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Large cream plate with cooked asparagus and lemon slices.
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How To Microwave Asparagus

Yield 4 Servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Tender asparagus is a healthy and delicious side dish. Cooking it in the microwave is an easy way to take raw asparagus and cook it to perfection for any meal in a pinch. Here’s how you can use your microwave oven to get that asparagus ready for dinner tonight!
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Ingredients 
 

  • 1 bunch of asparagus, roughly 1 pound or 450 grams
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 small lemon, sliced
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon Himalayan salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions 

  • Wash the asparagus well. (No need to dry them afterward. A little water is a benefit.)
  • Cut the bottoms of the asparagus spears off. You can do this with a knife by cutting off the woody part at the end. (This usually entails cutting off about 2 inches (or 5 centimeters.))
  • Lay the prepped asparagus out on a microwave-safe dinner plate. (A microwave-safe bowl, microwave-safe baking dish, or another microwave-safe dish will work too.) (For a different method, you can use your hands. Hold the bottom of the asparagus spear in your right hand between your thumb and index finger. Then hold the top half in your left hand. Bend the asparagus stalk until the woody ends break off. (It will naturally break the woody part off this way.) Repeat this until all the asparagus has been processed.) 
  • Add a tablespoon of water to the plate, lemon slices, and minced garlic. Then cover it with an upside-down dinner plate.
  • Place in the microwave and cook for about 3-minutes. For very thin asparagus, cooking it for 2-minutes might be more appropriate. Whereas, for thicker asparagus, cooking it for closer to 5-minutes may be necessary. (If your desired softness isn’t reached after this allotted cooking time, continue cooking asparagus in 30-second to 1-minute increments.) 
  • Use oven mitts! Remove the cooked asparagus from the microwave.
  • Remove the top plate, being careful to avoid the hot steam underneath.
  • Drizzle avocado oil over the asparagus and sprinkle the salt and pepper on top.

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Notes

Please read through the above blog post for helpful tips and tricks!

Nutrition

Calories: 31kcal, Carbohydrates: 0.1g, Protein: 0.01g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 0.4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 146mg, Potassium: 2mg, Fiber: 0.03g, Vitamin A: 1IU, Calcium: 1mg, Iron: 0.01mg
Author Rae Aflatooni
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American