How to Cook Tasty Asparagus topped with Garlic, Bacon and Blue Cheese

Asparagus topped with Garlic, Bacon and Blue Cheese.

You can have Asparagus topped with Garlic, Bacon and Blue Cheese using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Asparagus topped with Garlic, Bacon and Blue Cheese

1. You need 1 bunch of asparagus (I chop mine into bite size before cooking).
2. It's 5 slices of bacon cooked and crumbled.
3. Prepare 6 of garlic cloves, minced.
4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of butter.
5. Prepare 5 oz of Blue cheese crumbles.

Asparagus topped with Garlic, Bacon and Blue Cheese step by step

1. Crisp the bacon. Remove from pan and set aside. At this point, you should crumble the bacon unless you cut the bacon into cubes prior to cooking opposed to cooking in strips..
2. Drain bacon grease, but reserve some of the grease (not too much) for the garlic..
3. Add 1 tablespoon of butter and minced garlic into the pan with the reserved bacon grease. Saute garlic until it's slightly brown..
4. Remove the garlic and set aside..
5. Now add the asparagus to the pan and coat with the garlic butter leftover in the pan..
6. Add the remaining tablespoon of butter, cover asparagus and cook on medium low heat. Stir occasionally and keep covered..
7. Once asparagus is done (about 10 minutes), turn off stovetop. In this order, top with the garlic, bacon and blue cheese..
8. Cover for another 2 minutes and serve. Goes great with steak and chicken..