Chinese-fried asparagus with miso and sesame

Name: Chinese-fried asparagus with miso and sesame
Yield: Serve 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable or sunflower oil; 2.5 cm piece of root ginger, peeled and grated; 24 asparagus, peeled, trimmed and cut into 5 cm pieces; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds; cracked black pepper; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2 tablespoons mirin; 1 teaspoon white miso

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pure Vegetarian

By Paul Gayler

Published 2006

About

An oriental way of enjoying asparagus that takes only minutes to make.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon sesame seeds
2 tablespoons vegetable or sunflower oil
2.5

Starter
Vegan

Method

Heat a large frying pan or wok, add the sesame seeds and dry-fry over a high heat for 1 minute or until golden. Set aside. Return the pan to the heat, add the oil, ginger, garlic, miso and mirin and mix well. Add the asparagus and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until almost tender. Sprinkle over the sugar and a little cracked black pepper and stir-fry for a further 1 minute.

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