How to cook an authentic Chinese asparagus dish at home

Asparagus is a very popular dish all across the globe, among the many different kinds of edible asparagus, Chinese asparagus is highly praised of its rich nutrition and tender texture.

But getting authentic Chinese asparagus is not easy, more difficult is eating Chinese asparagus in an authentic Chinese dish. Worry not, today we are showing a very popular way that you can cook Chinese asparagus dish in your kitchen!

Asparagus and shrimp sauté

You’ll want to prepare the shrimps first, starting by shelling the shrimps, then dip them in soy sauce, a bit salt and cooking alcohol then leave them for 20 minutes. If you don’t have cooking alcohol, just beer would do as well.

Then you need to peeling the asparagus, usually the tender side, aka the smaller side doesn’t need peeling at all, just peel skin off the thicker side since they are not edible.

After the peeling you can start by making asparagus slices, usually the slimmer the slices, the more delicious they are.

By now you can start sauté! Making sure the oil is hot enough to sizzle before you pour in the asparagus first, then about 30 seconds later put in the well-prepared shrimps; wait for the shrimps to turn red, then about 30 seconds more in you just got yourself a nice, fresh 1.Asparagus and shrimp sauté.