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Easy and Quick Roasted Asparagus

This easy and quick roasted asparagus in the oven is delicious and full of flavor. In minutes, you have a healthy and delicious side dish on the table.

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Easy and Quick Roasted Asparagus

Why it works: Asparagus and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,096 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Easy and Quick Roasted Asparagus

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

146Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs