Simply Steamed Asparagus Recipe

This is certainly simple! Simple, but delcious! Followed recipe exactly until the end, at which point, we added a little more butter and salt just before serving. It may not have been necessary, but my boyfriend is used to an Italian asparagus recipe, that includes pan-frying in lots of oil AND butter (yummy, but SO MUCH FAT!), and I want to slowly get him used to a healthier version. Next time, I'll try omitting the extra salt and butter. We steamed for a tad bit too long so the stems were slimy, but the tops were just delicious! That was purely our own fault, and not the fault of the recipe - I'm just including it here as a warning to other members - please be careful about cooking too long! It's really a great, simple, healthy recipe, and I think it deserves more attention. :-)

I use a steamer insert in a large pot, but I put the asparagus in upside down with Florette's up. That way it won't get too hot and destroy the nutrients. After about 15 minutes, I blanch them in ice water until cold, then remove to serving dish with red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Try it.

We like the thin tender asparagus, and it only takes 2 1/2 mins to steam, take off heat and let stand 1 min. or so, place on serving plate and then a quick rub with the end of a refrigerated stick of butter over them (you don't need to add extra salt if you use salted butter). Butter in the water is a useless waste of butter. For garlic lovers, a slice or smashed garlic in the water is also great. Yummo.

YUUUMMM! At my age I'm just learning to cook. Thank you for this awesome page!! Yes I made it! My 1st time too! However I kinda changed it a bit ??. After making it per your recipe instructions, I then placed sparagus in frying pan with a bit of butter, xtr/virgen olive oil, slightly mashed fresh garlic, & small sprinkle of salt. For my taste it came out delicious!

The asparagus turned out well. However, the stalks are STEAMED, not boiled. Water makes steam, salt and butter are NOT included in the steam. As others said, they just add mess and expense. I added salt, butter, and a squeeze of fresh lemon when the stalks were served.

This was my first time steaming anything, and my first time cooking asparagus. This recipe was a great base, though I agree with other reviewers that adding the salt and butter to the steaming water is just a waste. I made this as a snack so I could try steaming asparagus. (: I knew I wanted more of a kick of flavor rather than just plain steamed asparagus, so I sautéed about a teaspoon or two of minced garlic (I love garlic so I pretty much just put a dollop of it in) and a pinch of salt in about 3-4 tablespoons of butter in a separate pan. ((Be careful to not brown the garlic however, as it gets bitter.)) I drizzled this onto my steamed asparagus, but still wasn't satisfied with the amount of flavor, so I followed Josie's advice and put the juice of half of a lime on there. It was absolutely delicious! I will definitely make this again, though I might try sautéing the asparagus in the butter mixture after steaming, and maybe adding some more spices. (:

This was great, I used thin asparagus and tossed it in olive oil, and garlic before streaming it and then added a few slices of lemon for zest, it was fantastic.

I love steaming, just before removing from the steamer I add grated parmeson, some times steam it with choped garlic too. The possibilities are endless!

I just made this. It was yummy. I have never liked other asparagus recipes. But here is what I did. I had also made the Poppy Chicken II from this web site. So I used the bay leaf from that recipe in this recipe's water. I added a little olive oil. Steamed for 10 mintues. I had melted butter in a shallow baking dish ready with poultry season, salt, pepper, and Italian Herb Season Grinder mix flavoring the butter. When the asparagus was ready, I added it to the melted butter. Delis!

Excellent. I put into a steamer and so it didn't directly touch water. I used NO butter to lower the calories and I put in fresh mushrooms -- was awesome.

Excellent recipe! I used raspberry vinaigrette instead of butter and drizzled a little lime juice in the water before boiling. A little pepper when fully steamed. Tasted fabulous! Thanks for the recipe.

This recipe is ridiculously good for how easy it is.

Delicious mmmm

I didn’t expect it to be this good!

I enjoyed it steamed then chilled with Green Goddess dipping sauce and ginger.

After everyone’s first bite, they asked me to make it every week. So good.

Delicious

nice quick and delicious way to make asparagus

nice quick and delicious way to make asparagus

The asparagus steamed this way is great but adding butter and salt or anything to the water will do absolutely nothing. When water evaporates it leaves all impurities behind... that includes anything you may have put in the water. Put spices, butter, oil, lemon... anything you want on AFTER it's done steaming.