今天要读的文章来自The Washington Post，仅用于英语学习。
阅读提示：让我们来看一道菜谱：罗勒芦笋炒火鸡肉， what? 西餐吗？no no,如果你有中餐炒菜的基本知识，那么这篇菜谱不难理解。
为了让大家有学习的动力，先上图：
文中图片拍摄者:Tom McCorkle for WP 摆盘设计:Lisa Cherkasky for WP
请注意：在阅读中，如果有不懂的地方，可以查看配图联想猜测。比如Ingredients（配料）部分，文章的配图与所需食材列表完全一致，到图片里找找这些食材，也是很有趣的过程。
好，下面让我们一起来看看这道菜怎么做的吧！
Asparagus makes this spicy and sweet stir-fry a winner, hot or cold
By Bonnie S. Benwick May 7 at 2:00 PM
Ground Turkey, Asparagus and Basil Stir-Fry
Total: 25min Servings: 4
Overview
Dive into your Dinner in Minutes Pantry on any night and you can put a respectable stir-fry on the table in a half-hour or so. This one offers the ease of not-so-much chopping and a nice balance of sweet and heat, color and texture.
The asparagus you want for this recipe should be of a thin-to-medium thickness, so it will warm through yet stay crisp-tender during its brief time in the pan. Here's a prep tip to reduce your food waste: Skip the “snap” method of breaking off the tough ends of the stalks, a technique that will have you tossing away too much. If the asparagus bunch you buy is bound by a rubber band near the bottom, slide that band down to about an inch above the white/woody ends, then use your sharp chef’s knife to trim them all at once.
asparagus bunch bound by a rubber band（图片来自网络）
Ground turkey is what's in the pantry, so that's what we're using for the meaty bits. Once cooked, it has a somewhat softer texture than ground pork and more flavor than ground chicken, but either one of those can be swapped in here.Serve on its own, or over rice noodles. Leftovers taste great cold.
Ingredients
Ingredients拍摄者:Tom McCorkle 摆盘设计:Lisa Cherkasky
2 medium carrots
4 scallions
1 pound asparagus (thin or medium thickness)
4 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon sesame oil (toasted or not)
1 pound ground light-meat turkey (may substitute ground dark-meat turkey)
1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons apricot jam
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more as needed
1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves
Steps
Step 1
Scrub or peel the carrots, then cut them into thin matchsticks (about 2 inches long). Trim the scallions, then cut on the diagonal into thin slices. Trim the woody ends of the asparagus, then cut the stalks on the diagonal into 1-inch lengths. Mince the garlic.
cut on the diagonal示意图（图片来自网络）
Step 2
Heat the oil in a large skillet or saute pan until shimmering, over medium heat. Stir in the garlic; cook for about 30 seconds, until fragrant, then stir in the ground turkey, using a spatula as it cooks to break up large clumps.
Step 3
Cook the turkey for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring often, until there's barely a trace of pink left. Add the carrots and scallions; cook for about 2 minutes, then add the soy sauce, apricot jam and crushed red pepper flakes (to taste), stirring to form a sauce.
stir-fry拍摄者:Tom McCorkle 摆盘设计:Lisa Cherkasky
Cook for 2 minutes, then add the asparagus; cook for 2 or 3 minutes, tossing gently to incorporate, then remove from the heat. Those asparagus pieces should be crisp-tender, a more vivid shade of green and barely warmed through. Make sure the sauce is evenly distributed.
Step 4
cut basil leaves拍摄者:Tom McCorkle 摆盘设计:Lisa Cherkasky
Stack and roll the basil leaves, then cut crosswise into ribbons (or don't cut at all, and just use small leaves). Scatter them over the stir-fry mixture and toss gently to incorporate. Taste, and add a sprinkling of crushed red pepper flakes, if desired. Serve right away.
Adapted from various online recipes.
知识点：
这篇文章并不是太难理解，大家结合中式炒菜加上对照图片大致就能看懂。这里串几个小知识点：
1.serve指上菜、端上桌，比如serve the dinner。serving就是指一人份。
2.ground turkey/pork, mince garlic. ground 和mince意思相似，都是指磨碎、绞碎。我看美剧时，里面有一个mincemeat pie但这并不是我们想象中的肉饼噢，而是百果馅饼。
3.4cloves garlic，来4瓣蒜...
4.light-meat/dark meat这个表述很有意思，这是根据煮熟后肉的颜色浅深（或者说白色、红色）来定义的，例如：鸡胸肉是light meat，鸡腿肉是dark meat。
5.crushed red pepper flakes: 这个表述很形象，用了flakes，干辣椒一片片
6.scallion:香葱。曾经看过一个外国人写的文章，他在中国学生的英文作文里看到很多同学形容美女的纤纤玉手like scallion，惊奇于汉语的用词与想象力，呵呵，希望这会帮你更好地记住scallion这个词。
现在你是不是也想按照食谱做一下这道菜呢，有成品图了别忘了发一个让我看看哦，嗯，流口水了......
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