Roasted Asparagus is one of our favorite ways to enjoy asparagus season! Roasting brings out the best flavor, adds a phenomenal crisp and it’s a mess free option. We love roasting asparagus with lots of butter, simple seasoning and some parmesan cheese–SO GOOD! This will be your favorite side dish for brunch, dinner or your best lunch!
There are so many variations on seasoning your asparagus for roasting. We have fallen in love with this butter parmesan herb combo and can’t urge you enough to try it!
Why Roasted Asparagus?
- Roasting your asparagus brings out so much flavor into the veggies!
- It’s a great way of cooking which preserves the maximum nutrients of the veggies.
- Your oven will do the work while you can do something else instead of watching it.
- Clean up is a breeze–especially if you use parchment or foil to roast the asparagus.
- It’s super versatile in terms of how you spice, season and flavor the asparagus.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Since we’re making a buttery parmesan seasoning today, here’s what you’ll need:
- Asparagus. Seasonal fresh and crisp, see below on how to trim it.
- Salt and pepper. Basic seasoning to bring out the flavor.
- Butter. We use unsalted butter, you may likewise use olive oil or salted butter or even ghee.
- Parmesan cheese. This is our choice for flavor, which you may skip but we highly recommend.
- Fresh herbs and chilli flakes. Also optional –we used fresh thyme leaves and chilli flakes to season the parmesan cheese.
How to Roast Asparagus
Prep Asparagus
- The very first step is to trim the ends of the asparagus. As tender as this veggies is, the ends can be woody and tough, so they should be trimmed. To do so, line up the asparagus on a board. Take one and hold it from both edges, then gently fold it over. You will see a point where it snaps.
- Line up the snapped piece next to the remaining ones and use a sharp knife to trim them to that same length.
Toni
This is so perfect! Such an easy side dish that goes with almost anything!
Tara
Oooh, such a fantastic and easy way to enjoy asparagus! I love all the recipe notes to help make it perfect.
TAYLER ROSS
I made this asparagus with dinner last night and it was fantastic! I added the chili flakes and they were a great addition!
Toni
This is absolutely a great way to enjoy asparagus! It is so good!
Ned
The addition of the parm put this over the top. My goodness this was tasty! Thank you for the recipe!