Looking for a side dish recipe that’s as tasty as it is healthy? These asparagus fries are breaded with parmesan-y almond crumbs and baked for a few minutes to make crispy on the outside, tender on the inside veggie fries!
One of our favorite ways to make asparagus is traditional roasted asparagus in the oven. But you really must try these asparagus fries as well!
Almond and Parmesan Crusted Asparagus Fries
The fun things about exploring a new ingredient every other week is that I can really figure out funky, out of the ordinary ways of using foods. And one of my favorite discoveries was that of using almonds as a breading in the form of these crispy Almond Tofu Nuggets. You basically just grind almonds into a coarse crumb using a food processor, then mix them with some spices (like smoked paprika, salt, and pepper!) Then you’ll just use them in place of bread crumbs when breading things for a low carb yet way delicious alternative.
Ingredients
Fries
1 cup almonds
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
½ tsp salt
½ tsp paprika
¼ tsp black pepper
½ cup flour
2 large eggs whisked
1 lb asparagus
Yogurt Dip
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup cream cheese
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 Tbsp chopped chives
- ½ tsp lemon
- Pinch salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.In a food processor, pulse almonds until they become coarse crumbs. Mix in the grated parmesan, salt, paprika, and pepper.Prepare your workspace by putting the flour, eggs, and almond mixture in three separate large shallow dishes.Trim the tough bottoms off of your asparagus. Roll each in flour, then dip and coat in the eggs, and coat with almond crumbs.Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until asparagus are tender when pierced with a fork.While asparagus cook, combine all yogurt dip ingredients.
