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Asparagus and Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce.

You can have Asparagus and Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Asparagus and Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce

1. You need 2 pounds of fresh asparagus, trimed and bottoms peeled if desired.
2. Prepare 8 ounces of fresh button mushrooms, thickly sliced.
3. You need 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
4. It's 1 tablespoon of olive oil, I used hot chili infused olive oil.
5. You need 2 tablespoon of heavy cream.
6. Prepare 2 tablespoons of chicken broth.
7. You need 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.
8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of cajun seasoning.
9. Prepare to taste of salt and pepper,.
10. It's 4 tablespoon of salted butter, cold cut into cubes.
11. It's 1 of green onion, thin sliced.

Asparagus and Mushrooms with Lemon Butter Sauce instructions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add asparagus and simmer 5 to 10 minutes depending on thickness and how tender you like your asparagus. Drain and place in serving dish.
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3. Add olive oil to a skillet and soften mushrooms and garlic, adding a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
4. Remove mushrooms and add to asparagus in serving plate.
5. In the skillet mushrooms and garlic were cooked in add chicken broth and cream, cajun seasoning and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, bring to a boil and reduce until slighty thickened about 2 minutes.
6. Stir in lemon juice, then add butter, whisking each piece in before adding the next.
7. Turn off heat heat when all of butter is added.
8. Pour sauce over asparagus and mushrooms.
9. Garnish with green onions and serve.