East-West Marinated Asparagus

Here's another great recipe for asparagus- you have to plan ahead because it needs to be marinated, but the great thing is- you can do it before hand and have it ready with no work for dinnertime! I found this recipe in my Vegetarian Times magazine.

Ingredients:

1 lb asparagus spears (approximately 20 medium sized spears)

2 TBSP soy sauce

2 TBSP rice vinegar

1 TBSP olive oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/2 tsp agave or honey

1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Directions:

Cook asparagus in pot of boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Then drain them and plunge them into a bowl filled with ice water. Whisk together your soy sauce, rice vinegar, oil, garlic, ginger, agave/honey, and cayenne pepper. Remove your asparagus from the ice water, place them in a baking dish and pour this mixture over top, adding water if necessary in order to submerge them. Cover and chill for 4 hours or overnight. Before serving, drain off the marinate and sprinkle the sesame seeds on top. Enjoy!