Ginger Sesame Asparagus

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Submitted by chia2160

"This is a lovely part of any Asian themed meal, from Fine Cooking."

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photo by *Parsley*

Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 3

ingredients

8 ounces thin asparagus, sliced on the diagonal into 2 inch pieces
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons rice wine
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon peanut oil
1 teaspoon sesame seeds
2 teaspoons minced fresh peeled ginger
1 garlic clove, minced
¹⁄₂ teaspoon coarse salt

directions

Bring a pot of water to boil, add salt and asparagus and cook for 1 minute.
Remove and rinse asparagus in cold water, drain well on paper towels.
In a small bowl whisk together hoisin, rice wine and sesame oil.
Heat peanut oil in a large skillet.
Add sesame seeds to center of the pan and cook until the seeds are browned, about 5 minutes.
Add ginger and garlic and cook 1 minute.
Add hoisin mixture, asparagus and salt.
Stir often until asparagus is coated and heated through, 1 minute.

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Reviews

This was wonderful! I am always looking for new ways to prepare asparagus and this was a definite winner. The slight sweetness from the hoisin sauce really brought out the flavour. Served it with Sesame Seared Tuna and Wasabi Mashed Potatoes. Yum!

Miraklegirl
I really enjoyed all the flavors in this dish. And the leftovers were even great the next day cold! The only spot where I deviated, was toasting the sesame seeds. Mine were nice and brown a little sooner than 5 minutes. I had a brand new jar of hoisin just waiting for me to use it in this recipe. Thanks

Kozmic Blues
Chia, You did good. I nuked the asparagus while cooking the garlic and ginger. I used the chili sesame oil, and olive oil in place of the peanut oil. I also made this with chinese broccoli.Yummy!

Rita1652
I followed the recipe to the letter, except to substitute a little canola oil for the peanut oil, and it was wonderful. I had never blanched asparagus before using it in a recipe, but it did help cook the tender spears much faster once it went into the skillet. The combination of hoisin sauce and sesame seeds is a winner and I'll be using this recipe on other green veggies as well as asparagus. Another good one, Chia.

Geema
Excellent - made for Easter today for my husband and I. Served with a baked potato, and Orange Glazed Salmon Fillets with Rosemary from Cooking Light April 2009. My husband doesn't like asparagus; but told me to put this in the keeper file. Thanks.

GiGil

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Tweaks

Terrific flavor! I made this exactly as written but doubled the garlic. There is plenty of yummy sauce. This is a great Asian side dish and the sauce is versatile enough that pretty much any veggie could be added to make this a meatless main meal over rice. I may add shiitake mushrooms in this next time..... or even use snow peas instead of asparagus. Thanx for posting this!

*Parsley*
Very good! I had already toasted sesame seeds so skipped that part of the recipe, used plum sauce instead of the hoisin (was out of hoisen) and added a little splash of chili oil. I did cook the asparagus a little longer, dont like mine so crisp. Will definitely make this one again. Has anyone tried this with brocolli?

Renayda
Oh, Chia, I already gave you my review over the phone, but how could I not rave about this publicly after the reaction it received at Sushiman's birthday dinner. I used sesame seed oil instead of the peanut oil and it added a great flavor to the asparagus. I managed to eek out a tiny bit for myself while Sushiman practically inhaled the entire dish. I have a feeling I'm going to be making this A LOT in the future. Thanks, you made my dinner shine!

Mirj2338
Chia, You did good. I nuked the asparagus while cooking the garlic and ginger. I used the chili sesame oil, and olive oil in place of the peanut oil. I also made this with chinese broccoli.Yummy!

Rita1652
I followed the recipe to the letter, except to substitute a little canola oil for the peanut oil, and it was wonderful. I had never blanched asparagus before using it in a recipe, but it did help cook the tender spears much faster once it went into the skillet. The combination of hoisin sauce and sesame seeds is a winner and I'll be using this recipe on other green veggies as well as asparagus. Another good one, Chia.

Geema

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