These Broccoli Rabe Recipes Prove This Bitter Green Deserves More Love

Delicious, hearty, and slightly bitter broccoli rabe hardly needs more dressing up than a slick of olive oil. Still, as these broccoli rabe recipes reveal, this green shines as an ingredient—it easily adapts to techniques including roasting, boiling, braising, and sautéing, becoming the basis of an antioxidant-rich meal.  

Its rich green stems, abundant leaves, and succulent florets are also packed with minerals and vitamins. One of broccoli rabe's best nutritional qualities is its glucosinolates, which break down through digestion into biological compounds known for their anti-cancer properties. They're also responsible for the vegetable's bitterness.

Here are some of our favorite quick, easy ways to prepare broccoli rabe.