I am so sorry. About the name. Not about the dish. The dish is delicious. But that name. What was I supposed to call it? It's a corn dog but instead of a hotdog inside, it's broccoli and cheddar. I wanted to make this dish because corn dogs are delicious, but you just hear horrible things about processed hotdogs. I'm very happy with my broccoli-based fair treat: the corn batter is light and fluffy and compliments the broccolli and cheese quite nicely; I hope you enjoy it too! So here it is! Corn Battered Broccoli!. No. Corn Trees! No. Corn Dog...ccoli! Yes? Yes! - helenthenanny —Helenthenanny
Yum! Yum! Yum! Great solution to the old “eat your vegetables” problem or just a new way to fix up an “old” favorite vegetable. The batter was easy to work with, did not absorb the grease, and tasted great. However, I did find the skewers a little difficult to deal with. In order for the broccoli to be meaty enough to push through on the skewer, the florets and stems had to be largish. This presented a problem, for me, getting the oil deep enough in my frying pan. This could be eliminated if a tall home french fry fryer were used, I suspect. My solution was to grate the cheese into the batter, cut most of the stem off, dip the broccoli floret into the cheesy batter and fry more like a fritter. Also delicious! For my second attempt, I also added ¼ tsp of pepper to the batter. Loved them that way also. Either way this is a winner. Congrats to the originator, helenthenanny. - mcd2 —mcd2
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