Best Smashed Brussels Sprouts Recipe
Smashed Brussels Sprouts
These days brussels sprouts are most often enjoyed after having been roasted or baked. Adorned with olive oil and salt and pepper, brussels sprouts cooked this way a delicious and hard to resist. However, sometimes you want a different way of eating of this vegetable favorite, and eating boiled brussel sprouts as they did back in the 1950s is not an option. Fortunately, we have discovered a new recipe for brussels sprouts, where they’re boiled and baked and smothered in cheese.
Ingredients
- Brussels sprouts
- Grated cheese
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Optional: garlic powder
Directions
- Heat oven to 425°
- Cook brussels sprouts on top of stove boiling water for 10 minutes
- Spread wax paper across the surface of an oven safe Baking tray
- Drain brussels sprouts, and spread evenly on top of the wax paper
- Using the back of a tablespoon gently smash down each brussels sprout until somewhat flat
- Sprinkle salt, pepper, and garlic powder on top of the brussels sprouts
- Lightly drizzle brussels sprouts with olive oil
- Sprinkle grated cheese across the tops of the brussels sprouts
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the oven.
