I defy you to find a simpler, easier, more tasty vegetarian dish than this. Admittedly, this dish came together by chance due to my inability to judge portion sizes. We are all broccoli lovers in this house so when I cook it, I make sure there is plenty. Occasionally, we do get leftovers though which is how this Leftover Broccoli, Chestnut & Mushroom Bake was born. Containing only 5 ingredients and the minimum of fuss in preparation, this vegetarian bake is a real gem. Of course, you can make it from scratch but you will have to cook the broccoli separately first. The beauty is that you can then bung all the ingredients into one dish and bake with no fuss.
This dish makes the perfect meal for Boxing Day or the days after Christmas/New Year when you are craving something healthier and less rich. Equally, this is a great Monday lunch for using up leftover Sunday Roast veg.
Broccoli, Chestnut & Mushroom Bake
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| Serves | 3-4 |
| Prep time | 5 minutes |
| Cook time | 13 minutes |
| Total time | 18 minutes |
| Dietary | Vegetarian |
| Meal type | Lunch, Salad, Side Dish, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Hot |
Ingredients
- ¾ heads Broccoli (Already cooked. Separated into small florets.)
- 150g Ready to Eat Chestnuts (If you have a packet of 180g feel free to use them all.)
- 150g Chestnut Mushrooms (Chopped into quarters)
- 3 tablespoons Oyster Sauce
- 3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
Note
For a non-veggie version, try adding some fried pancetta cubes
Directions
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 180C | |
| 2. | |
| Break up the cooked broccoli into small florets and add the mushrooms & chestnuts | |
| 3. | |
| Stir through the soy sauce and oyster sauce and bake for 14 minutes | |
| 4. | |
| Eat immediately | |
For more ways to use up leftovers, why not visit some of my fellow bloggers?
Tinned Tomatoes shares her Easy Cheesy Vegetable Potato Cakes
Or you could try Leftover Winter Vegetable Soup from Fab Food 4 All
Leftover Roast Beef Stroganoff from Donna Dundas
This looks totally yummy and would be perfect for Christmas leftovers as you say! Thanks for linking to my soup-)
I can see myself cooking extra broccoli just to be able to have a dish of this, this year! Thanks for joining in with your delicious looking soup x
This looks amazing for a lunch, I am always looking for more interesting lunches as mine are pretty boring! Vegetarian too, yay! x
It is a perfect, speedy lunch - I like that I didn't feel sluggish after eating for lunch too x
This sounds amazing, what a great recipe I am definitely going to be trying this out x
Thanks Samantha - Hope you enjoy it! let me know how you get on x
This is giving me food envy! I absolutely love mushrooms so this is one I think I’d really enjoy! Must try it this week! Thank you
Mushrooms are one of my favourite foods too - So versatile!
Oh how good does this look, I love having the ideas for doing something with left overs and this sounds absolutely perfect and quite easy as well.
Yes, it is really easy - And you feel all virtuous as you are using up leftovers too!
Well,this is one way of creatively getting rid of leftovers. Not a chestnut fan myself....
Try it with different nuts Patrick? Or even sprouts!
I am a huge mushroom fan so this looks really tasty to me x
Yay another mushroom fan! I use them in so many recipes but this is one of my faves x
This recipe looks yummy and what a good idea for leftovers, although it looks like this is a recipe that warrants making even without leftovers. I do like a vegetarian recipe, thank you for sharing.
You re welcome Afshan - Yes you of course are right, you don't need to use leftovers.
This sounds like a great tasty dish full of fibre that can work as a side or a healthy main. Good way to use up leftovers too although we tend not to have many leftovers thankfully.
It can be a very healthy main - I find that I don't need the meat!
I have never thought to use this combination of ingredients , but they work so well together.
These are my favourite savoury ingredients and so handy to have in.
Oh wow this looks like a fab winter warmer. I'm deffo going to give this a go x
Perfect for now we have the first frost! Think we might be having it again later this week.
This looks really tasty and I love a recipe that utilises leftovers, I hate waste!
OMG this looks and sounds absolutely delicious! I love broccoli, chestnuts and mushrooms so this is the ideal combo for me xxx
This looks like such a simple and delicious meal, I need to try this combination out for sure! x
I would love this dish. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me get the kids to eat mushrooms. Something about the texture they say. Might have to be a late supper treat for Mathew and I. I'm determined to get the kids eating mushrooms but at least they will eat broccoli - which is something!
call me silly but ive ever actually ate a chestnut why did i always think of them as something else , i feel so nieve to such a lovely nut and its capabilities
Yes you are right - you can pretty much add anything leftover in the fridge. I've tried it with other nuts too for more of a crunch.
Chestnuts are really handy store cupboard ingredients - I find them really useful to bulk up a recipe if it needs to serve more people
Yes and it has brilliant colour from the broccoli too!
I struggle with estimating portions too. What a lovely way to salvage leftovers!
We always have a ton of leftover veg at Christmas, so this looks like a great way to use it up. I hate wasting food.
I love what you did with the leftover veggies. I do the same thing. I will roast them then puree them and then make a soup out of them. Sometimes I just puree and freeze to make a soup later. This looks great!
What a fun way to use leftover broccoli! I too always make too much broccoli as well!! I can't wait to try your recipe as it looks so delicious!!
This would work perfect with holiday leftovers!
Thai looks and sound so Delish. Loved all the Veggies and it's so easy to make.. can't wait to try this!
I always make bubble and squeak with my left over vegetables but this looks delicious
What a great combination, very festive indeed!