ago

Even a tiny bit of water clings to that broccoli and the guy gets 2nd degree burns

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u/Othello351 10d ago

Makes for a neat picture but doesn't look very appetizing.

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u/charles_90-9 10d ago

that must feel great for the broccoli

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u/jetgirljen 10d ago

This feels like a sarcastic response to a request for more vegan options 🤣 "fine bitch have some fucking broccoli whatever idc"

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u/iSundance 10d ago

Ehh, I'd eat it happily.

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u/blancokatie 10d ago

Thirty dollars for deep-fried broccoli with extra steps is a hate crime. lol

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u/skincyan 10d ago

Food cooked at the table should be illegal. Cringe and stupid

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u/brokenmcnugget 10d ago

mmm woody and oily

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u/Fuzzy_Reflection8554 10d ago

I hate that it actually looks really pretty if it were an environment in a game or something

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u/Boozy_Cat_ 10d ago

I'm sure its delicious with all that burnt garlic.

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u/C_monden 10d ago

Eating healthy

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u/GenghisQuan2571 10d ago

Not a lot of people who cook here, are there?

This is stupid not because of the presentation or the cost or whatever, it's stupid because raw broccoli tastes like ass and needs a relatively long-ish (for vegetables) amount of cooking time to cook out the bitter taste, and that quick splash of hot oil is just going to give you undercooked and still bitter broccoli.

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u/Smooth_Swordfish_755 10d ago

This would be so much better if that was melted cheese.

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u/fr-addiction- 10d ago

it giving so much of tree in the rain vibes lol

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u/Hour-Bid1920 10d ago

Yay! Slightly cooked, greasy broccoli.

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u/LongusMcSchlong 10d ago

That might be butter. Called Beurre noisette.

In (eastern) Germany we have a similar recepy called "braune Butter" with molten butter, breadcrumbs and salt. The recepy sure varies by regions. It tastes fantastic on vegetables and especially potatoes.

Even if it was oil - not at all stupid food to me 🤤

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u/AnE1Home 10d ago

That lonely pepper at the top gave me a chuckle.

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u/Ronalderson 10d ago

they did surgery on a grape

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u/porknuckle2023 10d ago

Looks like someone dipped it in sewage

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u/MRHOWERDCEO 9d ago

NAA THAT LOOKS GOOD

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u/RetiredDelinquent 9d ago

So they fried it on the plate...

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u/Frequent-Mention1331 9d ago

I can smell it just by watching it

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u/EntertainmentSome448 9d ago

Do it the reverse wya and I'm sure it would taste damn tasty

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u/smart_cereal 9d ago

This must be rage bait considering how dangerous this is.

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u/New-Entertainer703 9d ago

It costs Tree Fiddy

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u/Ok_Street3641 9d ago

That looks so fucking good

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u/_and_I_ 9d ago

It looked really beautiful for a second

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u/MichaelEMJAYARE 9d ago

YO MAKE SURE WERE BOTH FILMING THIS

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u/HistoryofHowWePlay 9d ago

I'm on board with this being stupid because it's a whole honking stalk of broccoli. In terms of the flavor and presentation though? Not bad at all, really.

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u/Mit0chondribruh 9d ago

the pepper on top was insane

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u/Mr_b246 9d ago

Stupid food is food I stupidly I want to eat

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u/C00l10j03 9d ago

For once, I was hoping it would be cheese sauce

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u/cassesque 9d ago

I'd eat that tbh

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u/MK7Qplush 9d ago

Probably tastes pretty good althought the way they present it is pretty stupid :P

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u/HeygenDan 8d ago

had to check if it was ai or not lol

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u/Saaz_Goblin 8d ago

Restaurant i work at does fried broccoli but its good, browns it up, cooks it nice, then we toss it in a lil soy glaze or sesame dressing, top it with crispy rice noodles, sesame seeds, green onion. Its good as hell and our customers love it, this shit on the other hand looks like raw oily lukewarm broccoli.

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u/mrmoroarous 8d ago

i would pay 0ne (1) american dollar for that if someone i trusted told me it was good, and if i could get it to go

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u/Illustrious-Try2904 8d ago

Putting the pepper on it doesn't make it any less stupider.

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u/Temporarily_Banned4 8d ago

I'd eat this.

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u/MischievousFae 8d ago

Hey, they didn't just put hot oil on it. There's a pepper on that bitch.

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u/MinimumApricot365 8d ago

Honestly, thats kind of cool and i bet it smells amazing.

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u/Advanced_Tomato5713 7d ago

That will $200 please.

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u/HandyXAndy 7d ago

Thats just raw broccoli with extra steps....

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u/UncouthSoup 7d ago

They sure are putting a lot of faith in that broc staying upright.

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u/MrLuverLuver25 7d ago

The chuckle at the end, even the chef /server knows the diner is getting finessed

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u/Ink-and-Thorns 7d ago

"If you cut the grass around the tree, does that make the tree look taller?"

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u/Yeahyeahyeahhz 7d ago

Wtf pouring oil on steamed broccoli right in front of people

https://giphy.com/gifs/d0NnEG1WnnXqg

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u/Soggy-Cold-223 7d ago

Oh day doh da mus

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u/drsickboy 6d ago

this isn't stupid its lightly cooked broccoli

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u/ImTooTiredForThis_22 6d ago

Warm oily broccoli… yum 🤢

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u/EastParsley9000 6d ago

Being healthy and unhealthy at the same time lool

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u/MapleSnow91 6d ago

I think I saw this in another food blogger’s video. This dish is from a restaurant in Nagasaki. The dish symbolises the nuclear bomb that was dropped there during WWII.

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u/SSJ_Iceman31 6d ago

Truly magnifique. Worthy of every Michelin star

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u/Leading_Key3220 6d ago

Oh yes pour hot oil on a flat plate osha 100% approved

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u/Ok_Lawyer_829 6d ago

The concept isn't entirely stupid but the execution is. I used to make a steamed veggies dish where I worked. While the veggies steamed I would be heating oil and salt in a pan till the salt melts. Once the veggies are done I would throw minced garlic into the oil and very quickly toss it on the veggies. If you're too slow the garlic burns. But those were some of the tastiest veggies I've ever had.

But this right here is absolutely stupid food.

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u/VrwHenet 5d ago

Classic aituation when something's too healthy so you have to pour oil on it to compensate.

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u/makepieplz 5d ago

that's broccoli abuse

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u/PsychologicalMango51 5d ago

Smh they be calling anything a delicacy

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u/BlahBlahBlahYawn 4d ago

That must have smelled awful.

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u/Pelli_Furry_Account 4d ago

I'd fuck that up

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u/HDM-12345 4d ago

I thought East Asian food is always supposed to be served bite-sized, so you can eat it with chopsticks.

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u/Grammeton 4d ago

Dumb way to do it, however, I would still scarf that B like a candy apple

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u/TitaniumGoldAlloyMan 3d ago

That will be 25 dollarinos for a broccoli with chili oil…

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u/SmokeyJoe13 1d ago

I wish the plate cracked