Okye's Garlicky Vegetables

This recipe comes from my Mom (the Okye of this recipe, who is by far the nicest little Korean lady you'll ever meet). I think it's a little ditty she made up to dress up vegetables. She sometimes will use this method with green beans, but I had some broccoli on hand and used that. This recipe is also super easy, and with that said, I kind of went on autopilot and forgot to take pictures at the beginning. Sorry.

What you'll need:
-a few cloves of garlic (based on personal taste, I used 3 cloves...for one serving. What can I say? I'm Asian, I like garlic.)
-olive oil and butter (maybe a tablespoon or so of both)
-soy sauce (a tablespoon or so, it's guesswork)
-vegetables (such as broccoli, green beans, etc.)

I didn't get an intro ingredient shot, but I'm assuming you can imagine what it would look like. First off, melt the butter and oil in a saucepan (that has a lid). You only need a little bit of olive oil (to keep the butter from burning) but you could probably just use olive oil and no butter if you wanted to. Once that's melted, add the garlic. I pressed mine through a garlic press but you can also slice them thinly by hand or mince.

Cook the garlic until soft on medium low heat. Once the garlic is softened, add the broccoli (or whatever vegetable you're using) and give it a mix to coat the broccoli and little. Then you want to add a little bit of water to facilitate steaming. The amount is pretty much guesswork, you don't want to submerge the vegetables and you want pretty much all the water to evaporate once the vegetables are cooked. I put in enough water to cover the bottom of the pan and then a little extra. Use your best judgment here.

Put a lid on it and let it steam until the vegetables are cooked to your heart's desire. Steamy magic!

And here's where it gets tasty. If you have too much water left in your pan, drain some out but try to keep the garlic in there. All you have to do is add some soy sauce to taste, maybe a tablespoon or so. Get your vegetables all coated and you're set.

It's an easy way to dress up some vegetables in you're getting tired of eating plain steamed veggies. And it's tasty. Win-win. Thanks Mom.