Oven roasted apseragus? - Sides & Salads

soldierangel07 · 01-02-2009, 01:19 PM

I just found a new love for these veggies, yet I can make them. Everytime I tried to make them on the stove, they are gross and slimy and stringy. I heard someine mention roasting them in the oven, how do you do this? Thanks!

Trey · 01-02-2009, 01:20 PM

I love to grill them! They get tender, but have a great taste and stay firm. I LOVE asparagus too, I wish I had found it before the age of 27!

~~GlitterCrotch~~ · 01-02-2009, 01:23 PM

Steam them, grill them, roast them but make sure you don't overcook them. That is why they'd be mushy.

Stringy = not prepared correctly or you chose older ones. You want to choose asparagus that are thin and tightly closed at the top. After you wash them at home, hold the top with one hand, and the bottom with the other, and bend the top over until the asparagus snaps. Where it snaps on its own is the most tender. The part at the bottom would be stringy and gross if you were to cook it.

soldierangel07 · 01-02-2009, 01:29 PM

Me too. I never knew they could be so good.
Thanks for the tip Schaele. I will make sure to keep that in mind.
As far as roasting them, how hot the oven and how long? I would like to season them with salt/pepper, a little olive oil, and some dried spices. Would that work?

~~GlitterCrotch~~ · 01-02-2009, 01:32 PM

I like to do them in a pan and sautee them with olive oil and spices just until they're really bright green. That's when they're perfect

carmel11725 · 01-02-2009, 01:39 PM

i roast mine and theyre great every time.
youre supposed to cut off (or snap) about an inch of the bottoms. Then i spread them on a baking sheet lined with foil. Drizzle some EVOO, sprinkle some minced dried garlic, sea salt and cracked pepper. mix with your hands. Bake at 400 for 20-25 min, turning over once.

soldierangel07 · 01-02-2009, 01:43 PM

Wonderful! Thank so much ladies for helping me out. I am a beginner to this whole cooking thing, but loving every minute of it. DH loves it too because now there is a variety of choices instead of five for dinner LOL. I am starting to gain more confidence in myself, and would love to continue to do a more balance style of cooking for our children as well. So I am sure I will be asking lots of questions in the future LOL

pinkandgreen · 02-21-2009, 02:56 PM

i love asparagus, but i hate how it gives out a foul smell when urinating.

01-02-2009, 01:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
soldierangel07 You are the best baby-DH Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,709 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 20%	Oven roasted apseragus? I just found a new love for these veggies, yet I can make them. Everytime I tried to make them on the stove, they are gross and slimy and stringy. I heard someine mention roasting them in the oven, how do you do this? Thanks! __________________

01-02-2009, 01:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trey Jamie's favorite. Be jealous. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Where the surf meets the sand... Posts: 23,298 Classifieds: (3) Activity: 70% Longevity: 71%	I love to grill them! They get tender, but have a great taste and stay firm. I LOVE asparagus too, I wish I had found it before the age of 27! __________________

01-02-2009, 01:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
soldierangel07 You are the best baby-DH Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,709 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 20%	Me too. I never knew they could be so good. Thanks for the tip Schaele. I will make sure to keep that in mind. As far as roasting them, how hot the oven and how long? I would like to season them with salt/pepper, a little olive oil, and some dried spices. Would that work? __________________

01-02-2009, 01:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
carmel11725 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MCBH. Currently, Clearwater, Fl Posts: 7,027 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 79% Longevity: 39%	i roast mine and theyre great every time. youre supposed to cut off (or snap) about an inch of the bottoms. Then i spread them on a baking sheet lined with foil. Drizzle some EVOO, sprinkle some minced dried garlic, sea salt and cracked pepper. mix with your hands. Bake at 400 for 20-25 min, turning over once. __________________ My voice a beacon in the night My words will be your light To carry you to me enduring deployment#4

01-02-2009, 01:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
soldierangel07 You are the best baby-DH Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,709 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 20%	Wonderful! Thank so much ladies for helping me out. I am a beginner to this whole cooking thing, but loving every minute of it. DH loves it too because now there is a variety of choices instead of five for dinner LOL. I am starting to gain more confidence in myself, and would love to continue to do a more balance style of cooking for our children as well. So I am sure I will be asking lots of questions in the future LOL __________________

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01-02-2009, 01:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~GlitterCrotch~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 18,873 Classifieds: (2) Activity: 0% Longevity: 44%	Steam them, grill them, roast them but make sure you don't overcook them. That is why they'd be mushy. Stringy = not prepared correctly or you chose older ones. You want to choose asparagus that are thin and tightly closed at the top. After you wash them at home, hold the top with one hand, and the bottom with the other, and bend the top over until the asparagus snaps. Where it snaps on its own is the most tender. The part at the bottom would be stringy and gross if you were to cook it.

01-02-2009, 01:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
~~GlitterCrotch~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 18,873 Classifieds: (2) Activity: 0% Longevity: 44%	I like to do them in a pan and sautee them with olive oil and spices just until they're really bright green. That's when they're perfect

02-21-2009, 02:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
pinkandgreen [Mrs] HOME at last! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hawaii Posts: 2,985 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 25% Longevity: 18%	i love asparagus, but i hate how it gives out a foul smell when urinating. __________________ OBSESSED.ADORE.LOVE