QandAs: Food

How Do I Cook Asparagus?

Answer:
Asparagus is very high in vitamins and minerals, and it is one of the healthiest vegetables for your family.

When you are ready to prepare the asparagus, all that you will need to do is to rinse it off and break off the tough end where it was cut. There are many options for how to prepare it.

Some who are purists will have their asparagus with nothing more than a drizzle of olive oil, but there are many ways to enjoy this versatile vegetable. You can use it in soups, salads, stir fries, risottos, scrambled eggs, pasta, and any other way that you can think of.

In order to steam asparagus, tie a bunch of spears together with string below the tips and at the bottom, and then cover and steam it for 5-7 minutes. This should give you nice crisp spears. To boil the spears, place them in boiling water, laying down, for about five minutes, depending on their thickness. If you are going to be using them in salads, plunge the boiled or steamed spears into ice water to stop the cooking process in order to keep them crisp. There are also many other options, and you are only limited by your own creativity.