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Simple and quick this Oven Roasted Asparagus Recipe is the perfect vegetable side dish! Easily prepared while your main dish is cooking.
Grab three ingredients and find 15 minutes while making dinner to make this amazingly simple yet delicious side dish. It’s perfect for any meal because with this roasted asparagus recipe you can customize it to your liking! Roasted Asparagus is so easy to make, why not add it to your dinner?
Roasted Asparagus Recipe
You’ll only need three ingredients to make perfect roasted asparagus. Then once you get the base right, you can add whatever seasonings you’d like to customize this side dish to your main course.
- Asparagus – of course, you’ll need asparagus to make this roasted asparagus recipe. Try to look for a bunch with similar thickness throughout.
- Olive Oil – this should evenly coat the asparagus stalks to roast correctly.
- Salt and Pepper – to taste! If you like it saltier, add some more salt.
How to Roast Asparagus
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Wash asparagus and dry in a clean kitchen towel. Snap woody ends off of each piece. (If you try to bend it close to the ends, it will naturally break.)
- Place whole asparagus spears onto a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Spread to create one even layer on the baking sheet and bake 10-15 minutes or until browned to your liking.
- Remove from oven and serve hot.
How Long to Roast Asparagus
It really depends. If you have very skinny asparagus, this might only take 5-10 minutes. If your asparagus is thicker, this will be 10-15 minutes. So try to find a bunch that has around the same thickness throughout.
Oven Roasted Asparagus Variations
So now that you have this very simple roasted asparagus recipe down, you can now customize it to fit your dinner. Here are some seasoning ideas that you could implement right before baking.
Lemon Zest and/or Juice – for a fresh taste!
Parmesan Cheese – for Italian dinners. Lightly sprinkle.
Red Pepper Flakes – for a bit of spice!
Balsamic Vinegar – for a sweet-tart flavor.
Garlic – who doesn’t love more garlic!
Or for more recipes using asparagus, check these out: Easy Quiche Recipe with Chicken Sausage & Asparagus, Avocado and Asparagus Egg Sandwiches, and Warm Asparagus and Brussels Sprouts Salad.
More Side Dishes!
- Roasted Cauliflower Recipe
- Maple Glazed Carrots
- Green Bean Casserole
- Grandma’s Cauliflower
- Sweet & Spicy Acorn Squash
- Buttery Corn Casserole
- Roasted Brussel Sprouts
- Scalloped Potatoes
Roasted Asparagus
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Wash asparagus and dry in a clean kitchen towel. Snap woody ends off of each piece. (If you try to bend it close to the ends, it will naturally break.)
- Place whole asparagus spears onto a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Spread to create one even layer on the baking sheet and bake 10-15 minutes or until browned to your liking. (If you have very skinny asparagus, this might only take 5-10 minutes. If your asparagus is thicker, this will be 10-15 minutes.)
- Remove from oven and serve hot.
We make this roasted asparagus recipe all the time! It’s so easy and the asparagus come out perfect every time.
Oh so delicious! Perfect side dish for any meal. I really never knew how to cook asparagus to make it taste delicious. But I must say this recipe did the trick! I grow my own so I was looking for new recipes and I highly recommend trying to grow your own.
Made this awesome side dish with garlic and olive oil…SO GOOD!!! WE 💙 it with roasted pork chops!!!
I love asparagus so I can’t wait to try your recipe with the lemon!
This looks great, I’ve been trying to get asparagus right. Not over or under done.
I love roasted asparagus, and I’m definitely going to try one of your customizations!
Hi Lauren,
Can’t wait to try this recipe! I was just at our local grocery store and asparagus was on sale! I usually cook asparagus on the stove – but this sounds so easy!! I don’t really like to cook much ( cuz I’m not that great at it!) I like to bake though😂 Thanks for having such clear directions on your recipes.
I love this asparagus recipe ❤️
wow – quick and easy! I am going to try this recipe. I am the only one who eats asparagus in the house – my favorite veggie! I made quite a bit of your recipes – love the pizza dough one!
Yassss love asparagus so much. My family requests it every meal. This is my fav way to make with parm cheese!!
What a quick and easy way to prepare asparagus! MY family loves it during the spring and can’t wait to have more once they are in season again.
Delicious.
My family love this recipe. So easy and quick on a busy day.
Love this recipe……even managed to get the veggie phobes in my house to eat it!!😂
I love my asparagus prepared this way. Before I found this recipe, asparagus was always a fail in my house! Thank you Lauren!
Love this recipe! I added lemon juice and zest, it was delicious. Even our 4 year old loved it!!
Love this recipe! I added lemon and the the zest.. so good. Even my 4 year old loved it!
This side dish, is our family’s fave! And healthy as well😉😉😉
hmm yummy asparagus, my all children like this and want to make more.
such an amazing and delicious dish and also made it easily.
Yummy recipe! I subscribe. ..
I love roasted asparagus!! looks like the perfect make ahead breakfast!
This is exactly how I make my asparagus!! I usually had a little garlic powder and red pepper flakes to the mix too. SO good.