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A white plate filled with cooked asparagus topped with gremolata garnished with lemon wedges.
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Stovetop Asparagus Recipe

How to cook asparagus on the stovetop grilled perfectly every time for tasty crisp tender spears with bright green beautiful color. An easy low-carb keto healthy side dish.
Prep Time1 minute
Cook Time4 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Side Dishes & Vegetables
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: asparagus recipe, how to cook asparagus, stovetop asparagus
Servings: 8
Calories: 26kcal
Author: Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil or avocado oil, ghee, or extra virgin olive oil
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Instructions

  • Prepare the asparagus, by snapping off the bottom tough ends of the spears and discard. Simply bend the spears, and where they break will remove the tough woody ends of the asparagus. Some people use a vegetable peeler on the lower bottom inch, but that takes too much time.
  • Using a cast-iron pan, large skillet, or cast iron grill pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil to the hot pan, keep the heat on medium high heat.
  • Place asparagus in a single layer and saute for 4 minutes, until they are bright green. Cook time of no more than 4-5 minutes max is needed!
  • Serve on a warm serving platter with toppings like gremolata or good grated parmesan cheese.

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Notes

Top Asparagus Cooking Tips

  1. Use a cast-iron pan, large skillet, or grill pan for best results.
  2. Saute on medium-high heat.
  3. Saute with coconut oil, ghee, avocado, or a high smoke point oil.
  4. Snap off of tough ends of asparagus before cooking.
  5. Saute them fast in a grilling or frying pan, and no more than 4-5 minutes in a hot pan.
  6. You will know they are done when they are bright green, snap off a piece and make sure it's still a little crisp then, pull them from the hot pan.

Asparagus Toppings

Herb Butter (aka compound butter) is easy and great on vegetables, hot pasta, sizzling steak, warm baguettes, or spread on dinner rolls and watch as the butter melts. Use any variety of fresh herbs to create your own version.
Serve with either remoulade sauce or hollandaise sauce.
Gremolata is a flavor-packed condiment topping from Italy for vegetables, pasta dishes, fish, meat, salads, and classically used on osso buco.
And a classic combination is compound butter! Two recipes to try are this Herb Butter and Lemon-Dill Butter.

Nutrition

Calories: 26kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 147mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 426IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg