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Are you looking for low-carb options for your meal plan, well look no further! Baked Zucchini Fries, Eggplant Bites, Jicama fries, Turnip fries, are among my favorite low-carb recipes that you should try.
These broccoli fritters are helpful for those who are trying to eat healthily, they are also perfect for someone on a candida diet. They taste great and hold together well and didn't fall apart, using chickpea flour and ground flaxseeds.
Low-carb broccoli fritters are actually crispy on the outside and soft inside with a lovely earthy flavor spiced with cumin, cilantro and a touch of cayenne pepper.
Broccoli Fritters Ingredients
- Broccoli
- Onion
- Cilantro
- Garlic
- Chickpea Flour
- Ground Flaxseeds
- Cumin
- Cayenne
- Salt
- Oil
How To Make Broccoli Fritters
To make broccoli fritters recipe, you can either shallow fry or make baked broccoli fritters. Place chopped broccoli, onion, garlic and cilantro in a food processor and process until mixture is crumbly and resembles breadcrumbs.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add chickpea flour, ground flaxseeds, cumin, cayenne, salt and mix well to combine. Form into patties and shallow fry or bake in the oven.
Other Delicious Fritters To Try
- Black-Eyed Pea Fritters
- Puerto Rican Pumpkin Fritters
- Jamaican Banana Fritters
- Yellow Split Pea Fritters With Curry Sauce
- Corn Fritters
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- Energy:
- 77 kcal / 322 kJ
- Fat:
- 4 g
- Protein:
- 3 g
- Carbohydrate:
- 9 g
Ingredients
- 1 medium head, broccoli florets
- 1/2 medium onion, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup chickpea flour
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Coconut oil for shallow frying
- Preparation:
- 10 min
- Ready in:
- 30 min
Instructions
Place broccoli florets, onion, cilantro and garlic in batches in a food processor and process until crumbly (looks like rice grains).
Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in chickpea flour, flaxseed meal, cumin, cayenne pepper and salt. Mix well and squeeze together like you are forming a dough.
Heat oil on medium in a large skillet. Form into patties about 1/4 cup, place fritters in the skillet, reduce heat to low and cook fritters on each side for about 4 minutes until golden brown.
These are lightly fried and not deep fried. What I do is cover the skillet after I turn them to make sure the fritters are well cooked in the middle.
Alternatively, you can bake on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprayed with cooking spray in a preheated oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, turning halfway. Serve with my vegan ranch dressing.
Notes
Interested in vegan dishes. Your posts look very delish.
Raelani, hope you try it. Thank you for coming to my website all the recipes are vegan.
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Would oat flour work instead of chickpea flour?
Thank you
I believe it would but I haven’t tried it.
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I love that the fritters can be made gluten and oil free. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for this amazing recipe. Absolutely love these. I was worried they wouldn’t stay together when frying because of their lack of wet ingredients but they came out perfect. It’s not vegan, but I served them with a quick tzatziki of Greek yogurt, chopped dill, garlic and a few squeezes of fresh lemon.
Rachel, I’m happy they turned out great for you and you enjoyed them.
Hi!!
I LOVE this recipe! But we recently found out my daughter is allergic to chickpeas and flax. Would brown rice flour work to replace the chickpea flour? I’m not sure what would work to replace the flax, maybe breadcrumbs? Thanks in advance!
Hello my suggestion would be to substitute with a store-bought gluten-free flour because most of them are finer in texture than brown rice flour and similar to chickpea flour. if you decide to go with store-bought gluten-free flour, make sure to double check ingredients that it doesn’t contain chickpea flour. The purpose of the flaxseed in the recipe is to replace eggs and I’m not sure if breadcrumbs would be a good substitute without actually trying. As you see the recipe is very simple but holds together perfectly as written so if breadcrumbs works for you, please let us know.
Delicious! I used Avocado oil for the frying.
Made these tonight. They were so good! Just what I was looking for. I highly recommend baking for 5-10 minutes at 350 after pan frying. It kept them warm while I toasted my bun and ensured they were cooked through. I served with Minimalist Baker’s chipotle aioli (also vegan) and avocado and pickled red onions. Yum!!! Perfect vegan meal. Thank you!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it Chloe, love your fixings too! Thank you for your feedback.
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This is an amazing recipe. I’ve made it several times. It’s my favorite go-to recipe for broccoli. Now I’m on a no sugar, no flour program, so instead of the chickpea flour, I used hummus instead. Haven’t tasted it yet, but I will tomorrow. I expect excellent flavor … sorry, I didn’t measure the hummus. I’m not much on measuring. I just dump. It turns out better that way.
Wow Debi so good to know. All the best with your new program. Hummus sounds great, would love to know how it turns out.
They are good, but I think they would have been better with less hummus so I could taste the broccoli more. Also, a bit more of the pink Himalayan salt would have been better. I’ll just have to experiment more. I’ll be doing this again.
Awesome sounds like I would love it because we eat a lot of hummus here. Thank you for your feedback.
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I know this is an older recipe but I’ve only just stumbled across it and it looks delicious! If I tried to make this oil-free, do you think it would still taste the same? Any feedback would be appreciated! (:
Sloane, this is a reader’s favorite. Yes, it can be made without oil. Just spray a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 400 for 30 minutes turning halfway or use a good non-stick pan.Hope this helps
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Sorry that I’m late to the party, but was wondering if you’ve tried making these in an air fryer? They sound absolutely amazing!
Will, I just got my Instant Pot, now I will have to get an airfryer, lol
These look great!
Can I use frozen broccoli?
Thanks!
Hello Or, I have never used frozen broccoli but it should work.
I love these, and have made them multiple times. I just used the Bob’s Red Mill Garbanzo & Fava flour that I have on hand. You can play with the consistency in the food processor, such as adding a bit of fresh lemon juice and/or tahini to help hold them together. I’ve also omitted cilantro if I don’t have it. It’s a great way to use up leftover steamed broccoli!
Hello Debra, that’s a great idea to use Garbanzo/Fava bean flour. Love the addition of tahini and lemon juice. Thank you for your feedback!
I made this for tonight. Used almond flour and arrowroot flour and upped the ground flax to 1/4 cup.
Laura, love your variation. Hope you enjoyed!
Wow Michelle this looks so good! Found you in the Yum group on FB – pinning it, too! I want to make this sometime :)
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These fritters are perfectly matched to a sriracha chilli sauce
Just had some vegan siracha mayo, so yummy!
I will admit that broccoli is the one vegetable that I struggle with … but THIS recipe looks amazing and something I would eat over and over again . Thanks for a great recipe!!
I love fritters and yours look amazing! Pinned to try later
These look so good. I’ve never made a broccoli fritter before. I’m going to have to give it a try!
They look so delicious. Need to make these soon. Yummm..!!!!
These look delicious! I love broccoli, and I imagine they are divine in fritters!
I want to grab through my screen and eat those. Pinned !
I love fritters, these sound so good with the broccoli and chickpea flour, the color is so pretty too!
Our kids love corn fritters, I’m really excited to see how these go over with them; thanks so much for the great idea!
I’m such a fan of Broccoli and these fritters look so delicious.
My daughter and son love broccoli I should try these!
Oh they look so amazingly good. And so vibrantly green. Love them!
These fritters look so vibrant and tasty! I love this unique ideas for making broccoli taste more interesting. I love broccoli anyway, but this would also be a great recipe to get kids to eat more green veggies:)
I love Broccoli Fritters! This looks delish!
Yum!! Looks so delicious! I’ll definitely need to try these.
These look so good! And healthy too! I can’t wait to try the recipe.
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I would definitely try these! Such a yummy way to get more veggies in too :)
Oh my! These are perfect for me to make and share with my kids! They look amazing :)
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Yum yum yum yum! Now if you could point me in the direction of the chickpea flour in the grocery store I’ll be set! Haha! But seriously these look amazing and I bet they taste great too. I love making fritters!
Looks like a yummy way to get your greens in!
These look delicious I will definitely try these out. My boys eat a lot of vegetables but for some reason broccoli does not look appealing to them. My 3 year old says it looks like a tree. So this will definitely hide it. :-)
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YUM OMG I NEED TO MAKE THESE!
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These look perfect! Love that they are gluten free & vegan – we’re going to give them a try!
Michelle, This is a creative, healthy recipe that looks so good I may have to give it a try. I’m curious about the chick pea flour. I have tried coconut flour and found it too crumbly and dense to work with in most of my recipes. I’m going to give this a try and see how working with the chickpea flour works out. Sounds and looks lovely!
these look so good. i could use them as burgers!!!
I’ve never tried making a veggie fritter but this sounds great. I can’t wait to make them. Thank you for sharing.
These sound very delicious. Printed this recipe out!
Nice to have a variation from the regular good ole potato fritters.
These fritters look amazing! With guacamole… Yummmmm!
Made this for dinner last night and its delicious! Thank you!
Super delicious and easy to prepare! My family loved them. I’m sharing the recipe with vegan friends too. Thank you :)
I love the twist in using the broccoli here,! So pretty folks won’t realize how healthy these are, too!
Oh yummy! These look delicious!
Just made these for dinner tonight…nice alternative to steamed broc! Hubby liked them too and the guacamole on the side was perfect. Will make them again for sure and maybe play around with the spicing a bit, but they were great just like this. I had no problem with them staying together at all. 💚💚💚
Debra I’m so happy you enjoyed. Guacamole sounds yummy, love how you will make it your own. Thanks for your feedback!
Tastes fantastic! However, I made a mess X) Any ideas have to make them stick together better? Especially when turning them, they fell apart.
You could bake them on 400F for 30 minutes turning once or make sure the pan has extra oil and is hot enough. I’m trying not to give substitutions without first trying, mine were perfect as you can see from the photo so I’m thinking it must be the dynamics of how they were being cooked why thy didn’t stick better for you!
These were well tasty!
What a delicious way to eat veggies. I bet even picky broccoli haters would love these.
thanks ……..
Can I use actual chickpeas instead of chickpea flower? And what to use instead of flaxmeal?
Noha It should be fine with mashed chickpeas, I just haven’t tried it with it as yet!
You can use chia seeds instead of flaxmeal.
Finally got my husband on board! If it has eyes, we don’t eat it! In need of recipes! Thank you!
Amazing recipe – I love using chickpea flour for almost everything (recipes) – thanks for this divine recipe – cant wait to try it out!!
I just made these but I used zucchini instead of broccoli and they were absolutely incredible! Thanks so much for the recipe :)
These are great and so easy. I topped mine w a little homemade roasted carrot and ginger hummus….. Omg so good!!!
Oh yum! Carrot and ginger hummus??? Can you share the recipe, please?
These look amazing, and so healthy! I’m allergic to chickpeas, so I’ll be having some fun adapting the recipe a bit. :) I’ll be sure to tag you in the finished product! Best wishes –Brittany from SharingEveryBite
Hey Brittany,
I cant eat chickpeas either, so i was just wondering hat you used instead ?
Thanks,
Caity
I haven’t tried it with any other flour, but I bet that it would taste delicious with mashed white beans and a little brown rice flour!
Dear Michelle, this recipe sounds delicious. I love your idea of using broccoli…pinned for later. xo, Catherine
Wow.. great recipe. These are really good.
These look fabulous, Michelle! And served with guacamole…they’d definitely be a hit here! Pinning!
a good recipe but I found that the brocolli needed steaming lightly in order to be broken down well by my food processor. I also used some cook millet in the mix which worked well. Thanks for your inspiration!!!