Hot or Cold Sesame Asparagus

"I love this dish because of it's versatility. Served hot it,s a side dish, cold it becomes a salad. Either way, it's delicious."
 
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Ready In:
11mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook asparagus in a pot of boiling salted water until almost crisp tender.
  • If serving chilled, cook until crisp tender.
  • Drain.
  • Place in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.
  • Drain, pat dry, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
  • Combine sesame oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
  • Add asparagus.
  • Saute about 2 minutes until crisp tender.
  • Mix lemon juice with soy sauce.
  • If serving cold, mix 2 T olive oil, sesame oil, lemon juice and soy sauce.
  • Do not cook further.
  • Toss with asparagus to coat.
  • Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

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Reviews

  1. These were fabulous!! The flavors blended so nicely together and were a nice change to my standard roasted asparagus that I usually prepare. I halved the recipe to suit for our size of family. I used half of the olive oil and I added some fresh gound pepper at the end. Thanks you so for posting this, as I will be making them this way from now on!!
     
  2. This dish makes a nice presentation and was well-received, even by the asparagus haters in my family. Next time, however I’m going to lighten-up on the butter and oil to see if it makes a significant difference.
     
  3. We were lucky enough to buy asparagus at the farm gate the other day, so I wanted a special recipe for it. This was simple, all the flavours seemed in balance, and it highlighted our beautiful fresh asparagus perfectly. I would think this would be a nice dressing over broccoli or green beans too.
     
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