Learn how to Prepare dinner Asparagus – Sugar Spun Run

My quick and easy asparagus recipe exhibits you methods to prepare dinner asparagus on the range in simply 5 minutes! It’s tender, but crisp and easily dressed with lemon and butter.

A Fast & Simple Asparagus Recipe

Once I’m in search of a fast and simple veggie aspect dish, I at all times attain for the asparagus (and a skillet). My model is quicker than roasting, tremendous flavorful, and so recent tasting. I’ve ready asparagus some ways through the years, and this one at all times is the one I flip again to (it’s Zach’s favourite, too).

What’s to like about this recipe:

• Excellent tender-crisp texture. There may be completely no soggy, mushy asparagus in my family!
• Minimal substances to maintain issues easy and let the asparagus taste actually shine.
• Extremely quick and simple veggie aspect dish.
• Scales simply. This recipe simply serves 2-4 folks, however might be scaled to serve extra. I do suggest cooking in batches for those who double the recipe although (until you’ve fairly a big skillet)–you don’t need to crowd your pan.

What You Want

• Asparagus. You’ll want one pound of asparagus, which is usually a type of neatly wrapped bunches you may get from the grocery retailer or farmers market. In fact you possibly can scale this up or down if wanted (as long as your pan is giant sufficient). Search for agency, vibrant inexperienced stalks with tightly closed buds. Whether or not you employ thick or skinny stalks is completely as much as your choice and what’s out there in your retailer. I normally simply attempt to decide a bunch with all the identical thickness so that they prepare dinner on the similar fee.
• Cooking oil. Any impartial cooking oil, and even olive oil will work right here. I personally use and suggest avocado oil, which is my most well-liked impartial oil as of late (only a bit expensive!). I take advantage of it for every thing from my quaint chocolate donuts to French onion hen!
• Lemon. Don’t use bottled, you want a recent lemon for this recipe. Should you don’t like issues tremendous lemony, you don’t want to make use of all of the lemon, although I do suggest including not less than a tablespoon of juice.
• Butter. Only a tiny little bit of salted butter provides a beautiful taste on the finish of the cooking course of. Should you don’t have salted butter, you need to use unsalted and add an additional pinch of salt.
• Salt and pepper. We’ll add these at the start and finish of the recipe. I don’t suggest a certain amount, you possibly can simply add it to style. Freshly floor sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper are at all times finest.

SAM’S TIP: Make sure that to trim the woody ends from the asparagus. I normally snap them off as a result of it’s fast, however for those who don’t know fairly the place to snap them you possibly can find yourself losing a few of the asparagus.

That is simply an outline of the substances I used and why. For the total asparagus recipe please scroll all the way down to the underside of the put up!

Learn how to Prepare dinner Asparagus

Prep the asparagus

Wash the asparagus if wanted and ensure to dry nicely. Let me reiterate that — dry it very nicely! I’ll completely pat mine dry with paper towels and let air dry after that if wanted. This may assist it prepare dinner correctly (an excessive amount of water will steam the asparagus), keep tender, and stop oil splatter.

Subsequent, snap or chop off the woody ends. I personally at all times snap my asparagus (and whereas my youngsters gained’t truly eat this recipe but, they like to assist with this step). That is tremendous fast and will get it on the desk sooner, however I’m conscious it is a level of competition. Many professionals will let you know to reduce the asparagus as a substitute (to be honest, it’s doubtless marginally much less wasteful).

Prepare dinner, garnish, and revel in!

Sauté in oil over medium-high warmth, seasoning as you go and stirring continuously. As soon as the asparagus is fork tender however nonetheless crisp, toss within the butter and lemon. Add further salt and pepper if wanted, and revel in!

SAM’S TIP: Don’t overcook the asparagus! This will occur shortly. I truly like to simply barely undercook mine so it’s nonetheless so barely crisp (nonetheless pierce-able with my fork, although). By the point I get it on my plate, it’s completely cooked, because it continues to prepare dinner because it sits within the saucepan.

Methods to decorate up asparagus

If I’m trying to get a bit fancier and extra flavorful, I’ll typically prepare dinner a little bit of minced garlic (like a teaspoon) to the oil for a number of seconds (till aromatic) earlier than including the asparagus. It’s additional necessary to stir consistently right here so that you don’t burn the garlic. A sprinkle of parmesan on high earlier than serving is one other tasty possibility (with or with out the garlic)!

What to serve with asparagus

We love serving this asparagus recipe as a aspect dish with maple glazed salmon, grilled steak or hen, or garlic butter shrimp. It additionally goes nicely with white sauce pasta, like fettuccine Alfredo, hen Alfredo and even pink sauce pasta! Make a simple vegetarian meal by serving with risotto and a slice of crusty artisan bread or gougeres.

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