All 68 dishes / Brussels sprouts
Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.
Halving genuinely halves the distance heat has to travel. Whole sprouts take much longer than their size suggests.
Fully tender is right if they are going on to be roasted or fried.
Into the ice bath now.
Straight into ice water when the timer ends. Sprouts left in the hot pot keep cooking.
| How are they prepped? | How do you want them? | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Quartered | Still crisp | 2:25 |
| Quartered | Crisp-tender | 3:25 |
| Quartered | Fully tender | 5:15 |
| Halved | Still crisp | 3:10 |
| Halved | Crisp-tender | 4:30 |
| Halved | Fully tender | 6:45 |
| Whole, small | Still crisp | 4:15 |
| Whole, small | Crisp-tender | 6:00 |
| Whole, small | Fully tender | 9:00 |
| Whole, large | Still crisp | 5:15 |
| Whole, large | Crisp-tender | 7:30 |
| Whole, large | Fully tender | 11:15 |
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.