{"id":206,"date":"2013-03-31T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deanasimmons.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/31\/brown-sugar-asparagus"},"modified":"2013-03-31T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T15:20:00","slug":"brown-sugar-asparagus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"Brown Sugar Asparagus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"direction:ltr;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:.3215in;margin-top:0;unicode-bidi:embed;\">\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">Ingredients:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;margin:0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\">2 pounds fresh asparagus spears<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\">3 tablespoons butter<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\">2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\">3\/4 cup chicken broth<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\">Orange zest strips, optional for garnish<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:12pt;margin:0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#222222;font-size:12pt;margin:0;\">Step-by-step<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;margin:0;\"><\/div>\n<li style=\"color:#222222;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">Snap      off the thick woody ends of the asparagus spears and discard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#222222;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">Heat      the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until melted. Stir in      brown sugar. Cook, stirring continually, until brown sugar dissolves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#222222;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">Add      the asparagus to the brown sugar mixture, turning to coat. Saut\u00e9 for 2      minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#222222;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">Add      the chicken broth to the skillet. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer,      covered, until the asparagus is crisp-tender, about 8 to 10 minutes.      Transfer the asparagus with a slotted spoon to a serving platter,      reserving the pan juices in the skillet. Cover asparagus to keep warm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#222222;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;vertical-align:middle;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">Cook      reserved pan juices in the skillet over medium-high heat, stirring      frequently, until reduced by half. Drizzle over the asparagus. Garnish      with orange zest strips, if desired. Serve immediately.<\/span><\/li>\n<div style=\"font-size:12pt;margin:0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:12pt;margin:0;\"><\/div>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients: 2 pounds fresh asparagus spears 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar 3\/4 cup chicken broth Orange zest strips, optional for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yoUc-3k","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}