Sugar Snap Peas

by Sabrina Snyder

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4 servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
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Sugar Snap Peas are crunchy, fresh, and easy to cook perfectly every time with this simple, 5-ingredient, stovetop cooking method.

This quick vegetable recipe makes a healthy and tasty dinner side. Try Sautéed Green Beans, Parmesan Brussels Sprouts, and Glazed Carrots for more amazing and nutritional Side Dishes. 

Sabrina’s Sugar Snap Peas Recipe

Sugar Snap Peas are the perfect crispy, lightly sweet, and fresh-tasting vegetable that you can prepare in a flash. Start with a quick blanch. Then, sauté, the peas in melted butter and garlic cloves create a wonderfully rich, bold, and aromatic flavor. The veggies are crisp, and nutritious, sure to add a delightful taste to your next dinner.

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Sugar Snap Peas

Sugar Snap Peas are crunchy, fresh, and easy to cook perfectly every time with this simple, 5-ingredient, stovetop cooking method.
Yield 4 servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 pound sugar snap peas
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  • In a large skillet add ¼ cup water and the snap peas on high heat and bring to a boil, cooking for 3 minutes.
  • Remove snap peas and water, wiping dry with paper towels and add in the butter and garlic, stirring and cooking until fragrant before adding in the snap peas, salt and pepper and tossing to combine.

Notes

Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.

Nutrition

Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 297mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1496IU | Vitamin C: 69mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg

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Plated pea pods on plate with kebabs and fork.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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