How to cook asparagus - it's very simple 🥣

Kitchen appliances and utensils: pan, hob, knife.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. We cut 1-2 cm from the bottom of each asparagus stalk, because this part of the plant is very hard and unfit for consumption.
   
2. Using a potato peel, remove the top peel from each stalk. While we clean the asparagus, we send a pan of water to the fire, let it boil. Add one teaspoon of salt and send twigs of asparagus. By the way, the branches can be connected in one bundle, so that it is convenient to get after cooking. All asparagus must be completely covered with water during cooking.
   
3. Cook it for 5-10 minutes over low heat, covering it with a lid. Cooking time depends on whether you use young stems or more mature ones. After 5 minutes, we pierce the stems with a fork at the base, check for readiness. If they remain solid, continue cooking for another 3-5 minutes. We do not recommend digesting the stems, this negatively affects their taste.
   
4. We get ready asparagus using kitchen tongs or a slotted spoon on a flat plate or in a colander. Now you need to wait for the glass to have excess water. The asparagus is ready. It can be served as a side dish for any meat or fish dishes. It turns out very tasty if sprinkled with lemon juice and sprinkled with olive oil. Some lovers add some butter to emphasize the taste of asparagus.
   
5. It can also be cut into small pieces and used to make various salads. It can be combined with absolutely any vegetables, eggs, fish, seafood. Boiled asparagus can be cut into small pieces, placed portionwise in bags or plastic containers and frozen. It can be stored frozen for a long time. And it will be very convenient for you to use it on demand to create delicious dishes.
   

Video recipe

If you want to understand in more detail how to boil asparagus properly, watch this video. You will find out to what state it is cleaned, how much time to cook.