Sautéed Asparagus with Fish Sauce (鱼露芦笋)
This is a simple asparagus recipe that takes about 15 minutes to make. The main ingredients are fish sauce and asparagus.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 bunch of asparagus (3/4 lb to 1 lb)
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
Instructions
- 1
Rinse the asparagus spears under cold water. Pat them dry with paper towel.
- 2
Discard the hard white end of the asparagus spears. Then cut the green spears into 2 inch diagonal pieces.
- 3
Heat 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a large sautépan or skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is relatively hot, add all the asparagus pieces and immediately start tossing and stirring.There should be a loud sizzling sound which is totally normal when you first add the asparagus pieces into the pan.
- 4
After all the pieces start turning from light green to a deeper green, which only takes about 1 to 2 minutes of stirring, pour in the fish sauce and continue stirring.
- 5
Continue tossing and stirring for 1 to 2 minutes until all the fish sauce has been mixed well and the skins of asparagus pieces have turned to a more saturated green. Turn off the heat and give a last toss before transferring to a plate. DO NOT OVERCOOK otherwise you lose the crunchiness of the fresh asparagus.