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12 fresh ideas for cooking with snow peas

From stir-fries to salads, the vibrant colour and crisp texture of snow peas shine in these eclectic recipes from around the world.

Credit: Plum Books / Jeremy Simons

Snow peas add a touch of colour, flavour and nutrition to any recipe. And they are never tastier than at springtime. The best part? They are quick and easy to cook. If you're wondering how to cook snow peas, the answer is - in a stir-fry, steamed, blanched, in a curry... the list can go on.

With its versatile flavour profile, snow peas dishes feature in cuisines around the world. Here are some great ways to enjoy this seasonal favourite.

Beef and snow peas

Credit: Adam Liaw

This really easy stir-fry recipe from Adam Liaw, with steak, crunchy snow peas and carrot in a soy and Shaoxing wine marinade, comes together in 15 minutes.

Native spice stir-fry

Indigenous Food On Country Kitchen Kriol Kitchen NITV Native Ingredients

Native spice stir-fry Source: SBS / NITV

Ground saltbush and ground bush tomato bring flavour to this fantastic stir-fry recipe from Mark Olive, which brings together asparagus, carrot, snow peas, Brussels sprouts, onion and garlic. Serve as a side, or with quinoa for a full meal.

Sticky garlic soy chicken wings

Credit: Jiwon Kim

While snow peas are often used whole, or sliced, here they are shredded for use in the salad served along with these sticky wings.

Three pea and buckwheat tabouli with green tahini

Three pea and buckwheat tabouli with green tahini Credit: Jiwon Kim

Fresh snow peas and sugar snaps combine with frozen peas in this buckwheat salad, served with a parsley and mint tahini.

Leftover chicken and soba noodle salad

Credit: Plum Books / Jeremy Simons

This recipe from Justine Schofield is a great way to use up leftover roast chicken, pairing it with snow peas, edamame, sesame seeds and soba noodles, tossed in a ginger and soy dressing.

Mongolian lamb

Mongolian lamb. Credit: Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield

Marinating the meat for 30 minutes adds depth of flavour to this delicious beef and snow pea stir fry.

Spring green spaghetti carbonara

Credit: Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics

It's a seasonal delight in Ina Garten's twist on carbonara, with asparagus, peas and snow peas coming together in this pasta bowl.

Boonjie tamarind and macadamia noodle salad

Credit: Murdoch Books / Josh Geelen

This vibrant capsicum, carrot, cabbage and snow pea salad uses native tamarind, though you can use African / Asian tamarind or even unripe pineapple.

Vegetable ishtu

Credit: Andrew Dorn

In this light, fragrant coconut milk stew from India, snow peas pair with whatever vegetables you have in your fridge - great served with

appam

or rice.

Chicken and snow peas with ginger and oyster sauce

This easy stir-fry from Adam Liaw makes a great mid-week meal for two. After the chicken marinades for just 10 minutes, the cooking is quickly done.

Balinese laksa

Balinese laksa Credit: Paradise Kitchen Bali

This wonderfully fragrant laksa uses freshly made coconut milk for the base, but tinned coconut milk will do the job just fine, too.

Spring garden vegetables with herb emulsion

Credit: Blink TV

Guillaume Brahimi's recipe makes the most of a brace of spring vegetables, including asparagus, snow peas, baby beans, peas and broad beans.

OTHER GREAT SNOW PEAS RECIPES

Minced pork and snow pea stir-fry with noodles

Stir-fried noodles with prawns and snow peas

Abalone with snow pea tendrils and butter sauce

Bitter melon omelette with snow pea tendril broth

Grilled beans, peas and crushed butter beans

WA marrons with pear-and-parsley sauce, snow peas, pickled mushrooms and chestnut foam

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Published 7 November 2024 1:08pm

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