Simple Sauteed Garlic Asparagus
This simple sautéed garlic asparagus is for anyone who loves this seasonal vegetable and wants something simple yet delicious-looking on their plate!
Looking for simple asparagus recipes? Try my Asparagus Salad with Boiled Eggs or Tuna and Asparagus Pasta!
Recipe Ingredients
You’ll need the following ingredients to make this recipe:
How To Make Sauteed Asparagus: STEP BY STEP
Here are some quick visual instructions! For the video and all the detailed ingredients and instructions, go to the printable recipe card below.
- Slice the garlic: Remove the skin from the garlic, cut off the bottom, and slice it.
- Cut the asparagus: Cut off the bottom part (about 0.5 cm) and cut it in half.
- Cook sliced garlic: Heat a frying pan over low heat, add olive oil, and then garlic.
- Sauté asparagus: Once you smell the garlic, add the asparagus and sauté.
- Cover and cook: Cover and cook for 3-6 minutes over low heat.
- Season: Season with salt and pepper.
Sauteed garlic asparagus is done! Go ahead and enjoy! It’s a little crunchy and so delicious.
Helpful Tips
- Tweak the cooking time: How long to cook asparagus depends on the size of your asparagus. If they are thick, then cook for 6 minutes. If they are thin, then 3 minutes would be enough.
- Peel off the hard skin: If you don’t like hard skin, please peel it off with a peeler before cooking.
- No need to boil asparagus beforehand: We saute them on low heat, so no need to boil them.
Variations
This recipe is very basic, so let’s add your favorite ingredients and enjoy the variations!
My favorite variations：
- Saute with butter
- Saute with mushrooms
- Saute with spinach
- Saute with cheese
- Top with a half-boiled egg
- Top with parmesan cheese
- Add a pinch of lemon juice
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Simple Sauteed Garlic Asparagus
Ingredients
Instructions
- 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 in half.
- Cook sliced garlic: Heat a frying pan over low heat, put olive oil and garlic.
- Saute asparagus: Once you smell the garlic, add asparagus and saute.
- Cover and cook: Cover and cook for 3 to 6 minutes on low heat.
- Season: Season with salt and pepper.
Notes
- Equipment: Frying pan 22 cm/9 inches
- If you are using a large frying pan, there is no need to cut it in half.
- How long to cook asparagus is according to the size of your asparagus. If asparagus is thick, then cook for 6 minutes. If thin, then 3 minutes would be enough.
- If you don’t like hard skin, please peel it off with a peeler before cooking.
- We saute them on low heat, so there is no need to boil them beforehand.
Video
Nutrition
This nutritional information is estimated and provided for general reference only.
Sautéed asparagus is delicious. It’s a dish where “less is more” where the taste of the asparagus is the star. I add a little butter with the olive oil because I like butter. If I lived in Japan, I would use butter from Hokkaido. Hokkaido dairy products are the best!
Exactly! The asparagus is the star! Yes, Hokkaido provides the best dairy products! Thanks for your review, Rick!