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Garlic Butter Asparagus with Crispy Parmesan has so much flavour! The perfect crispy and crunchy side dish OR snack!
Asparagus spears topped with a buttery Panko crumb mixture with parmesan cheese and garlic, then roasted and broiled (or grilled) until deliciously crispy with SO MUCH FLAVOUR. Even the pickiest of eaters will LOVE this recipe! So simple and only takes minutes to make. Adapted from this Crispy Parmesan Crusted Zucchini, you will LOVE this!
Asparagus
Constantly looking for new ways to enjoy this vegetable, this recipe right here takes the cake! With this Parmesan Crusted Salmon and Crispy Baked Shrimp Scampi still going crazy on Facebook, I thought what would happen if I merged THAT topping with THIS vegetable. Well holy greens, it came out better than expected. So extremely addictive, It’s hard to stop at one!
How To Make Crispy Garlic Parmesan Asparagus
There’s no need for any frying to get these crispy results! All you need is an oven and a baking sheet.
Dump all ingredients into a big bowl and massage each spear with the crumb topping to evenly coat them. Don’t worry if it doesn’t ‘stick’ to the spears… you want a loose topping over them. What you DO want is all of those garlicky flavours coating each one! Bake in the oven until the crust is a beautiful and perfect golden brown colour and ENJOY!
Helpful tips:
- Works well with both fat and thick spears or thin spears.
- Use Panko for a crispy, crunchy topping and added texture, rather than plain breadcrumbs.
- Fresh grated Parmesan tastes better in this recipe.
- Unsalted butter is used to allow you to adjust the amount of salt. In this recipe we used 1/2-3/4 teaspoon.
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Crispy Garlic Parmesan Asparagus
Ingredients
- 2 pounds asparagus washed, dried and wood ends removed
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese fresh grated, or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1/2 cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons parsley finely chopped
- 1 pinch salt to taste, about 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pinch pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (205°C). Lightly grease a baking tray or sheet with non stick cooking oil spray.
- Place the trimmed asparagus in a bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and use your hands to evenly coat onto the asparagus.
- Transfer the asparagus and breadcrumb mixture onto prepared baking sheet and arrange into one even layer. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until the asparagus are just tender.
- Broil/grill for 2-3 minutes until breadcrumbs are golden browned and asparagus has reached desired doneness.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- Use Panko for a crispy, crunchy topping and added texture, rather than plain breadcrumbs.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Excellent recipe. Delicious, breadcrumbs add crispness, the cheese adds saltiness, umami, and a little chewyness, garlic gives it a little bite. Have made it multiple times. I just use more olive oil rather than butter sometimes. Makes it lighter tasting.
DELISHHHHH. Added a squeeze of lemon
This was absolutely delicious! I threw in a pound of asparagus, some green beans and some Brussels sprouts-next time I am adding broccoli too-what an awesome way to eat tons of greens!!!
Amazing recipe! I didn’t have the bread crumbs and didn’t want to risk using normal bread, but still delicious! I’m also a garlic-aholic so I added another clove of minced garlic and instead of salt and pepper, I just used garlic salt. I used a bit more cheese to cover those boys and was also thinking about adding some lemon zest or juice but didn’t this time. Thank you so much! Huge family hit! (when they could get some before me)
Always great 🙂
Wasn’t a huge asparagus fan but only because I hadn’t found a way to perfect it, this recipe has changed my mind! My husband always asks for a crispy asparagus side and I’ve never been able to deliver yet this one won him over, perfect amount of crisp bursting with flavors and most items are easily found in the fridge and at reach.
I’ve tried a few times to make asparagus and failed miserably everytime until now.
This kept the asparagus firm with a little crisp and the breadcrumb mixture was amazing.
This is the perfect side to my lunch time ribeye!
Where is the garlic in the above recipe?
You will add the 5 cloves of garlic in with all the ingredients and top the asparagus with it. Hope that helps clarify. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you so much! XO