If you love asparagus and love traditional green bean bundles, then try this recipe! It is different and so very delicious. I love that the brown sugar sauce, that’s poured over these, includes soy sauce. Seems like a bit of a different flair. A nice flair. A very yummy flair…Trisha Yearwood shares this recipe in her book, Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood.
2 pounds fresh asparagus, ends trimmed
12 slices bacon
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 T. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Divide the asparagus spears into 12 bundles. Carefully wrap 1 piece of bacon around each bundle, stating about 1/2 inch from the bottom of the tips. Secure the bacon-wrapped spears with a toothpick. Lay the bundles in a low-sided casserole dish.
In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, soy sauce, garlic salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Poor the hot sugar mixture over the asparagus bundles. Transfer the dish to the oven and roast for 25 minutes, or until the spears have begun to wilt and the bacon looks fully cooked. Remove the toothpicks before serving.
Serves 6.
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