Steamed Artichokes
These are your favorite vegetable. You just don't know it yet!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 artichokes
- 2 sticks butter
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the artichokes by cutting one inch off the top of the artichoke with a sharp knife. Cut the stems to the bottom of the artichoke. Then, using scissors, cut the sharp tips off of each leaf. Wash the artichokes under cold water.
- Place the artichokes in a large pot. Fill with water about halfway up the sides of the artichokes. Salt well. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and cook on medium-high for about an hour. The artichokes are done when you are easily able to pull out a leaf. (I use tongs to test pulling out a leaf.)
- Melt the butter in four different small cups. Salt each cup of butter. Each person gets an artichoke and a cup of butter.
- Eat the artichokes by pulling out the leaves, dipping them in the salted butter, and scraping the inside and bottom off with your teeth. When you reach the papery inner leaves, pull them out to discard. Then scrape the fuzzy choke off the bottom of the artichoke. Cut the remaining heart (the bottom of the artichoke) into small pieces. Dip and eat.
Notes
*Instead of butter, dip the artichokes in whatever you like: ranch dressing, Italian dressing, mayonnaise, lemon-butter, chick-fil-a sauce...