fresh asparagus with lemon butter sauce

How To Make fresh asparagus with lemon butter sauce

• 1

  Select fresh asparagus for crispness and young tender pencil sized stalks are ideal.
• 2

  Wash asparagus under cold running water.
• 3

  Snap off the lower end of each stalk with your fingers, letting the stalk break where it wants to.
• 4

  This will leave only the tender portion of the asparagus; young tender stalks can be cooked in a steamer for 5-7 minutes, the more mature stalks for 7-10 minutes.
• 5

  DO NOT OVERCOOK asparagus--it will lose flavor and nutrients if overcooked.
• 6

  Prior to cooking the asparagus, prepare the lemon butter sauce.
• 7

  This is enough sauce for 1 to 1-1/2 pounds of asparagus.
• 8

  Combine the butter, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper sauce in a small saucepan and heat until hot--DO NOT BOIL.
• 9

  Pour the heated sauce over the cooked asparagus and serve.
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