How to cook asparagus?

Name: How to cook asparagus?
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: en
Ingredients: 14 oz green asparagus; Salt

Spring brought with it a great vegetable: Asparagus.
Crunchy and tasty, it can be enjoyed in salads, risotto, gratin and many other ways.
We share all our tips for cooking the perfect asparagus!

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2 servings

5 min

10 min

Very Easy

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Ingredients

14 oz green asparagus
Salt

Materials

pan
bowl

Preparation

Clean your asparagus, cut the stringy part at the bottom of the asparagus and remove the small pimples present on the stem.
Place the bunched asparagus (held vertically by a string, with the tops up) in a pan of cold salted water.
When boiling again, count between 8 and 15 minutes of cooking depending on the size of your asparagus.
When cooked, place them in a bowl of ice water to maintain their pretty green color and firmness, and you're done!

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Observations:

-How to cook asparagus in a saucepan?
You can simply pour a drizzle of olive oil or a knob of butter in a pan, add your asparagus and brown them for about ten minutes over low heat, stirring regularly.

-Should the asparagus be peeled?
Regarding green asparagus, it is not necessary to peel them since they are more tender than white asparagus which must be peeled before cooking.

-What sauce to accompany asparagus?
Several sauces can go very well with asparagus, such as mousseline sauce, vinaigrette sauce, Hollandaise sauce and many more.
It can also be eaten with a drizzle of olive oil and salt flower, a treat!