fresh asparagus with lemon butter sauce

How To Make fresh asparagus with lemon butter sauce

• Step 1
  Select fresh asparagus for crispness and young tender pencil sized stalks are ideal.
• Step 2
  Wash asparagus under cold running water.
• Step 3
  Snap off the lower end of each stalk with your fingers, letting the stalk break where it wants to.
• Step 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.
• Step 5
  DO NOT OVERCOOK asparagus--it will lose flavor and nutrients if overcooked.
• Step 6
  Prior to cooking the asparagus, prepare the lemon butter sauce.
• Step 7
  This is enough sauce for 1 to 1-1/2 pounds of asparagus.
• Step 8
  Combine the butter, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper sauce in a small saucepan and heat until hot--DO NOT BOIL.
• Step 9
  Pour the heated sauce over the cooked asparagus and serve.
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