I used to hate, hate, hate brussel sprouts! So much so that I went literally years without eating any. Recently I gave them another go and realized, hey, these guys taste pretty good!
Funny what going low carb can do for you.
I used a drum grater to shred these puppies in just a few minutes–super duper handy for sure! But use what you have always. Because what good does a recipe do for you if you cannot make it?
Ingredients
- 1 pound brussels sprout (fresh)
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese (grated)
- 2 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup pork rinds (crushed)
- 1 dash salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Clean and cut stems from brussel sprouts, removing outer leaves as needed. Shred the sprouts. I used a grater drum, but you could use a food processor, mandoline, or whatever tool you have on hand.
- Put sprouts into a baking dish.
- Add red pepper flakes, and liberally salt and pepper your sprouts. Mix the shredded cheddar into shredded sprouts.
- Put softened cream cheese, butter, and heavy cream into a bowl and microwave for a few seconds at a time until you can easily mix them together in a thick sauce. (If you don't use a microwave, you could do this over a low heat on the stove.)
- Add the cream and cream cheese sauce to your shredded sprouts and mix well.
- Add olive oil to parmesan and melt in the microwave, a few seconds at a time (or on your stove).
- Dot the parmesan on top of your sprout mixture and spread it around a bit.
- Sprinkle crushed pork rinds on top.
- Bake until brown on top and bubbly, about 20 minutes.
Recipe Notes
I served this up with some jalapeño sausages for a little bit of kick. I also really liked the cheesy, au gratin texture and could see doing this same process with broccoli, cauliflower or the veggie of your choice for a simple side dish.
If you hate the pork rinds you can skip them. It’s still makes some good, low carb brussel sprouts anyway. But they really don’t taste all pork-rindy and make a perfect replacement for the bread crumbs usually added for a crunchy topping.
Are you a sprouts fan? Always or post going low carb?
Serving size 1 g?
The serving sizes went a little wonky when I changed recipe plugins a while back. Thanks for the catch! I had this set at 4 serving sizes, and with a pound of sprouts in there plus cheeses and whatnot, it’s gonna be a lot more than a gram! I’m not sure of the volume of it now, so I made it say 1/4 of the total…