Let's make the best use of seasonal asparagus by Simple Sauteed Garlic Asparagus. It's an easy recipe that is fragrant with garlic and seasoned with salt and pepper.

The season for asparagus is spring and summer. We find import one all year round, but the one in the season is the best!

Since the seasonal asparagus is sweet and tasty so a little seasoning is enough. That's why I like this simple sauteed asparagus.

Recommend this recipe for

Someone who love asparagus
Someone who wants to try a simple recipe with asparagus
Someone who is looking for a simple side dishes with asparagus

If you like a simple dish like this, then let me walk you through the ingredients and how to make it.

I hope you will like the recipe.

Asparagus from Hokkaido!

Hokkaido is the most famous producing area in Japan, which is my home town.

I'm so excited that my mother sent us a box of fresh Asparagus from Hokkaido(this is produced in Biei). They look fresh, strong and so beautiful.

I love asparagus. I remember that as a small child, I used to eat boiled asparagus with mayonnaise on all day long.

Anyway, let's dive in and cook with these beautiful asparagus.

📋 Ingredients

The ingredients are very simple because we just add flavor of garlic and finish up with salt and pepper.

Asparagus
Olive oil
Garlic
Salt
Pepper

We use extra virgin olive oil.

I usually use himalayan pink salt or sea salt for cooking. The delicious salt enhances simple dishes so if you have one, please use it!

🔪Step by step instructions

Let's go over how to make it.

How to make Simple Sauteed Garlic Asparagus

Slice garlic　>> Remove the skin of garlic and cut off the bottom and slice it
Cut asparagus　>> Cut off the bottom part(about 0.5 cm) and cut it half
Cook sliced garlic　>> Heat a frying pan over low heat, put olive oil and garlic
Sautee asparagus　>> Once you smell garlic, add asparagus and sautee
Cook on low heat　>> Cover and cook for 5 minutes on low heat
Seasoning　>> Season with salt and pepper

Please tweak the cooking time according to the size. The one on the photo is thick(maybe L size), so I increased cooking time by 1 minute.

If it's thin, 5 minutes might be too long, so try decreasing the time a little and see.

Sauteed asparagus is done! Go ahead and enjoy!

It's a little crunchy and so delicious.

Thanks for Stopping By

This is super simple dish and you can taste the delicious seasonal asparagus directly.

Since this recipe use olive oil and garlic, I meant it for grownups but our kids also love it.

I hope you and your family will enjoy the recipe.

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