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September 16, 2025
How I cook frozen peas – Garlic Buttered Peas Recipe
Make frozen peas fabulous with this recipe for garlic buttered peas! A fast aspect dish that goes with every thing, the peas are sauté-steamed in garlic butter, quite than boiling individually. Simpler, tastier, by no means mushy and so tasty you’ll turn into recognized for them. 🙂
I are likely to shrink back from sharing fundamental recipes like immediately’s Buttered Peas. Too simply distracted by extra exciting-sounding dishes. Pierogis! Crispy chicken burgers! Chocolate cream pie!
But, the irony in all this, after all, is that I make these peas a gazillion instances extra usually than I do Basque Cheesecake. A staple aspect dish, fast to make however completely restaurant-worthy. Although, posh eating places may pod their very own quite than shopping for frozen. I assume they don’t purchase into the entire snap-frozen factor like I do? 🙂
I’m a little bit of a frozen vegetable snob. You’ll by no means discover store-bought frozen broccoli or onion in my freezer. However you’ll all the time discover peas. As a result of they’re good!
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Frozen peas – Prepare dinner from FROZEN, not thawed! Properly, it’s positive if they’re thawed however there isn’t a must.
Child vs common – The recipe works for both. Child peas (referred to as petite peas in some international locations) are barely sweeter with a barely softer pores and skin. I’m partial to those however gained’t hesitate to make use of common peas.
Recent – You could possibly additionally put me to disgrace by making this recipe with freshly podded peas. 🙂
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Butter – For pretty buttery flavour. Substitute with different oil of alternative – additional virgin olive oil is my subsequent decide, coconut oil for a tropical / Indian vibe.
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Garlic – It simply makes every thing that rather more scrumptious. Recent please! Give the jarred stuff a miss – it’s bitter and moist so you’ll be able to’t sauté it correctly and the flavour barely resembles the true deal.
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Salt and pepper – Seasoning. Peas want it!
To prepare dinner from frozen, simply add the tiniest splash of water which helps steam-sauté them sooner. The water evaporates by the point the peas are cooked.
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Sauté garlic – Soften the butter then sauté the garlic till very mild golden in medium warmth, round 30 seconds.
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Tip the frozen peas in with salt and pepper. Add 1 tablespoon of water which creates a steamy setting to prepare dinner the peas slightly sooner. The water evaporates in a couple of minutes, forsaking simply tasty butter!
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Prepare dinner for five minutes, stirring now and again, or till the peas are heated by way of. Frozen peas are cooked earlier than freezing so that they don’t have to be cooked!
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Serve – Accomplished and able to serve! Pour right into a bowl or put straight onto dinner plates.
Scrumptious to eat as is – I problem you to cease at one spoonful – however strategies for dressing up are beneath!
For day-after-day, buttered peas are terrific simply as they’re. The garlic and butter go an extended solution to make peas a complete lot extra fascinating!
However, in case you’d prefer to step it up a notch or simply really feel like doing one thing completely different, listed here are some strategies:
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Mint them – Toss by way of finely chopped recent mint. Mint and peas is a basic! Add nevertheless a lot you need, to your style.
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Lemon – Stir by way of lemon zest for lovely lemon flavour, or juice for tang.
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Bathe of parmesan – As with many issues, a mound of freshly grated parmesan will flip this right into a show-stopping aspect!
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Clarified / browned butter as an alternative of bizarre butter – for much more intense buttery flavour.
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Spice it – Add some curry powder, cumin, coriander, or different spice of alternative into the butter, for a contact of additional flavour.
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Crunch it – End with an enormous handful of store-bought crispy Asian Fried Shallots or pangrattato (from this recipe), for excellent texture!
However that’s sufficient from me. What about you? I do know you’ve bought a stack of different artistic (simple!) methods to decorate up a bowl of peas. Share, share! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 50g / 3 tbsp unsalted butter (or other oil/fat)
- 2 garlic cloves , finely minced
- 500g / 1 lb frozen peas (Note 1)
- 1/2 tsp cooking / kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Sauté garlic – Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds until light golden.
- Cook – Add frozen peas, salt, pepper and water. Turn heat up to medium high and cook for 5 minutes, stirring every now and then, until the water is evaporated, the peas are hot and coated in the tasty garlic butter.
- Serve – Tumble into a bowl and serve!
Notes
1. Peas – Baby peas (also called petite peas) are slightly sweeter and slightly more tender skin than regular peas. But by no means do I have a negative thoughts about regular peas!
2. Dress up peas – Finely chopped mint stirred through at the end, a shower of parmesan (oh yes!), lemon zest and/or juice, a pinch of cumin or coriander powder stirred into the butter (or other spices of choice). Fresh herbs of choice, chopped and stirred through at the end. So many options!
3. Leftovers will keep for 4 days in the fridge, or freezer for 3 months.
Nutrition per serving assuming 6 servings.
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