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I haven’t commented in like 10 years, but I just came here to say: Artichokes are my favorite vegetable, too. Cutting them in two before steaming is brilliant. I can’t wait to try the butter sear, which is also pretty dang brilliant. Yum.<\/p>\n

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Steamed Artichokes<\/h1>\n
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I feel like I write about steamed artichokes every spring \u2014 wait, actually, every other spring<\/a> or so<\/a>. Why? Because they\u2019re a perfect rite of spring, because they\u2019re easy and so impressive, because I love them so much and have loved them so much for so long that I remember sitting with my dad at the dining room table as a kid, slowly pulling off leaves, scraping them with my teeth, and lining the discards up like little green shingles on the edge of my plate and him teaching me how to get to the heart without getting pricked by the thistle-y choke (scoop it out with a spoon, if you were wondering, though not on the table, if you were me, and not allowed near a grown-up\u2019s clean tablecloth, but that\u2019s another story). But this year, I felt like something was missing: A guide for how I do them now. I didn\u2019t think there was anything that interesting to add to the conversation. I mean, they\u2019re just steamed, right?<\/p>\n

But when I got a beautiful bundle in my CSA last week, it occurred to me that I was doing them differently now, and mostly because of the pandemic. Where before, I steamed them on the stovetop, this is a whole new method for me. Back then, it was because I needed the stove for something else, or didn\u2019t want to heat the whole house up. And now, it\u2019s mostly because it\u2019s hands-off and doesn\u2019t require me to do anything other than set a timer. This works for large artichokes, tiny ones, all of them. It works every time.<\/p>\n

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I steam them in an Instant Pot now. If you\u2019ve never used one for steaming vegetables, the process is kind of magical \u2014 once they\u2019re done, all of the cooking water (usually infused with lemon and herbs, though here, I just use lemon) is still in the bottom, and you can pluck out the bright green, still-intact vegetables. The artichokes come out perfectly tender every time, even the big ones. But what if you don\u2019t have an Instant Pot? Or what if you want to steam more than it can hold? I\u2019ve still got you. I\u2019ve included directions for stovetop steaming too.<\/p>\n

The only thing I ever serve with an artichoke is melted butter with a little lemon. It\u2019s perfect and I don\u2019t think it needs anything else. It\u2019s what I grew up with, and it\u2019s what I still love.<\/p>\n

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Steamed Artichokes<\/h2>\n
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Serves 2 to 4<\/p>\n

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