![]() ![]() I think you should steam it at a bare minimum. I don’t even want to go online to see if that’s a real thing, because I know what it tastes like and it wouldn’t bring you any joy. I mean… I don’t know? Why would you want to do that? Maybe you can. If the stem has been cooked for 40 minutes in the water, then it is good enough to eat and it is going right into my belly. I eat it all the way to the bottom of the stem. The bottom, or heart, of the artichoke is entirely edible. I just dive in with my fingers and I don’t care if I am sitting at a 5-star restaurant – come at me. ![]() ![]() You could use a fork or a spoon if you want to seem fancy. That’s what all this work is all about.įirst, you need to spoon out the fuzzy center at the base and discard it. The heart is my absolute favorite part of the artichoke. It looks like you are throwing away a lot of the vegetable, but that’s the way you play this game. Once you are done with that pulp, you need to discard the remaining petal. The meat just slides off.Īs you continue in towards the center of the artichoke, you will find that you start to get more and more yummy goodness. After boiling artichokes, this part is very easy. When you start, the outer petals will only have a tiny bit of “meat”. Pull the leaf through your teeth to remove the soft, pulpy portion of the petal. To eat an artichoke, all you have to do is pull off the outer petals one at a time. I know this entire post is about boiling artichokes, but we need to talk a bit about eating this vegetable as well. ![]() Do what you want when boiling artichokes for your family. If I pull out 5 garlic cloves, then I use 5 garlic cloves. That’s what my grandmother taught me to do and so I don’t really measure anything at this point. Truth be told, I usually eyeball this part. If you run out of your mixture and you feel like you need to make more, then make more. Boiled Artichokes Ingredientsįill a pot halfway with water and set it to boil. Now that you’ve chopped you’ve prepped your artichokes, you need to take your ingredients and mixed them together Using your fingers, stuff what you can into a few places all over each artichoke. You want to keep everything intact, but you are about to add some onions and garlic into the mix and you need a place to put it all. Just get in there and pull out the leaves away from the center. Then, take your fingers and pull apart all the leaves as best as you can. Each leaf has little sharp things at the edge. So, pull off a layer all the way around and then chop off the stem.Ĭhop off the full head of the artichoke with a sharp knife. There’s no point in having them on your vegetable ANYWAY. The ones that really probably don’t have any meat on them anyway! What I like to do is take off a few of the bottom leaves. Boiling Artichokes Video Recipe How To Prep Your Boiled Artichokes: As you are boiling artichokes, you will notice that the tops will always be above water. Don’t fret.Īnd no, you don’t need to flip them halfway. So, at best, only half of your artichokes will always be under the liquid. They will not fall to the bottom of your pot. You only need to fill your pot with enough water to cover HALF of your artichokes. As you can see in the video below, I have two pots on my stove. The first thing you need is a pot that you can fill with water. ![]()
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