This Roasted Shrimp and Asparagus is a quick one sheet pan meal that can be made in about 20 minutes and is tasty and healthy!
Whew. How was your weekend? I realize it’s Wednesday and you are already looking forward to the NEXT weekend, but cut me a little slack here. I mentioned in my last post that I was heading to Portland last weekend. I went down for a food blogger conference/photography workshop/birthday extravaganza. If you follow along on snapchat or instagram, you may have noticed that it was packed with activities. And eating and drinking and MORE eating and drinking. Totally worth it but the combination of conference brain overload and food coma gave me the need for a few days of recovery time.
Even though I would have liked to spend a few days lounging around in recovery mode (who wouldn’t?), this blog does not run itself. I had emails to respond to, comments to answer, and oh yeah, food to cook and photograph! It is kind of hard to skip making dinner when cooking is the main part of your job.
Luckily I was already planning on sharing this easy one pan dinner with you. If you are a regular reader of this site you know that I love easy, flavorful dinners. I also love that this is lighter in the calorie department, especially after a weekend of indulging! I was able to throw this together in 20 minutes. This was based on a dinner I make ALL THE TIME in my house, the roasted shrimp and broccoli from The Amateur Gourmet. If you have ever spent ANY time on pinterest, I’m sure you are familiar with this recipe. It has been an old standard in my house for years. Last week I needed a quick and easy dinner and I had shrimp and asparagus, so this dinner was born. And asparagus cooks even faster than broccoli, so that makes this dinner even faster.
I love that this Roasted Shrimp and Asparagus is a one pan dinner and cooks in twenty minutes!
You can serve it on its own, but I like to serve it with rice. Depending on what kind you use, cooking the rice might take longer than cooking the rest of dinner! If you are one of those smart people that makes a big pot of rice at the beginning of the week you can just heat that up and you have made dinner appear like a magician. Look at you, winning at life.
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Roasted Shrimp and Asparagus
Ingredients
- 1 pound raw shrimp I like 21-25 count size
- 1 pound asparagus
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- Parmesan cheese for topping about 1 ounce
- zest of one lemon
- kosher salt
- pepper
- red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F
- Remove woody ends of asparagus by bending each stalk until the end snaps off.
- Arrange asparagus on a baking sheet, drizzle olive oil (1-2 tablespoons), season with salt, pepper and a pinch of red pepper flakes.
- Roast for 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, toss the shrimp with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, lemon zest, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Allow to marinade while asparagus is roasting.
- After asparagus is cooked but not quite done (10-15 minutes usually), carefully add the shrimp to the pan, arranging around the asparagus.
- Roast for about 5 more minutes, until shrimp are pink and cooked through.
- Remove from oven and top with freshly grated parmesan.
Adapted from The Amateur Gourmet
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Sandee says
Excellent and so so easy. I did add some sliced peppers that I needed to use and a sprinkle of Old Bay seasoning to shrimp.
Thanks for the recipe.
Meghan says
I’m so happy you loved it!
E.A. says
This sounds so good and I’ll definitely be trying it! Thank you😍
Laura says
The shrimp do you thaw them first or just use them frozen?
Meghan says
Hi Laura – I thaw them first. I just put them in a colander and run them under cold water for a few minutes, they thaw out very quickly.
Sarah says
Fast, healthy, AND delicious – everything I like in a meal all packed into one pan! Love it. Glad you had a nice birthday – sounds like it was a good one!
Meghan says
Thanks Sarah! That is my favorite kind of meal too 🙂
My Dish is Bomb says
I’ve actually never roasted shrimp before, I always fry it up in a pan. Or dip it in fondue. I’d love to try this, I’m always down for a quick and easy meal. Sounds like your conference was a ton of fun, I loved the snaps!
Meghan says
Thanks so much Katy! Roasting is such a quick and easy way to cook them, although I do pan fry them sometimes too.
Lynn | The Road to Honey says
Wow! It sounds like you had quite the busy week. . .so it is a good that you took a couple of days to re-coup. It’s always important to sneak in some R&R wherever possible. And this dish. . . what a lovely way to get back into the swing of things with. You can never go wrong with roasted shrimp. I really need to start adding more into my diet.
Meghan says
Thank you Lynn! I find myself relying on shrimp quite a bit lately!
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
This sounds amazing Meghan! Roasted shrimp and asparagus would make an ah-mazing meal combo. Perfect for weeknight dinner.
Meghan says
Thank you Anu!
Jenerra Loken says
You had me at “one pan” and “asparagus”! This looks amazing and simple which is right up my alley. Do you think it would be too bland without the red pepper flakes? I’m a bit of a spice wuss (growing up, black pepper was the only “spice” we had) but I wouldn’t want to sacrifice too much flavor.
Meghan says
Jenerra – I really like the red pepper flakes (if you don’t like spicy things, just use a dash!) but if you don’t like any spice at all they are optional! I would suggest using some black pepper in their place 🙂 Thanks so much for your question, let me know how they turn out!
Megan @ Meg is Well says
Shrimp and asparagus are the best fast meal combo. I really can’t think of another one that’s better and this looks delicious! I’m super impressed you were able to post after a pack filled weekend! Whenever I get back from travel I need a vacation from my vacation otherwise I’m a zombie.
Meghan says
Meg – I TOTALLY needed a vacation from my vacation! I mean, it was sort of a partially working vacation, but still. But I can’t stand to be away from the blog for too long, so I had to get back at it!
Dawn at Girl Heart Food says
Totally laughed at ‘look-at-you-winning-at-life’ comment. Love quick, healthy and easy weeknight dinners like this one. The parm and chili flakes are a lovely touch, right up my alley for sure. Glad you had a great time in Portland. Nice to get away every now and then. And when you’re someone new, you HAVE to eat and drink ’cause that’s a big part of the fun, isn’t it, lol 😉 Pinning this one 🙂
Meghan says
Thanks so much for pinning Dawn! Haha, yes, eating and drinking while travelling just go together.
Jessica @ Sweetest Menu says
One sheet meals are the best! This looks delicious and so good for you! I bet you had a ball at the conference, love to go one day! 🙂
Meghan says
Thank you Jessica! Yes, it was wonderful, I do hope you get to attend one soon too!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop says
Lucky you….what a fun, inspiring weekend! I love what you’ve done with this shrimp and asparagus! Perfectly yummy!
Meghan says
Thank you Kathy! It sure was a great weekend!
Melanie @ Melanie Cooks says
I love roasted asparagus, I make it quite often! What a genius idea of throwing the shrimp in the oven alongside asparagus at the end!
Meghan says
Thanks so much Melanie! Roasting is the way to go!
E.A. says
Thank you for helping me figure out a do-able dinner after a physically intense day!
This looks Scrumpdeliouse!
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Meghan says
Yay! Hope you love it!