Name: Easy Keto Asiago Asparagus Fries in the Air Fryer (3 ingredients)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb asparagus spears, fresh; 2 oz asiago cheese; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise

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These easy keto asiago asparagus fries only need 3 ingredients and you can make them in the air fryer! They are great as a low carb side dish or add an aioli and make them as an appetizer or even a snack! As a keto vegetable side dish this is one to try! Only 2.2g net carbs and 86 calories in 1 serving.

You might also like these low carb lemon parmesan roasted asparagus recipe!

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It’s spring and for me that means asparagus season! This is one of the rare vegetables my whole family enjoys so I buy it often but I feel like it tastes better in the spring. That’s just me. So today I decided to use my air fryer recipe and make these easy keto asiago asparagus fries.

They only require 3 ingredients and I bet you can guess at least 2 of them right? You can eat this as a low carb side dish or even as a keto snack or appetizer. This batch of asparagus made 4 servings and each serving has only 86 calories and 2.2g net carbs.

white plates with keto asiago asparagus fries on a green tea towel and a microplane with a block of cheese — These asiago asparagus fries make a nice low carb side dish or appetizer

The 3 Ingredients For Asparagus Fries

Usually when I’m making some type “fry” in the air fryer I use pork rinds. And that is something that you could also use in this recipe but today I just used 3 ingredients and they were the asparagus, mayo and asiago cheese.

You can see that that I bought a wedge of asiago cheese. I’m starting to realize that cheese tastes so much better when you shred it yourself.

ingredients to make asparagus fries: raw asparagus, mayo and asiago cheese

Why You Should Grate Your Own Cheese

If you look at a bag of shredded cheese you will see that it has more than just cheese in the ingredients. Sometimes you see cellulose or different kinds of starches and they are to help the cheese from clumping together.

Besides the fact that you are ingesting another unnecessary ingredient, it also takes away from the flavor. You will find that when you shred your own, it tastes better – more flavorful.

Also I like to use a microplane like the one below. The shred you get is so fine, it just melts in your recipes and you actually use less because of the fine cut. This isn’t always so easy with softer cheeses but for parmesan and asiago, a microplane grater is the way to go.

blue cutting board with a microplane, a block of asiago and shredded cheese — The microplane makes a very fine shredded cheese that seems to melt into any recipe you use it for. Also you can use less cheese.

Let’s Make Those Air Fryer Keto Asparagus Fries

This is super easy as most of my recipes are. Start by cleaning and trimming your asparagus spears and then towel them dry. You want them dry so the mayo will cling to them.

Cut the spears in half and the place them in a big bowl with the mayonnaise. Mix them around so they are fully coated.

clear glass bowl with raw asparagus fries coated in mayo and asiago cheese

Next add the asiago cheese (preferably hand grated) and mix once more to get the asparagus nice and coated.

Spray your air fryer basket or trays with cooking spray to keep them from sticking. Lay the asparagus fries out on the trays and bake.

How Long To Cook Asparagus In An Air Fryer

Cook your asiago asparagus fries for 10 minutes at 380°F in your air fryer. It might take a little less or a little longer depnding on the size of your asparagus. Below you can see the size of mine and they took 10 minutes.

2 wire air fryer racks with raw aspsragus fries read to bake — Try not to crowd the asparagus too much and also to spray the air fryer racks first.

How To Eat As An Appetizer Or Keto Snack

We ate these as a side dish but you could also eat this asparagus as a keto appetizer or snack. If taking to a party, try a flavored aioli dip to dip them in. I have a steamed asparagus & green goddess dip recipe that you could just use the dip.

Also this is a dish I could easily eat for a low carb lunch or as I said a snack. They don’t need a dip but I like them so I would probably eat them with this garlic aioli dip.

close up of a white plate with low carb asiago asparagus fries and another plate in the background — The time for air frying asparagus will be dependent on how big your asparagus stalks are.

Try This Recipe With These Easy Low Carb Main Dishes

Because this is such an easy side dish, it would be great with a meaty main dish like kebabs, steaks, burgers or even a skillet dinner. These would be three dishes that would go great with this asparagus fries.

white plate with a few asparagus fries with shredded asiago on top — You can add more cheese sprinkled on top after then come out of the air fryer

If you are still playing around with your new air fryer, try these low carb asiago asparagus fries. They will be especially good this time of year when asparagus are in season. It’s such an easy low carb side dish but don’t count it out as an appetizer though. The nutritional information 1 serving is:

86 cals / 6.5g fat / 4.3g carbs / 2.1g fiber / 3.8g protein = 2.2g net carbs