Chipotle Butter Roasted Broccoli

Broccoli florets tossed with a chipotle butter mixture and roasted until lightly brown and tender. 

Chipotle Butter Roasted Broccoli is the most flavorful broccoli recipe I know of. Savory and with just a little bit of heat from the chipotle chili powder. This was the first vegetable dish I made for my now husband and it remains a favorite in our house all these years later! 

Ingredients

• Broccoli - Use fresh broccoli crowns or florets. For even cooking, cut into same size pieces around 1" long.
• Butter - Can use butter or olive oil.
• Cumin
• Chipotle Chili Powder - I buy this from the bulk section at HEB, you can also find it on Amazon. 
• Salt
• Sugar - just a pinch to help the browning process. 

Prep

• Melt the butter and add in the spices. Don't worry which you see there is a pinch of sugar, this is just to help the browning process.
• Toss the broccoli in the Chipotle-Butter mixture. Make sure every floret gets a little butter. You can do this process in two batches if needed.
• Evenly place the broccoli on a foil or parchment lined baking sheet for easy clean-up!

Cook

• Bake for 10-15 minutes, stirring halfway through the cooking time. Be sure and stay close by, this batch only took 10 minutes in my oven. Overcooking broccoli results in undesirable flavors and texture. 

• The broccoli should be lightly browned and tender.

Serving

Chipotle Butter Roasted Broccoli makes a delicious side dish. I regularly serve it with my Easy Oven-Baked Salmon and sweet potatoes. It also pairs well with steak and potato wedges. 

This is the type of dish I like to serve to people who "don't like vegetables". Once you try a broccoli recipe so flavorful, I think it can help someone be open to trying more vegetables.  

📖 Recipe

Chipotle Butter Roasted Broccoli

Alaine

Broccoli florets tossed with a chipotle butter mixture and roasted until lightly brown and tender.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Sides

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 pound Broccoli Crowns cut into Florets
• ▢ 2 Tbsp. Butter Melted
• ▢ ½ tsp. ground Cumin
• ▢ ½ tsp. ground Chipotle Chili Powder
• ▢ ½ tsp. Salt
• ▢ ¼ tsp. Sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 450 F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Wash broccoli crowns and cut into florets.
• Melt the butter in the microwave. Add the cumin, chili powder, salt and sugar to the melted butter.
• Pour butter mixture into a large bowl. Toss the broccoli florets in the butter mixture. Be sure that each piece of broccoli gets some of the butter mixture.
• Place broccoli evenly spaced on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake broccoli for 10-15 minutes, stirring half way through. Broccoli should be tender and lightly browned.

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Alaine

Chipotle Butter Roasted Broccoli was originally published on My TX Kitchen on May 19, 2014. Updated in January 2022 with additional pictures and text.