Gingered Asparagus Recipes

GINGERED PORK AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients; set aside 1/3 cup. Pour remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate reserved marinade. , Drain and discard marinade. In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry half of the pork in 1 tablespoon oil for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Remove pork with a slotted spoon; set aside. Repeat with remaining pork and oil. , In the same skillet, stir-fry the asparagus for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Combine cornstarch and reserved marinade until smooth; stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Return pork to skillet and heat through. Serve with rice if desired.

ASPARAGUS WITH LIME AND GINGER

Steps:

• Pour about 1 inch of water into the bottom half of a steamer pan set, and place over medium heat. Place the asparagus in the top half of the steamer pan set; steam until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the asparagus and arrange on a serving platter.
• Whisk the lime juice, lime zest, cilantro, ginger, and sugar together in a bowl; stream the vegetable oil into the mixture while whisking. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle over the asparagus.

GINGERED ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• 1. Snap off tough ends of asparagus. Remove scales from stalks with a knife or vegetable peeler, if desired. Cut spears into 2-inch pieces.
• 2. Coat a large non-stick skillet with cooking spray. Place over medium-low heat until hot.
• 3. Add asparagus, soy sauce, sesame seeds, ginger, and pepper.
• 4. Saute 5 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender.
• 5. To serve, transfer to a serving bowl, and sprinkle with orange rind.

GINGERED BEEF AND ASPARAGUS STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine 2 tablespoons soy sauce, sherry and ginger; add beef. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate 30 minutes., In a small bowl, combine cornstarch, broth, hoisin sauce, sugar and remaining soy sauce until smooth; set aside., In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry beef in 1 tablespoon oil until no longer pink. Remove and set aside. Stir-fry asparagus in remaining oil until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir cornstarch mixture and add to the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Return beef to the pan; heat through. Serve with rice.

EASY GINGER ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat.
• Place asparagus on a sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil that is large enough to wrap completely around asparagus. Drizzle asparagus with olive oil. Place ginger on top of asparagus. Seal foil.
• Place foil packet on the hot grill. Turn after 5 minutes. Cook 5 minutes more, or longer if you prefer more well-done asparagus.

GINGERED ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Snap off tough ends of asparagus.
• Remove scales from stalks with a knife or vegetable peeler, if desired.
• Cut spears into 2-inch pieces.
• Coat a large non-stick skillet with cooking spray.
• Place over medium-low heat until hot.
• Add asparagus, soy sauce, sesame seeds, ginger, and pepper.
• Saute 5 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender.
• To serve, transfer to a serving bowl, and sprinkle with orange rind.

GINGERED BEEF WITH LEEKS AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• To make marinade, mix first 6 ingredients and thoroughly mix with the beef. Let stand for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight, refrigerated. In a hot pan or wok, coat with Canola oil and add leeks, garlic and ginger. Stir for 3 minutes to caramelize. Add drained beef and stir for 2 minutes. Add asparagus and heat thoroughly. Check for seasoning. Serve immediately with starch of choice. For me, that means rice.

ASPARAGUS WITH GINGERED SESAME-ORANGE DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Cook asparagus in a large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain. Transfer to bowl of ice water and cool. Drain and pat dry.
• 2. Stir sesame seeds in a heavy small skillet over low heat until light brown, about 3 minutes; transfer to a small bowl.
• 3. Whisk vinegar, mustard, soy sauce, ginger, orange peel and garlic in another small bowl. Gradually whisk in both oils. Season vinaigrette to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4. Arrange asparagus on plates. Spoon vinaigrette over. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

GINGER SESAME ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Snap tough ends from asparagus and discard.
• Boil water over high heat in a large frying pan.
• Add Asparagus to boiling water (or alternatively, you can steam the asparagus, which I prefer to do as it stays crunchy).
• Boil for 3 minutes, drain immediately and set aside.
• While asparagus cooks or steams, stir teriyaki with ginger and chili-garlic sauce in a small bowl.
• Return pan with asparagus to burner and reduce heat to medium.
• Add teriyaki mixture.
• Stir often until asparagus is tender-crisp and evenly coated with sauce, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

GINGER SESAME ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• 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.

GINGER ASPARAGUS SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the vinegar and gingerroot in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil 7 minutes or until the liquid is reduced by half. Remove from the heat, and stir in the sugar. Set aside.
• Snap off tough ends of the asparagus. If you want to, remove the scales from the sides of the asparagus stalk -- I don't.
• Place the asparagus in a large skillet and add cold water to cover. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Plunge the asparagus into cold water (with ice) to stop the cooking process. Drain the water off the asparagus.
• Arrange the asparagus on a serving platter.
• Combine the vegetable oil and next 4 ingredients, stirring well; drizzle over the asparagus. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes before adding the vinegar mixture. One hour before serving, drizzle the vinegar mixture over the asparagus. Chill for one more hour.

GINGERED PORK AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• In a large resealable bag, or shallow glass container, combine first four ingredients.
• Remove 1/3 cup and set aside.
• Add pork to remaining marinade.
• Seal bag or cover container and turn to coat.
• Refrigerate for one hour.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, stir-fry half of the pork in one tablespoon oil for 2-3 minutes.
• Remove pork with slotted spoon; set aside.
• Repeat with remaining pork and oil In same skillet stir-fry the asparagus for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender.
• Stir cornstarch into reserved marinade; add to skillet.
• Bring to boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Return pork to skillet and heat through.
• Serve over rice if desired.