While we were sitting around a pool at Lake of the Ozarks, Dell McAbee told me how she cooked asparagus, and I have used her method ever since. You cook them flat in a skillet, saute pan, or saucier – it’s easy, and it’s foolproof.
Dell's Asparagus
Take your asparagus, and snap the ends so they break off leaving the fibrous stalks behind. Trim the bottoms off neatly with a sharp knife.Lay the asparagus flat in a skillet, fill the skillet with water, and salt the water.
Bring the water to a boil, turn the heat down, and simmer for 4 (this is usually about right) minutes. The timing, of course, depends upon how thick the asparagus are. You can poke a stalk with the point of a small sharp knife or a cake tester to see if it's done, or taste the asparagus as you go along (as you would strands of spaghetti).
Alternatively, remove the pan with the asparagus in it from the heat as soon as it comes to a boil, clap a lid on the pan, and let it sit for 8 minutes.
Asparagus are delicious with hollandaise sauce, hot tossed with butter or olive oil and sprinkled with Maldon salt, or chilled to serve vinaigrette.
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Sounds pretty simple, and I love asparagus. Butter & sometimes i add just a slight dusting of romano or parmesan.
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