I have a newfound love of sugar snap peas, especially since I have a local source for the stringless version (read: serious time-saver).
Great for snacking when raw, these peas taste even sweeter when they've been blanched, and once cooked they work well with all sorts of dressings. Tossing sugar snap peas in a wasabi dressing is my new replacement for an old favorite snack of mine: dried wasabi peas. Since the dried wasabi peas offer a big taste, but no real nutritional value, this fresh version is a healthy alternative.
To see my recipe, read more.
Inspired by About: Japanese Food
Ingredients
Half pound of stringless sugar snap peas, washed and trimmed if need be
1/2 teaspoon low sodium soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon wasabi (Japanese horseradish) paste
1 1/2 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
Directions
- Bring medium size pot of water to boil, and cook snap peas for one minute to blanch. Stop the cooking process by running bean under cold water.
- Mix soy sauce and vinegar in a medium sized bowl. Add sugar and stir until it dissolves. Whisk in sesame oil and wasabi paste.
- Add cooked and cooled snap peas into dressing bowl and mix well.
- Serve immediately
Serves 2
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Kit Heath
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L'Wren Scott
That sounds really good. If anyone's looking for a main course with sugar snap peas, I tried this one two nights ago: http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/fasteasyfresh/2009/07/linguine_with_s...
It was so good!
1I LOVE sugar snap peas. I always snack on them at work...
2Oh yums. I might make this tonight! Sugar snap peas are some of my favorite snackaroos.
3Thanks for the great recipe! I'll be making this soon.
4I made this tonight and it was super tasty. A word of advice: the sauce is very liquid, and I had to cut up the peas in order to get the flavor through the whole dish. Another option I think, would be to reduce the rice wine vinegar to make the sauce a bit thicker. In any event, it was tasty and easy to make - I recommend it!
5Oooh yum! I love sugar snap peas and wasabi. This would be an easy appetizer for a dinner party.
6I made this a few days ago, it was very tasty!
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