Hi guys, I'm Laura Vitale and on this episode of Laura in the Kitchen, Iwant to share with
you what I like to call my garlic sesame stir fried asparagus.
If you follow me on my vlog channel, you should if you don't, a while back, I showed - Iwas
making an Asian inspired meal, I had my teriyaki salmon, my stir fried rice, which you can
find both recipes on LauraintheKitchen.com and along side, Imade this asparagus, and
it was to die for, and they have been my go to asparagus recipe ever since, and Ihave
had so many people ask if I could share the recipe here on Laura in the Kitchen, so Ifigured
why not?
They are incredibly easy and simple to make, they just require a handful of ingredients,
like, of course, some fresh asparagus, I like to cut them into about 2 inch pieces, I've
got some sesame seeds, white sesame seeds.
Lots of garlic, vegetable oil, soy sauce, and some toasted sesame oil.
That is it, you're not going to need a lot of ingredients, but they are just phenomenal
all together.
This is not a brand new idea by any means, but it is good.
The first thing I want to do in my skillet is, actually toast up my sesame seeds, by
toasting up my sesame seeds, it really brings out their flavor, so I'm just going to toast
them in a dry skillet, and I don't need to add any oil to this whatsoever.
You can actually buy toasted sesame seeds, but they are incredibly expensive, and I'm
not doing that.
So I just like to buy regular old sesame seeds that way I can toast them up myself and I
can use them in whatever recipe I desire.
Just going to let these toast for a couple of minutes, it doesn't take very long, when
they start to become lightly golden, you know you're done.
So keep an eye on them.
In that same skillet, I'm going to add a little vegetable oil, you could use peanut oil, any
flavorless oil will do, and I want to get that really nice and hot over high heat, this
is only going to cook for about five minutes at most, use a wok, I don't have one but you
could certainly use one, I want this to get really, really nice and hot, I'm just going
to test it with a piece of asparagus, yeah - add my asparagus, and I'm going to just
cook these for about two minutes.
These look fantastic!
It's been two minutes, I'm going to now add my garlic, and I'm just going to cook this
for like 30 seconds, constantly stirring because I don't want the garlic to burn, but I also
don't want to overcook my asparagus, which is why I'm cooking everything on high heat,
and for not that long, I just want to give that garlic 30 seconds so that the raw flavor
can completely cook out.
Now I'm going to turn that down because this is good, I'm going to just season with a little
bit of soy.
Ohhhh!
Smells good!
So good!
Make sure, make sure you use a low sodium soy, and then of course, just a smidge of
toasted sesame oil, this makes a really big difference, but trust me when I tell you,
you don't need very much of it because it's incredibly strong.
Okay, turning this off.
I love this recipe so much, it is so insanely easy, but it is so, so good!
Add those right into your bowl.
Oh, I love it!
Then, just sprinkle with your toasted sesame seeds.
And that, is heaven on a plate!
Oh I love this so much I wish I had my teriyaki salmon right now and fried rice.
Look at the color on that asparagus.
Seeing that?
Oh!
Mmm!
Look at the color!
Look at that!
It's nutty, it's garlicky, that soy just flavors everything and seasons everything perfectly.
Mmm!
Hot, but good.
Mmm!
Okay, go to LauraintheKitchen.com, get the recipe, make it a staple on your weeknight
table, it is just - truly, I could have this with a little side of rice, brown rice or
white rice and I would be a happy, happy camper, they are that delicious.
Don't you love it when simple side dishes just like rock your world?
I hope you guys have enjoyed spending time with me, give this one a try, you will not
be disappointed.
It'll work just as well with broccoli, and like zucchini if you wanted to try it.
Give it a go with different vegetables, report back and let me know on social media what
your thoughts were.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
I'll see you next time, bye!