Fried Baby Artichokes
From steamykitchen 17 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A very simple way to relish the freshness of baby artichokes. Spanish Tapas dish called Alcachofas a la Planchas
Ingredients
- 12 baby artichokes (they should be no larger than 3″ wide. any bigger than that I wouldn’t consider them babies - I’d probably call them adult runts with pokey chokey chokes) shopping list
- 1 lemon, halved & squeezed into a large glass bowl with water. shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- olive oil to fry shopping list
- kosher salt & pepper shopping list
- a nice squeezin’ of a lemon half to finish off the dish shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Clean and prepare your baby ‘chokes: Have your bowl with lemon/water ready. Snap off the outer layers of the leaves until you get to smooth, light pale green leaves. With sharp paring knife again, peel the dark green layer off the stem. Also cut off the top 1″ of the artichoke. Now, with top of the artichoke facing down against the cutting board, cut the artichoke into thin 1/4″ slices. Place slices in lemon water. Repeat with remaining artichokes.
- 2. In a large skillet, put enough olive oil to at least cover the bottom of the pan. Let the olive oil heat up over medium-high heat. When hot, add the garlic and fry until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add only enough artichoke slices to make 1 layer in the pan (you may have to do this in a couple of batches). You don’t want to overcrowd the pan, otherwise the artichokes will steam, not fry. Fry the artichokes until the edges are a little charred and crispy, about 5 minutes. Repeat with remaining. Top with a sprinkling of kosher salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon.
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Reviewed by 4 people-
Yummers. Can't wait to try this. Thanks.
chefmeow
in Garland loved it
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These are great!
jencathen
in loved it
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I think I'll make this tonight.
Yep I will well I'm got to go shopping though.
I have everything but 12 baby artichokes so I'll pick those up.
Thanx
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in Winchester VA loved it
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