Applebees steamed broccoli 100 calories?

courtneycoble77

Why would a serving of steamed broccoli from Applebees be 100 calories but when I just plug in steamed broccoli it’s 35 calories for a serving?

sollyn23l2

Because restaurants smother their vegetables in butter. The restaurants includes butter, but the "steamed" does not.

courtneycoble77

I didn’t taste butter on the broccoli 🤷‍♀️ but yeah I guess that makes sense

gininthegym

I was just going to come on and say probably the butter.

Broccoli is delicious just as it is - I'd hate to waste 100 kcal on unnecessary fats.

DFW_Tom

It could be worse. According to Texas Roadhouse's nutrition guide, a side order of their steamed broccoli is 210 calories and has 16 grams of fat. 16 grams!!!

lynn_glenmont

Agree it's probably butter (or maybe olive oil), but just want to point out that comparing a random database entry for "one serving" of broccoli to a restaurant's info on "one serving" of its broccoli means you're comparing one unknown quantity of broccoli to another unknown quantity of broccoli, so it's already surprising the calories would be different.

SafariGalNYC

I was just reading an article on this! They included the nutrition info…

Applebee's Steamed Broccoli
Ingredients
A Steamed Broccoli from Applebee's contains the following ingredients:

Broccoli: Broccoli, Whipped Butter: Pasteurized Cream, Salt, Seasoning: Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic*, Soybean Oil *Dehydrated

sollyn23l2

SafariGalNYC wrote: »

I was just reading an article on this! They included the nutrition info…

Applebee's Steamed Broccoli
Ingredients
A Steamed Broccoli from Applebee's contains the following ingredients:

Broccoli: Broccoli, Whipped Butter: Pasteurized Cream, Salt, Seasoning: Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic*, Soybean Oil *Dehydrated

And here I always wondered why vegetables taste so much better at a restaurant 🤣 I've been doing it all wrong.