Roasted Sugar Snap Peas Recipe - How to Cook Peas! (2024)

FAQs

Are sugar snap peas supposed to be cooked? ›

Eat sugar snap peas raw or gently boiled so they don't lose that wonderful crisp crunch – they're great in salads or stir-fries.

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the snap peas and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly until the peas are bright green in color and barely fork tender (we prefer them to still have a little crunch). Remove from the heat and season with salt, pepper, and lemon zest (optional).

Bring salted water to boil; there should be enough to cover peas when added. Add peas. When water returns to a boil, cook about 3 minutes. Do not overcook.

The ends of the pods are often tough and fibrous, and not very enjoyable to eat. Removing the stringy parts makes the sugar snap peas more pleasant to eat and easier to digest. Additionally, trimming also enhances their visual appeal in dishes where they are served whole, such as salads or side dishes.

Sugar snap peas are delicious and easy to prepare. You can eat them raw or cooked, and they go great with a variety of different recipes. Raw sugar snap peas are a convenient snack you can take on the go, while cooked sugar snap peas have a rich flavor that goes well with other dishes.

Make sure to de-string your pods.

Make sure to remove the fibrous strand where the pod is sealed together before you eat your sugar snap peas. Leaving the string in the pod may yield a dish with an unpleasantly chewy texture.

Snap peas are also known as sugar snap peas and are a cross between snow peas and garden peas. The whole pod is eaten and has a crunchy texture and very sweet flavor. Snap peas may be eaten raw or cooked.

Sugar snap peas are a cross between snow and garden peas. The pods of snow peas are flatter with small, premature peas, whereas sugar snap peas are more rounded. Both have an identical nutritional profile and very similar flavors. Still, sugar snap peas tend to be sweeter and more flavorful.

You can eat the whole pod, with the peas inside, and if you can get them fresh from the farmer's market, they will be so impressively sweet. TIP: You may want to break the ends off and remove the long strand that runs along the side—but with very fresh and tender peas, chances are you won't even notice it.

Green peas are amazingly good raw, especially if you can shell them and eat them before they get too big and tough. The best way to cook them is to toss them in boiling, salted water for about two minutes, then drain them and toss them in butter. Eat them with a spoon.

Should sugar snap peas be soaked before planting? ›

Some pea (Pisum sativum) seeds will look wrinkled. Most of them have hard coats, and all benefit from soaking before planting. Soak them overnight in warm water.