This is one of the easiest and most delicious side dishes. It's best when you can find the asparagus on sale because it can get pretty expensive. My favorite is the pencil asparagus. The thicker ones tend to be tougher. Since it only takes minutes to cook these, I would wait until the main dish is just finished, and pop the asparagus in the oven. It tends to get cold really quickly after cooking. If I serve this with chicken, sometimes I'll put the asparagus on the plate first and then place the chicken on top to keep the asparagus warm.
Ingredients:
1-2 bunches fresh asparagus, rinsed with water and dried
Olive oil flavored cooking spray
salt to taste
Directions:
Snap the tough ends of the asparagus and discard. Place the asparagus in a single line on a baking sheet. Spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt. Broil for 5-7 minutes.
1 comment:
This is good....especially when it's on sale! :-)
I wish there were a way to use the bottoms of the asparagus. It seems like such a waste to throw half of it away! Somewhere I saw that you can boil it and puree it for cream of asparagus soup?????
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