*Baked Asparagus Fries w/Lemon Hollandaise for Dipping*

 
This recipe came from Closet Cooking.  Another one of my favorite go to blogs!  We had Hatley over for dinner Friday night and we had this for an app, and the pasta w/steamed mussels for dinner.  Hatley made the asparagus.  She was quite the little helper :-)  And, we of course had fun on our Friday night cooking date!   

This recipe is served with a lemon hollandaise dipping sauce.  We added about 1 tsp of siracha just because I like things with an extra kick o' spice!
 
Ingredients:
1 pound asparagus, trimmed
1/2 cup flour (I used wheat)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
1/4 cup parmesan, grated
salt & pepper to taste. 

 

Directions:

Dredge the asparagus in the flour, dip them in the egg and then into a mixture of the panko breadcrumbs, parmensan, salt and pepper.

 

Place the asparagus on a wire rack on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated 425F oven until golden brown, about 7-13 minutes.

 

Lemon Hollandaise Sauce

Ingredients:

3 egg yolks

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)

Siracha hot sause to taste (optional)

salt to taste

1/2 cup butter, melted & hot

 

Directions:

Pulse the egg yolks, lemon juice, cayenne, siracha and salt in a food processor for 20-30 seconds. (I used a hand blender)

Slowly drizzle in the butter while processing until all the butter is incorporated and the hollandaise is nice, thick and creamy.