Sauteed Asparagus with Garlic Butter
Serves 4
5 mins cook
5 mins total
From start to finish, it takes just minutes to sauté asparagus to crisp-tender perfection, while preserving its beautiful bright green color. This is a fast and easy recipe for cooking sautéed asparagus — it's so good you'll want to make it on repeat! The only ingredients you'll need are a bunch of asparagus, olive oil, garlic, butter and a squeeze of fresh lemon.
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Put the olive oil in a 12-inch saute pan or skillet and place over medium-high heat. Add the asparagus and cook 3 minutes, stirring or shaking the pan frequently.
Add the water, garlic, salt and pepper. Cover the pan and cook 2 minutes — this step steams the asparagus, cooking it from the inside out.
Uncover the pan and add the butter, swirling the pan until it melts.
Transfer the asparagus to a serving platter — be sure to scrape out all the buttery pan juices. Squeeze the lemon wedges over the platter and serve.
