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Garlic Shrimp + Asparagus

An elegant dinner in 12 minutes: garlic butter shrimp in the top zone, tender asparagus in the bottom. Smart Finish times them perfectly — the fastest dual-zone meal in this cookbook.

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📋 Prep: 8 min 🔥 Cook: 10 min ⏱️ Total: 20 min 🍽️ Serves: 2 📊 Easy
Cooking Parameters
TOP OVEN • Zone 1
8 MIN8 MIN400°F—DUAL ZONETOP OVENPREPCOOKTEMPREST
LOWER OVEN • Zone 2
8 MIN10 MIN380°F—DUAL ZONELOWER OVENPREPCOOKTEMPREST
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What You'll Need
Dish & pan requirements for your Ninja Double Stack XL
Zone 1 • Upper Rack
Air Fry Basket
Size: air fry basket
✅ Fits perfectly
Zone 2 • Lower Rack
11×7 Pan
Size: 11×7
✅ Fits perfectly
✅ Guaranteed Fit — Max dish size per rack: 12"W × 11.5"D × 4"H. All our recipes use dishes that actually fit your Ninja Double Stack XL DCT401.
💡 Top oven (zone1): air fry basket for shrimp. Bottom oven (zone2): 11×7 pan for asparagus. Shrimp cook very fast — Smart Finish delays them to finish with the asparagus.
low-carb keto gluten-free high-protein
🥘 Ingredients
Zone 1 - Shrimp
  • 12 oz large shrimp (peeled, deveined)
  • 3 tbsp butter (melted)
  • 3 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Zone 2 - Asparagus
  • 1 bunch asparagus (ends trimmed)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Garnish
  • lemon wedges (for serving)
  • Parmesan (shaved, for garnish)
📝 Instructions
  1. Pat shrimp dry. In a bowl, toss with melted butter, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Shared 💡 Butter must be melted and liquid so it coats every shrimp.
  2. Trim woody ends from asparagus. Toss with olive oil and salt and arrange in the 11×7 pan. Shared 💡 Bend each spear until it snaps naturally — that is where the woody part ends.
  3. Preheat zone1 at 400°F and zone2 at 380°F for 3 minutes. Shared 💡 Shrimp want high heat; asparagus wants slightly lower to avoid burning the tips.
  4. Set zone2 at 380°F for 10 min (asparagus). Set zone1 at 400°F for 8 min (shrimp). Enable Smart Finish. Shared 💡 Smart Finish delays shrimp by 2 minutes — they will finish together perfectly.
  5. Start cooking. When zone1 alert sounds, place shrimp in the basket in a single layer. Shared 💡 Pour any remaining garlic butter over the shrimp in the basket.
  6. When Smart Finish signals done, shrimp should be pink and C-shaped. Asparagus should be tender with slight char. Shared 💡 If asparagus is thicker than pencil-width, add 2 minutes to zone2 time.
  7. Plate together. Squeeze lemon over everything and top with shaved Parmesan. Shared 💡 Shaving Parmesan with a vegetable peeler creates elegant curls.
💡 Ninja Tips

This is the fastest dual-zone meal — under 15 minutes total. Thin asparagus (pencil-width) is best for air frying. Thick stalks stay tough. The garlic butter from the shrimp drips down — place asparagus below to catch the flavor.

Scaling: To double: cook in two batches. Shrimp must be in a single layer. To halve: 6 oz shrimp, 1/2 bunch asparagus.

Servings: 1
Scale:
📊 Nutrition (per serving)
Calories340 cal
Protein32g g
Carbohydrates8g g
Total Fat20g g
Dietary Fiber3g g
Sugars2g g
Sodium520mg mg
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