This garlic roasted asparagus is the perfect side dish, an easy dinner recipe that can be made in less than fifteen minutes.
One Pan Garlic Roasted Asparagus
One of the best things about making this roasted asparagus recipe is you can do it all right on your cookie sheet. It means it’s not only quick to prepare, but an easy clean up.
I use so much garlic when I cook that I buy it pre-minced, it makes it so much easier in the kitchen, and I can be a lot more liberal with my garlic usage. Since the garlic I buy is soaked in olive oil, that adds a nice extra boost of flavor too. I do however, like to grate my own cheese. I love freshly grated cheese – it’s so much better and fresher tasting.
I love sous vide asparagus too, but roasting asparagus in the oven is preferred when I am short on time.
How to prepare asparagus
Rinse the asparagus spears under cool water to remove any grit. Don’t cut the ends, but rather snap off the bottom inch or so using your fingers. The stems will naturally break where the tough woody part ends and the tender stem begins. Gently dry the spears by rolling them between two towels.
Ingredients for Garlic Roasted Asparagus
1/2 pound fresh asparagus
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
3 tablespoons minced garlic (I use preminced)
2-3 Tablespoons parmesan and romano cheese (fresh!!)
olive oil spray
How to roast asparagus
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.
Prepare the asparagus by gently snapping off the ends with your fingers. Spread out in a thin layer on top of the foil lined cookie sheet.
Spray the asparagus lightly with a coat of olive oil spray. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic, and grated parmesan and romano cheese. Gently mix the asparagus with all of the ingredients.
Make sure the asparagus is evenly spread out on your cookie sheet.
Spray with one more light coat of olive oil.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
Garlic Roasted Asparagus
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound fresh asparagus
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2-3 Tablespoons parmesan and romano cheese
- olive oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.
- Prepare asparagus by gently snapping off the ends with your fingers.
- Spread out in a thin layer on top of the foil lined cookie sheet.
- Spray the asparagus lightly with a coat of olive oil spray.
- Sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic, and grated parmesan and romano cheese.
- Use your hands to mix the asparagus with all of the ingredients.
- Make sure the asparagus is evenly spread out on your cookie sheet.
- Spray with one more light coat of olive oil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
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Becky Willis
I love asparagus too! This is one of my favorite dishes but now will be trying your recipe!
Antoinette M
I like asparagus and this recipe looks great to try!
Carolsue
This is the ONLY way to cook asparagus as far as I’m concerned! YUM
Sade Rieux
I love asparagus, but haven’t had it like this. This recipe is worth giving a try!
Derrick Johnson
I love asparagus and adding garlic to it would make this absolutely delicious!
Cynthia C
I think roasting adds so much flavor to vegetables. I do it do it all the time and they are always a hit.
shelly peterson
This asparagus looks really good. My family would love this.
Sharon Rooney
This is a recipe save for me. What a great way to cook asparagus for a crowd and in such a short period of time.
Sarah L
What’s funny about this is that I just made this. Didn’t have the cheese, but it was still very good.
Kerri Jablonski
The cheese just makes it more yummy. I love how roasting veggies brings out their sweetness.
Dana Rodriguez
We love garlic AND asparagus. I am going to give this a try!
donna porter
I love asparagus and love new recipes on different ways to prepared it. This truly sounds delicious!
Donna L
This Garlic Oven Roasted Asparagus recipe sounds and looks delicious and so easy to make!
kathy m
I just got some fresh asparagus and it is on tonight’s menu! This would go well with so many menu items and is healthy! I use a lot of fresh garlic when I cook and the cheese sounds like a really nice touch!
kathy pease
This looks so yummy and I will have to try out the recipe 🙂
Zoey
I know my mom would love this recipe. She loves asparagus.
Sandra Preti
I’m vegetarian and this looks like an awesome veggie dish! I’m going to try it this week. Thank you!
Rosie
This post made me realize we haven’t had asparagus all spring!!! Whahhhhh…. that has to change, and these asparagus look so good, I would have thought they’d get all dried out. I must try it!
Christina Gould
I love fresh asparagus and I love garlic, so I’m sure these would be a hit for me. Thanks for posting!
Kelly Kimmell
My daughter and I both love Asparagus. This looks delicious.
Cassandra D
Garlic Roasted Asparagus looks delicious.
Dana Rodriguez
We love fresh asparagus. This sounds really good so I am going to give it a try!
Thomas Gibson
Looks so delicious!
Thomas Gibson
This would go very well with grilled chicken dishes. Thank you for posting this wonderful recipe.