Description
The great flavors of bacon, Cheddar, and ranch in a low-carb, low-calorie tot! Enjoy hot with ketchup, Sriracha, ranch dressing, or your favorite dipping sauce!
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) bag broccoli florets
- 2 teaspoons sea salt, divided
- ¾ cup finely shredded Cheddar cheese
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- ⅓ cup minced onion
- 1 egg
- 3 slices cooked bacon, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons ranch dressing mix
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place 1/2 of the broccoli florets in a food processor; pulse about 20 times until it looks like grains of rice. Repeat with remaining broccoli florets.
- Fill a large
- shallow saucepan with 1/2 inch water; add 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and add broccoli rice. Cover and simmer until tender
- about 5 minutes. Drain and let cool
- about 10 minutes.
- Transfer broccoli rice to the center of a clean absorbent dish towel. Squeeze and twist the towel to remove as much of the moisture as possible.
- Mix Cheddar cheese
- bread crumbs
- onion
- egg
- bacon
- ranch dressing mix
- and parsley together in a large bowl. Mix in broccoli rice until mixture sticks together when pressed into a ball.
- Scoop 1 1/2 tablespoons of mixture with a small ice cream scoop; form into a ball and press into the shape of a tot using oiled hands. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining mixture.
- Drizzle olive oil over broccoli tots. Sprinkle remaining 1 teaspoon salt on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven
- turning halfway with tongs
- until golden brown
- about 24 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 34 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 14 mins
Servings: 4