The best sauce for asparagus? This creamy lemon yogurt sauce that infuses a zing into every bite! Take it over the top with chopped hard-boiled eggs.

Grilled Asparagus with Lemon Yogurt Sauce

Indiana asparagus has finally arrived! Just when it seemed like winter would never give up its blustery ways, local asparagus arrived at the produce stand just two blocks from our home. We rushed over and got some that same night. Nothing makes you want to eat seasonally like the year’s first real produce! Here’s the very best sauce for asparagus will make your taste buds sing with its tart and fresh flavors. You can easily whip up the yogurt sauce while the asparagus is pan roasting. Here’s how to do both!

How to make the best sauce for asparagus

Because recipe is so simple, it’s important that you buy the best quality ingredients that you can. Buy your asparagus when it’s in season for the best flavor, and get it from your local farmers market if possible. Farmers market veggies are picked when the produce is fully ripe, whereas supermarkets often pick fruit and vegetables before they’re ripe to account for shipping time. Meaning, store-bought produce isn’t always the best! So choose wisely.

What are the ingredients in the best sauce for asparagus? Here’s what you’ll need:

Full-fat, plain Greek yogurt is the best choice for this sauce, as it has the most flavor and makes for a super creamy sauce.
Lemon juice gives the sauce a tang: only use fresh lemon juice squeezed from a lemon! The bottled lemon juice doesn’t hold a candle to the real thing.
Lemon zest: If you prefer your yogurt sauce ultra lemony, add a little lemon zest into the mixture (you don’t want to add extra lemon juice, otherwise the sauce will be too thin).
Fresh chopped parsley: Don’t skip it! It adds a subtle freshness to this dish and complements the lemon juice beautifully. If you’re in a pinch, you can use dried parsley, but it won’t have the same flavor.

How to pan roast asparagus

An indoor grill pan works perfectly for pan-roasting asparagus to go with this sauce. You can also use a cast iron skillet. It results in tender asparagus that has lovely char marks. This recipe uses no oil, so there will be very little for you to clean up afterwards! Here’s how to do it:

Chop off the tough bottom ends of the asparagus.
Place the asparagus spears in a dry grill pan or cast iron skillet and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
To get grill marks on your asparagus, flip them only once using tongs during the cooking process. If you’re worried about burning the asparagus, gently lift up one of the spears to see how it looks underneath. If it looks nicely browned, it’s probably time to flip them all over.

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This sauce for asparagus recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free.