Description
A quick and delicious side dish featuring asparagus tips sautéed with lemon and olive oil.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 lb. asparagus tips
- 1 T good quality olive oil
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in the largest frying pan you have.
- Add asparagus in a single layer and turn heat to medium-high. Cook asparagus 4-5 minutes, turning about once a minute. Asparagus is done when the thickest part of the stalk can be pierced fairly easily with a fork but asparagus still has some snap to it and is starting to brown.
- Turn off heat, then pour over desired amount of lemon juice.
- Arrange asparagus tips on a plate, sprinkle with lemon zest and serve immediately.
- If using the whole pound of asparagus, trim the woody ends and cut asparagus into two pieces, keeping the ends and tips separate. Cook the ends about 2 minutes before adding the tips to the pan, then add the tips and cook an additional 4-5 minutes.
Notes
- If making 4 servings, use the whole pound of asparagus.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Vegetables
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 lb
- Calories: 80
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg