Sautéed Asparagus with Parmesan

This post has been updated. The photos (some) are new but the recipe is the same and I am retaining the step by step tutorial, too. Hope you try this yummy dish, if you haven't yet!

Whenever we have Asparagus as a side dish and feel like doing something a little different from the usual boiled (and often boring) Asparagus, we turn to this dish. It takes literally 5 minutes - perhaps even less to actually cook it. The prepping doesn't take much time either so it's truly a win-win dish. So when you fancy a delicious and easy side dish for your Spring dinner - then try this!

Ingredients

1 lb (or a bunch) fresh Asparagus, cleaned, trimmed and then sliced to about 1 1/2-2 inches length, if preferred
1 Tablespoon, Olive Oil
2 Tablespoon, Butter
4 Garlic cloves, minced
Salt and Pepper, to taste
Grated Parmesan - 1/4 cup or to taste

Procedure

In a large frying pan, heat the oil to medium and melt the butter in it.

Once the butter has melted, sauté the garlic just until aromatic, a matter of seconds. Quickly add the sliced Asparagus and then continue to sauté for about a minute or until it's fully coated in the butter. Season with salt and pepper at this point.

Sauté until it's tender crisp perhaps another 3 minutes or so depending on how thick your asparagus are. To speed it up, cover the pan and let it cook for about 2 minutes. Uncover and then stir-fry some more just until it's tender but still retains some bite or crunch (you don't want it mushy!).

Transfer to a serving plate and generously sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese! Serve immediately.

If you wish to print the recipe, there's a print-friendly icon at the end of the post. Click on the "remove images box" for easy and convenient printing.

If you like what you see and would like to receive new recipe updates we'd love you to subscribe to our posts and join our site. Also do like us in Facebook so you can get the latest updates and so much more. Thanks for visiting and happy browsing!