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The Amazing Asian Asparagus Recipe

by OneGirrlRiot | 07/25/2007 | in asparagus | damn good food | recipe

Ingredients:

Asparagus (Personally, I prefer the Peruvian kind, but whatever floats your boat will do as well and you should be able to figure out how much you need, depending on how many people you need to cook for)

1/2 Cup Sesame Seed Oil

3/4 Cup Crushed Red Pepper

1/2 Cup Soy Sauce
There's one thing I've learned though, if you're going to steam the asparagus, it's best to cover the tips with a li'l tent of foil (that way, the tip doesn't over cook).

First, fill a pot with water and a little bit of salt and boil till the asparagus gets to your desired tenderness. (Steve's tip of covering the asparagus tips in foil so the tips don't overcook is very useful)

Then while the asparagus is draining, pour the sesame seed oil into a pan, heat for 2 minutes or so, and then pour in half of the crushed red pepper, add the asparagus and stir.

Stir for about 10-15 minutes, making sure all the asparagus is covered in the oil and pepper, and then pour in the soy sauce and let it sit on low heat for 5 minutes.

Let it all cool for a bit and then eat!

*The ingredient amounts all can be adjusted to your needs, especially the crushed red pepper, because I'm Mexican and I can handle the spicy food, but I'm not quite sure you can

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Submitted by kashinova on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 10:02pm.

I'd like to meet this Amazing Asian.

I'd bet s/he is no Aki.


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Yowsa! That sounds like some
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Submitted by KungFuFlipperBaby on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 7:44am.

Yowsa! That sounds like some spicy asparagus! I usually scarf asparagus straight from the can Popeye style, but this sounds tasty!

Probably not as tasty as Aki, though, whoever that is...


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Yes, its pretty spicy...
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Submitted by OneGirrlRiot on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 10:47am.

but its all worth it in the end.


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nice one, that
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Submitted by steve on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 1:55pm.

Interesting....I can actually envision a lot of alterations/modifiers to it too...

toasting some sesame seeds and then adding them.

decreasing the amount of crushed red pepper, and blending the sesame oil w/ siracha

maybe using some hoisin sauce instead of/in addition to the soy

grilled tomato slices (again color/flavor/texture contrast...especially if you can get your paws on yellow ones)

Also, if you're uber concerned about presentation, shock the asparagus in an ice bath (water with lots o' ice), drain, PAT DRY (splattering oil=burn=pain) and then get to sauteein'

Also, adding a pinch of sugar to the boiling water can vastly improve boiled veggies

****Note the foil trick mentioned above is useful only when steaming.


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my two cents
Submitted by kira on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 6:53am.

asparagus is pretty delicious.

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