Canned asparagus: useful properties, how to pickle

A healthy diet almost always contains low-calorie pickled asparagus, which saturates the human body with useful substances. Every year the popularity of this product is only growing. Canned sprouts are good in snack dishes, as an additional ingredient for meat, fish. Also used as an independent dish.

What does pickled asparagus look like?

In our country, there are 2 most popular types on the shelves of supermarkets.

In cooking, green stems are more often used, although any of the varieties can be found: white, purple. These are young shoots of a bushy or herbaceous plant in the form of straight rods with small leaves. Pickled asparagus is sold in glass jars, frozen or fresh.

The soy product, which is often used for Korean snacks, is well known to housewives. Asparagus is produced at enterprises from soy milk, it is sold as a semi-finished product in dried form. Useful substances in it are also present in large quantities, but the calorie content is almost 20 times higher than the plant product.

Benefits of Pickled Asparagus

Despite the fact that asparagus is more often used in pickled form, the beneficial properties of the product are always preserved.

Asparagus is recommended for daily use for the following reasons:

1. Sprouts are a source of fiber, which stimulates the proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, removes toxins from the body.
2. People are accustomed to getting simple carbohydrates from harmful, but very tasty foods. But even here they are in abundance. After starting to use a canned plant, a person calmly refuses flour and sweet dishes.
3. It has been proven that sprouts perfectly cleanse the blood, regulating the proper functioning of the cardiovascular system. The product contains coumarins, which prevent the formation of blood clots.
4. Pickled asparagus is very useful during pregnancy, as it contains a large amount of folic acid, which will protect the fetus from many defects.
5. The vitamin composition improves immunity, normalizes metabolism, prevents atherosclerosis from developing and fights free radicals, which increase the risk of developing oncology.
6. Asparagus easily increases libido in women and men.
7. Saponins have a diuretic, anti-inflammatory and anti-sclerotic effect.

The absence of lactose and cholesterol makes it possible to include it in the diet of people with diabetes.

How to pickle asparagus at home

Pickling green asparagus should take place with minimal heat treatment. Only then will the product retain all the useful properties and taste. Sprouts are selected of the same thickness for simultaneous readiness.

To get pickled juicy asparagus, it is first boiled a little. It is better to do this in a tied bundle and in a tall narrow pan, so that only the bottoms of the plant are lowered into boiling salted water, and the tops are steamed, as they cook faster. It will take no more than 3 minutes. Otherwise, the stems will soften and lose their taste. But the usual method is also allowed.

It is necessary to prepare ice cubes, on which the stems are distributed immediately after blanching, in order to stop the heating process inside. This method will allow the plant to become crispy with a bright green color.

Usually marinade for asparagus at home is prepared from the following products:

• apple cider vinegar – ½ tbsp.;
• salt and sugar – ½ tbsp. l.;
• vegetable oil – 1 tsp;
• dill seeds and black peppercorns – ½ tsp each;
• garlic – 1 clove.

The product is placed in a glass jar (usually a volume of 1 liter is used), the stems must be cut to the height of the container. Some of the spices are also placed there. The prepared container is filled with marinade, completely covering the stems.

Pickled Asparagus Recipes

There is not always time to run to the store for shopping. It’s good if there are homemade preparations in the refrigerator. Here are a few popular recipes for canned asparagus that you can try.

Quick Pickled Asparagus

In just 3,5 hours it will be possible to serve a savory snack to the table.

Ingredients:

• garlic – 3 tooth;
• asparagus – 500 g;
• white wine vinegar – 1 tbsp l .;
• Dijon mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
• olive oil – 2 st. l .;
• white pepper – 1 tsp

The process of preparing pickled snacks:

1. You will need young thin stalks of asparagus, which can simply be poured with boiling water for a few minutes after rinsing with running water.
2. Separately combine wine vinegar, pepper, mustard and garlic, passed through a press.
3. Mix everything in a container that is hermetically sealed.
4. Place on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

After a few hours, you can serve it to the table.

Healthy garnish

This version of pickled asparagus is suitable as an addition to fish and meat dishes. But often it is used in diet food.

Grocery set:

• water – 1 l;
• citric acid – 10 g;
• salt, sugar – 30 g each;
• asparagus.

To get a pickled product, you need to follow simple steps:

1. You should start with asparagus, the stems of which must be washed in cold water and peeled.
2. Cut into pieces about 10 cm long.
3. Blanch in boiling water for no more than 5 minutes and immediately drop into ice water, and then into a colander.
4. Prepare glass jars by washing with soda solution and sterilize over steam.
5. Spread out the asparagus.
6. Make a filling by mixing citric acid with sugar and salt in water. Fill container.
7. Set in a large saucepan and sterilize for 10 to 25 minutes. The time depends on the volume.

Once the jars have cooled, you can serve.

Acute appetizer

You can diversify the daily menu by preparing pickled spicy asparagus for the winter.

For 2,5 liters of the finished dish you will need the following products:

• green asparagus – 1,5 kg;
• garlic – 5 cloves;
• apple cider vinegar – 1,5 cups;
• lemon rings – 3 pcs.;
• salt – 1 Art. l .;
• water – 1,5;
• red pepper flakes – 1 tsp;
• black peppercorns – 6 pcs .;
• allspice peas – 6 pcs.;
• mustard seeds – 1 tbsp. l.;
• a mixture of French herbs – ½ sachet;
• thyme – 1 tsp. l.

Preservation of asparagus is required according to the following recipe:

1. Rinse the asparagus under running water and cut off the frayed ends.
2. Blanch in boiling water for a few minutes.
3. Move to ice.
4. After cooling, you can cut, but it is better to marinate whole.
5. Arrange in previously sterilized jars along the lemon ring, garlic cloves and pepper. Then place the asparagus cut-side down.
6. To pour, put a pan with the required amount of water. Pour spices and herbs into the boiling liquid. After a couple of minutes, add apple cider vinegar and salt.
7. After 5 minutes, turn off and immediately pour into jars. The filling should completely cover the asparagus, but not reach the neck.
8. Put them in a convenient large dish for sterilization.
9. After boiling, about 20 minutes should pass.

Roll up with tin lids, wait for complete cooling for 1 day and put in storage.

Is it possible to eat pickled asparagus while losing weight

Pickled low-calorie asparagus is included in the diet of overweight people.

Here are the processes in the body that are triggered by consumption:

• decreased appetite;
• excess fluid is removed;
• cellulite goes away;
• energy supply increases, fatigue disappears.

Everyone chooses their own method of losing weight:

1. Unloading days, when, apart from pickled asparagus, nothing is eaten during a diet divided into 5 meals.
2. Basic diet. The canned product is present together with other products in dietary dishes for no more than 5 days.
3. As part of other diets. In this option, you should reduce the rate to 100 g and adhere to the diet for up to 2 weeks.

How many calories in pickled asparagus

As already mentioned, pickled green asparagus is low in calories. 100 g of the product contains from 15 to 20 kcal.

But you should take into account the fact that some recipes use additional ingredients with which the indicators change. For example, by adding vegetable or olive oil, you can increase the energy value. You should calculate kcal using special calculators if the diet requires it.

Terms and conditions of storage of pickled asparagus

Store pickled asparagus in a cool, dark place. Usually, the shelf life of home preservation is set conditional and they are 1 year. But it all depends on the premises, containers and products used in the preparation.

For example, in a damp cellar, a tin lid will quickly rust and lose its effectiveness. Get “bomb”. Relative humidity should be kept within 75%.

 In any case, such canned food will not stand for a long time, and the type of marinade, which should remain transparent, will indicate safety. Swollen cans are unusable.

Conclusion

Pickled asparagus occupies a leading position among the products included in the healthy diet menu. Compliance with the proportion in the recipes will allow you to make homemade preparations. At a convenient moment, it can be used for home cooking.