Braised Artichokes

Braised Artichokes
Evan Sung for The New York Times
Total Time
45 minutes
Rating
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • 4medium artichokes
  • 4tablespoons butter (½ stick)
  • 1cup chicken stock, or more as needed
  • Salt
  • freshly ground pepper
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

191 calories; 12 grams fat; 7 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 18 grams carbohydrates; 8 grams dietary fiber; 3 grams sugars; 6 grams protein; 520 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cut each of the artichokes in half; remove the toughest outer leaves, use a spoon to remove the choke, and trim the bottom.

  2. Step 2

    Put 3 tablespoons of the butter in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. When it melts and foam subsides, add artichokes, cut side down. Cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add stock (it should come about halfway up the sides of the artichokes), bring to a boil, and cover; turn heat to medium-low. Cook for about 20 minutes or until tender, checking every 5 or 10 minutes to make sure there is enough liquid in the pan, adding more stock as necessary. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and transfer artichokes to serving platter.

  3. Step 3

    Raise heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced to a sauce. Stir in lemon zest and juice and remaining tablespoon butter; taste and adjust seasoning. Serve artichokes drizzled with sauce.

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Successful dish. The best artichokes I have made, after years of just steaming whole, this is way more interesting. I used water instead of chicken stock with one fresh bay leaf. I forgot to remove the chokes and did so after the artichokes were cooked, which made it very easy to remove. The lemon zest and juice with extra butter makes a luscious sauce!

This is my new favorite way to make whole artichokes. It's easy, and the sauce is great, although I stirred in some mayo to mine, which made it extra delicious!

add 1 tbsp minced of your best garlic and sauté 1 minute before adding chicken stock reduce lemon juice to 1 tsp WOW!

Excellent! Will never steam whole artichokes again.

People were not lying. This is simple and absolutely delicious. It is full of flavor and I should have made more!

Added thinly sliced garlic clove to butter, then added a generous splash or two of dry sack sherry when reducing. Strained the sauce to make it extra velvety.

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