Seared Sugar Snap Peas

Sugar snap peas are tasty enough to devour fresh.  But, if it's summer time and you've got sugar snap peas coming out of your ears, here's a great recipe for a dinner side dish.

Farmer's markets are the best only place to get those big delicious sugar snap peas.  I miss summer already... it's going to be a long winter...

Seared Sugar Snap Peas

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp olive oil
1 pound sugar snap peas, strings removed
3-4 scallions or green onions, sliced on the diagonal
Salt
A pinch of sugar
Zest of a lemon
3 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
Black pepper to taste
Lemon juice to taste

METHOD

1 Heat a large sauté pan on high heat for 1 minute. Add the olive oil to the hot pan and heat it until it shimmers, about 1-2 minutes. Add the sugar peas and toss to coat with the oil. Sprinkle salt over them and toss again. Allow to cook, undisturbed, for 1 minute.

2 Add the green onions and sprinkle with a pinch of sugar. Toss to combine. Let cook for 1 minute. Toss and cook untouched again, this time leaving everything undisturbed for 2 minutes.

3 Turn off the heat, mix in the lemon zest and mint, then add black pepper and lemon juice to taste. Serve at once.

Original link:

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/seared_sugar_snap_peas/