How to Store Fresh Asparagus

By srumbel

I bought a 3 pound bag at Costco for $3.99 last week and it was beautiful tender asparagus. The only problem? I had 3 whole pounds of it. So I did some research to figure out how to store fresh asparagus the best. I bought the asparagus on Thursday, stored it properly on Friday, and just finished using it for Sunday dinner. So it lasted 10 whole days in the fridge and showed no signs of getting old. I bet it would have stayed good another few days too. It worked so well that I wanted to share the method with you.
from blessthismess.com

Ingredients

• Asparagus
• Canning Jar
• Water
• Plastic baggie

Preparation

Step 1

Wash asparagus and trim the ends about an inch. Place the spears in a glass jar, cut ends down. Fill the jar with about 1 inch of water. Loosely cover tips of the asparagus with a plastic bag. Store in the front of the fridge for up to 10 days.

Notes

You want to avoid having the asparagus freeze. The glass jar really helps with this but take a little care to keep the jar to the front of the fridge. If it gets pushed to the very back it might freeze, if your fridge is weird like mine, and that will compromise how long they will stay fresh and their texture.