What can be better than roasting asparagus with garlic and cheese? This is a delicious cheesy asparagus recipe that even the pickiest eaters will love. With just a few simple ingredients you can make this roasted asparagus and have it on the table in no time. Serve this as a side to lemon butter chicken or juicy boneless pork chops for a complete meal everyone will love.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Roasting asparagus is one of the best ways to prepare asparagus. The roasting process helps crisp up and caramelize the asparagus and it really brings out the natural flavors of the asparagus beautifully.
The other parts of this recipe, the cheese and garlic are the extra little touch that makes everyday asparagus a little more special. It is my favorite way to prepare this Spring vegetable and I make this every opportunity I get.
You can also make this into a ravioli and asparagus pasta for a quick complete meal.
What You Will Need
This roasted asparagus has very few ingredients. Here is what you will need (full recipe below):
- Fresh asparagus. You will need fresh asparagus for this recipe.
- Parmesan Cheese. Try to find the real deal, Parmigiano Reggiano. You can also use cheddar or any good melting cheese if you prefer. I make this cheesy asparagus with whatever I have on hand.
- Garlic Powder. I prefer working with garlic powder when roasting vegetables because I find that diced garlic just burns during the roasting process.
- Kosher Salt. For flavor
- Olive Oil.
- Red pepper flakes (optional).
How to Make Cheesy Garlic Asparagus
- Add the asparagus to a sheet pan: I like to keep things as simple as possible and add my asparagus to a sheet pan.
- Drizzle Olive Oil: Once I do this I just use my hands and roll the asparagus back and forth on the sheet pan to make sure everything is incorporated evenly over the asparagus.
- Add Seasoning: This is the garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and kosher salt.
- Bake: You want to bake the asparagus without the cheese to roast it nicely.
- Sprinkle on the Parmesan cheese: The cheese portion of this roasted asparagus recipe is added on during the last minute or so of cooking. Once you add the grated Parmesan to the roasted asparagus, it will melt really fast and add the most delicious outer layer of flavor to the asparagus.
Tip
To make cleanup really easy, line your baking sheet with aluminum foil. When you are done, just discard the foil. You won't have to scrape off the melted cheese on the pan.
Storing
This easy cheesy asparagus with garlic makes great leftovers. To store, allow it to cool then place in an air-tight container in the fridge.
To reheat, just place the asparagus on a sheet pan in a 350-preheated oven for 5 minutes or until heated through.
Serving Suggestions
If. you are looking for ideas on what to serve with this cheesy garlic roasted asparagus, here are some ideas:
- Juicy Pork Chops
- Lemon Butter Chicken
- Chicken Saltimbocca
- Pasta Genovese
- Chicken with Tarragon
- Cast Iron Chicken Breast
More roasted vegetables
If you love this parmesan roasted asparagus, you may also like these:
Cheesy Garlic Roasted Asparagus
Equipment
- 1 sheet pan
Ingredients
- 1 bunch of fresh asparagus cleaned and bottom inch cut and discarded
- ½ cup Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional. Will not be spicy
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees
- Grab a large sheet pan.
- Add cleaned and trimmed asparagus to the sheet pan.1 bunch of fresh asparagus
- Now drizzle olive oil over the asparagus.2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- Add red pepper flakes, garlic and salt.½ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- With your hands, roll the asparagus back and forth on the sheet pan to get the asparagus nice and coated with the olive oil and spices.
- Place in the pre-heated oven for 10-15 minutes or until the asparagus is starting to brown and crisp up at the edges.
- Remove asparagus from the oven and sprinkle evenly with the Parmesan.
- Place back in the oven for 1 minute to melt the Parmesan.½ cup Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- After one minute, remove the asparagus from the oven and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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