Cooking Asparagus In A Skillet

Skillet Shrimp and Asparagus

Skillet Shrimp and Asparagus, only use one pan! Quick, easy, and delicious, perfect for a midweek meal.

Elise Bauer

Hello friends! I know many of you come here looking for something you can quickly and easily make, and tastes great. Something perhaps for a weeknight dinner when you have maybe only 30 minutes to cook, and even less to clean up afterwards?

Here's a shrimp and asparagus skillet recipe that scores high on all points. It only takes half an hour start to finish, and only uses one pan. And the taste? Wow! I was really surprised by this one.

First you sauté onions and garlic, then add diced new potatoes with a little water, cover and let cook for a few minutes until the potatoes are almost cooked through. Then you add asparagus, cook a minute more, then shrimp with some lemon juice and zest.

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The juices from everything cooking create the most lovely glaze. You have protein from the shrimp, green vegetable from the asparagus, and starch from the potatoes making a complete one pot meal.

If you wanted to, you could skip the potatoes and toss the shrimp and asparagus sauté in with pasta. You could also spice it up a bit with some chili pepper flakes. Enjoy!

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium onion, quartered, thinly sliced (about 1 1/2 cups)
4 cloves garlic, minced (about 4 teaspoons)
1/2 pound small red skinned new potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices or small dice
Salt (to taste)
Pinch of black pepper
1/2 cup water
3/4 pound of asparagus, woody ends discarded, spears thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 pound peeled and deveined shrimp (can leave tails on for presentation if you want), 16-20 count
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced chives or green onion greens

Sauté onions and garlic:

Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet on medium high heat. Add the sliced onions and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic, cook a minute more.

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Add potatoes, water, cover and cook:

Add the potatoes and 1/2 cup water. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, until the potatoes are almost cooked through.

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Add asparagus:

Add the thinly sliced asparagus, toss with the potato mixture, cover and cook for one minute.

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Add the shrimp, lemon juice, lemon zest, chives:

Add the shrimp, lemon juice, lemon zest, and chives. Toss and cover and cook until shrimp is just cooked through, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add more salt or pepper to taste.

Elise Bauer

Elise Bauer