Spicy Broccoli Stem Peanut Noodles

Broccoli stems are sorely underrated and so neglected in the world of recipes that constantly call for florets and nothing more. Having grown up with a veggie called celtuce, I've come to cherish the sweet, tender, yet still slightly crisp broccoli stem as a poor man's celtuce. Maybe you'll consider it a freebie that accompanies your broccoli floret at first, but once you discover its own textural and flavor merits as well as its versatility—the stem can be cooked in all the same ways the floret is cooked—you might start to look at it as the star of the bunch.