Chinese-Style Asparagus Salad

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a Side Dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in
Ken Hom's Quick Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 2002

  • About

Crispy and tender, with a wonderful earthy flavour, asparagus is a recent discovery for many Chinese cooks. It resembles what we know as rice shoots. Here the asparagus is blanched, cooled and tossed in an easy-to-make sauce. It is always best not to add the sauce until the moment you are ready to serve the salad.

Ingredients

  • 450g (1 lb) asparagus
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped shallots

Method

  1. First, make the soy dressing. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for the dressing. Mix well and set aside.
  2. Cut the asparagus into 4 cm (1½ in) pieces. Put the chopped shallots in a clean teatowel and squeeze out until dry. Set aside.
  3. Place the sesame seeds on a baking tray and put under a hot grill until golden brown. Watch them to make sure