Smothered Broccoli

Smothered Broccoli – fresh broccoli baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce, and garlic. This is the most requested broccoli recipe in our house. Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make too!

Smothered Broccoli - fresh broccoli baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce and garlic. This is the most requested broccoli recipe in our house.Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make too! #broccoli #bacon #casserole #recipe

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The Best Way to Cook Broccoli

This Smothered Broccoli is the only way to eat broccoli. Broccoli smothered in bacon, butter, and brown sugar? Oh, YES!!! This Smothered Broccoli is a real crowd-pleaser. I served this at Easter, and it was gone in a flash. Everyone went back for seconds and asked for the recipe! I knew this was a keeper!

Smothered Broccoli - fresh broccoli baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce and garlic. This is the most requested broccoli recipe in our house.Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make too! #broccoli #bacon #casserole #recipe

How to Make Oven Baked Smothered Broccoli

There are only 6 ingredients in this delicious broccoli casserole! Fresh broccoli, bacon, soy sauce, brown sugar, butter, and garlic. To cut down on time you can precook the bacon the day before assembling the casserole. You can even assemble this casserole ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to bake.

This recipe uses a TON of fresh broccoli. Don’t worry, it cooks down. Don’t be tempted to use less broccoli. My pan was filled to the brim before cooking. It was only about half full after baking.

Smothered Broccoli - fresh broccoli baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce and garlic. This is the most requested broccoli recipe in our house.Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make too! #broccoli #bacon #casserole #recipe

Great Broccoli Casserole for a Crowd

This does recipe makes a lot of broccoli. It is great for parties and potlucks. Leftovers taste great too! If you don’t need the whole casserole, you can easily half the recipe. Give this a try the next time you need an easy and delicious side dish. I promise it will be a hit!

Smothered Broccoli - fresh broccoli baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce and garlic. This is the most requested broccoli recipe in our house.Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make too! #broccoli #bacon #casserole #recipe

What to Serve with Bacon Smothered Broccoli?

This broccoli goes great with just about anything! Chicken, pork, steak, burgers.
Here are a few of our favorite main dishes to go with this oven-baked broccoli:

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Smothered Broccoli

Yield: 10 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Smothered Broccoli – fresh broccoli baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce, and garlic. This is the most requested broccoli recipe in our house. Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make too! #broccoli #bacon #casserole #recipe

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Trim broccoli florets and cut into bite-sized pieces. Discard stems. Place broccoli florets in an ungreased 9×13-inch pan.
  • In a large skillet, cook bacon until almost done but not too crispy. Remove from skillet, drain on paper towel and chop. Sprinkle cooked bacon on top of broccoli.
  • Whisk together brown sugar, melted butter, soy sauce and garlic powder. Pour over broccoli.
  • Bake uncovered for 40 minutes.

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  1. This looks great but I have one question. After you have removed the bacon to drain do you use the bacon grease still in the pan for step number four along with the rest of step four ingredients or do you discard the bacon grease, it doesn’t say? Looking forward to trying this.

    1. I usually drain it, but it is fine to keep it in the sauce. It will add more flavor if you keep it.

    1. I haven't made this in the air fryer. It would have to be made in an air fryer safe baking dish and cut down to fit inside the air fryer. Let us know if you make it work.

  2. can you make ahead and then throw in the oven? Can you cook it at a higher temp for less time. Thanks in advance. I look forward to cooking this

    1. You can make this ahead of time and bake when ready. I have only baked this as directed above. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.

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