Broccoli With Cheese Sauce

"An easy side dish to have with any meal! The cheese sauce makes this the ultimate vegetable. It also makes your dinner plate colorful and pretty! Quick preparation."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
2-3
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place broccoli in boiling water and add salt. Cook until tender. Drain well or it will turn your sauce into a soup.
  • For cheese sauce: In separate saucepan melt butter over low heat. Gradually stir in flour until smooth.
  • While stirring constantly, add milk slowly. Stir until smooth. Add salt and cheese, stirring until cheese is melted. Don't overcook.
  • Serve broccoli with cheese sauce on top.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can I make the broccoli ahead of time, and also the cheese ahead of time, then reheat the chees sauce to put in warmed broccoli?
     
  2. I made exactly how the directions are written out and it came out thick, not saucy. By any chance would you happen to know why this happened but so I can make t better next time! To add, my son is four and has G.I. Problems. This is the first time in FOUR years that he has fully eaten a veggie. Thanks to your yummy cheese sauce!!
     
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Reviews

  1. The perfect broccoli and cheese.
     
  2. Made it as just as directed, turned out awesome!
     
  3. Too greasy
     
  4. The sauce was good, but I'm reducing by one star because the scale was so far off. My husband usually doesn't think there's such a thing as too much cheese, but he even thought it was "soupy." I scooped out the extra, and I probably had at least a third remaining. I'd suggest making this much sauce for 3-4 cups of broccoli (or other vegetables). By itself, the sauce was a little salty, so don't salt your vegetables separately unless you've already tasted it with the sauce.
     
  5. It turned out very well. I have made it on several occasions and the only thing I do different is I don't add salt and pepper and I use 8oz of medium cheddar cheese. It has made me a broccoli fan for sure!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Always use equal parts butter and flour when making a rou
     
  2. Use only 2 tablespoons of butter and 2 tablespoons of flour. When adding cheese turn off the heat otherwise it will curdle and separate with oil from the cheese
     
  3. I made a double recipe
     

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