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broccoli/blanched

How long to cook broccoli

Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.

Your time 3:00

How big are the florets?

Judge the stem, not the head. The head is open and cooks in seconds; the stem is what you are waiting for.

How do you want it?

How to tell without a timer

Into the ice bath now.

Straight into ice water when the timer ends. Florets left in the hot pot keep cooking.

How it goes

  1. Into water at a rolling boil. Have the ice bath ready.
Every combination, as a table
How big are the florets?How do you want it?Time
Small (stem thinner than a pencil) Still crisp 1:35
Small (stem thinner than a pencil) Crisp-tender 2:15
Small (stem thinner than a pencil) Fully tender 3:25
Medium (stem about a finger) Still crisp 2:05
Medium (stem about a finger) Crisp-tender 3:00
Medium (stem about a finger) Fully tender 4:30
Large (thick stem, halved head) Still crisp 2:45
Large (thick stem, halved head) Crisp-tender 3:55
Large (thick stem, halved head) Fully tender 5:45

The app does this, then learns

The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.

Cooked the same way

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