Cooked, chopped frozen broccoli was found to have the most protein, beating out the 100 calorie portion of porterhouse steak and ground beef, but it also registers the most weight among the broccoli samples indicating that the 100 calorie, 2 cup sample is more densely packed than the other broccoli samples. u/William84. As seen on the chart, there is actually more protein in 100 calories of broccoli than in 100 calories (1 ounce) of steak. Broccoli is indeed a low-calorie food. So, does broccoli have more protein than steak? It would take no less than 3 cups full to give you that 100 calories and 11 grams of protein ... and that's more broccoli than most people could tolerate. There are many proteins, and other than soy (which is bad, don't want to get into it here) guaranteed broccoli is not going to be a complete protein, and will only matter when the ones It is missing are eaten as a supplement, which throws off your per calorie estimate, since you are having to eat more. I don’t know where you heard that Broccoli has more protein than steak, but they’re pulling your leg. 187 oz of broccoli for methionine, or 5.2 oz of steak; 58 oz of broccoli for phenylalanine, or 5.9 oz of steak; 47 oz of broccoli for threonine, or 3.3 oz of steak; 31 oz of broccoli for tryptophan, or 3.6 oz of steak; 38 oz of broccoli for valine, or 3.4 oz of steak; So the next time that someone tells you that broccoli has more protein than steak, punch them in the face. Don’t be too sure you know the answer, it may surprise you. One of the most common nutritional misconceptions is that without meat we cannot meet our protein requirements. Since broccoli isn’t a food I would typically consider high in protein, I decided to investigate and see whether broccoli truly does have more protein than steak. Though broccoli can provide you with more protein than a comparable amount of meat (such as a serving of steak), there is much, much less fat in broccoli than … Yes, a plant-based diet is full of healthy proteins, but no, broccoli does not have twice the Protein of steak. Raw broccoli is rich in protein, with 2.57g per 1-cup serving. When talking about protein recently, a number of my athletes have brought up broccoli as a good source of protein. More than? Now you can eat more broccoli for the same number of Calories, as opposed to a portion of a small steak, but not many people are going to just sit down and eat 2 cups of diced broccoli in one sitting. Red meat has a larger amount of protein than Broccoli.