Steam your broccoli sprinkled with fried garlic or cook chicken with broccoli, a simple dish that kids will like too. Besides eating broccoli raw in a salad, the best ways to prepare broccoli are by steaming, microwaving, or stir-frying. China and India together account for 73% of the world's total production of broccoli. Broccoli is harvested before the flowers on the head bloom bright yellow.