Bo's Famous Garlic Asparagus

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/4 lbs fresh asparagus
• 1/3-1/2 cup garlic, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup wine (he prefers chardonnay)
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 rinse asparagus thoroughly.
• 2 cut into 1 1/2 inch bites, after removing tough ends.
• 3 in a large nonstick pan, throw in garlic until it "starts to sizzle".
• 4 add butter, and melt.
• 5 stir to evenly distribute garlic.
• 6 drop in asparagus, simmer on med-high heat, until sauce level gets to half the volume of the asparagus, flip the asparagus, simmer two minutes.
• 7 flip/stir again.
• 8 add the wine.
• 9 simmer until largest pieces are just fork tender--not crisp (though, i like mine still a bit crispy).
• 10 take off heat, cover let rest 10 minutes, then serve.
• 11 **we have used vegan margarine (not low-fat) successfully, too, if you want to make this vegan.