Asparagus in Soy Cream Sauce (Zwt II - Asia)

Submitted by twissis

"This recipe has been entered for ZWT II & was found on the net courtesy of The Straits Cafe at: straitscafe.com. It is so easy to prepare & the name kinda says it all, doesn't it? Times have been estimated."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 4 4 oz servings
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb fresh asparagus (ends trimmed)
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds (toasted)

directions

1. Bend ea asparagus stalk till it snaps at its tenderest point.
2. In a med-sized skillet, bring 1 cup water to a boil. Add asparagus & reduce heat to med. Cook for 5 minutes. Remove asparagus w/a slotted spoon to a serving platter.
3. Return the remaining water in the skillet to a boil & reduce liquid to about 2 tablespoons Add soy sauce, butter & cream. Stir & remove skillet from heat.
4. Pour the cream sauce over the asparagus & garnish w/toasted sesame seeds.

Reviews

[breezermom]

Amazingly simple and delicious, but a warning....the sauce will disappear, so make double!! Now one of my favorite ways to prepare one of my favorite veggies. Thanks for sharing! Made for Football Tag 2014 at Yuku.

 

[SB61287]

Simple and wonderful. So glad I chose this side dish for your Football Pool win. We thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[thecookingprocess]

I love this recipe. My wife loves it also, which is more important!

 

[bmcnichol]

This was good and easy to make. I used frozen asparagus as that is what I had and I used lite soy sauce as that is all I buy. I followed the rest of the recipe as written. This was a nice tasty side dish. We all enjoyed it.

 

[MamaJ]

This was yummy! Asparagus is my very favorite vegetable and this was a simple and elegant way to serve it. I think I will use a low sodium sauce next time as it was plenty salty and DH needs to watch the sodium intake. I think the sauce would be great on broccoli or snow peas as well. Thanks twissis--I'll be making this again.