Beginner: How long to cook asparagus?

How long to cook asparagus? That’s a question we get asked quite often. Cooking asparagus is simple and not time-consuming. You can prepare asparagus in different ways: boiling, grilling, roasting, and frying. Boiling asparagus is the most common method, and we’re going to explain how you can do it easily too!

Boiling asparagus

The best way to boil asparagus is like this: shallow boiling on the stove. Shallow boiling is the best of both worlds: boiling and steaming. You use little water, so cooking asparagus hardly takes any time. The asparagus is just barely submerged, and when you put the lid on the cooking pot, it starts steaming. This gives a delicious result!

How long to cook asparagus?

To quickly answer the question ‘how long to cook asparagus?’: It takes about 10 minutes in total to prepare your asparagus. 5 minutes preparation and 5 minutes cooking time because we use the best and fastest method: shallow boiling. With this method, you can cook green asparagus, white asparagus, and purple asparagus.

Making asparagus

To cut a long story short. How do you make asparagus? Here’s the easy step-by-step plan:

• Cut off the tough bottom end of the asparagus.
• Fill a wide frying pan, wok pan, or another pan with about 2 cm of water. Add some salt, chopped garlic, and lemon peel for extra flavor.
• Place the asparagus in an even layer in the pan. The asparagus should be just barely not fully submerged in the water.
• Cover the cooking pot with a lid. No lid? It works without one too! This way it’s only boiled and not steamed.
• Depending on the size of the asparagus, cook them according to these times: small asparagus 1 to 2 minutes, medium asparagus 5 minutes, and large asparagus 6 to 7 minutes.
• Then rinse the asparagus with water and place them on a serving dish.
• Optionally sprinkle with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and butter to taste.

Enjoy the delicious asparagus! Bon appétit.