Braised Asparagus

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb asparagus
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 cup low sodium chicken broth or 1 cup low sodium vegetable broth
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 cut off the woody white ends of the asparagus spears. if desired, remove the tough fibrous outer layer from the lower half of each spear using a vegetable peeler.
• 2 in a straight-sided saute pan, heat oil until smoking. add asparagus in a single layer. season with salt and pepper and cook undisturbed until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. shake pan to turn spears and cook another 1-2 minutes. add stock and butter to pan and immediately cover.
• 3 cook until spears are tender and butter and stock have emulsified into a lightly-thickened sauce, 7-10 minutes. (if sauce evaporates and butter begins to burn, add a couple of tablespoons of water.) serve at once.