American

Grilled Asparagus

Name: Grilled Asparagus
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5 lb asparagus; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 1 lemon

Dan @danmakesdinner

Grilled Asparagus is American home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Diabetic friendly Low carb High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Halal Pescatarian Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 lb asparagus
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 lemon

How to cook it

Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high and trim the woody ends from the asparagus.
Toss the asparagus with the olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Grill, turning occasionally, until tender-crisp and lightly charred, about 6 minutes.
Squeeze the lemon over the top and serve hot.

Watch how to cook Grilled Asparagus

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

How to Make Perfect Grilled Asparagus | The Stay At Home Chef Play the video

Serve it with

A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Grilled Asparagus, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
  
  45 min
What it is eaten with
- Baked Potato
  
  60 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Grilled Asparagus carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Grilled Asparagus
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 100 kcal
Protein: 3 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 7 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 300 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Grilled Asparagus takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in spring, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.