How to cook dried asparagus
Pickled asparagus products
Dried asparagus - 200 grams
Water - 3.5 cups
Table vinegar 6-9% - 1 tablespoon
Vegetable oil - 50 grams
Salt to taste
Hot red pepper - to taste
Sweet red pepper - to taste
How to cook dried asparagus properly
1. Break 200 grams of asparagus into 4 cm pieces each.
2. Pour 4 cups of cold water into a deep bowl.
3. Soak dried asparagus in a bowl for 2 hours.
4. After 2 hours, pour 4 cups of water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
5. Dip the asparagus in boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
6. Drain the finished asparagus in a colander.
How to quickly cook dried asparagus
1. Bring 4 cups of cold water to a boil in a saucepan (or boil in a kettle - and pour into the pan).
2. Put the asparagus in the water, cook for 30 minutes.
How to pickle dried asparagus
1. Break 200 grams of dried asparagus into sticks.
2. Pour 3.5 cups of hot water into a deep bowl, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 50 grams of vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Stir the mixture in a bowl.
4. Dip the asparagus bars in the prepared soaking solution for 3 hours.
5. After 3 hours, drain the solution, discard the soaked asparagus in a colander and shake.
Fusofacts
- Dried asparagus is a soy product, the result of processing soy milk, when boiled, the foam is removed to make asparagus.2. Dried asparagus is mainly used in Chinese and Korean cuisine, where it is called fuju.
- Asparagus is often served as an independent dish, and is also added to salads, soups, pickled with spices and seasonings. When using asparagus for cooking hot dishes in which the asparagus will still be heated, the soaking time should be reduced to 40 minutes.
- In order to make the asparagus more spicy and spicy, when soaking in water, you can add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 chopped garlic cloves, coriander.
- If you add 1/2 lemon juice to the water for soaking asparagus, the specific smell of asparagus will disappear, and the product itself will become lighter.
- Soy asparagus contains amino acids, so its use by vegetarians and during fasting compensates for the lack of protein in the body.
- The average cost of dried asparagus in Moscow in June 2017 is from 250 rubles / 500 grams.
- The calorie content of dried asparagus is 440 kcal / 100 grams.
- Finished asparagus can be stored for 10 days in the refrigerator in a container with a lid.
See How To Cook fresh asparagus.