Italian Peas

 Make frozen peas fabulous.
 
Ingredients:

• 2 Tab olive oil/butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 16 ounces frozen green peas
• 1 Tab  chicken stock
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
2. Stir in onion.
3. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
4. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute.
5. Add frozen peas.
6. Stir in stock.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Cover and cook until the peas are tender, about 5 minutes.

Serves:  6
Source:   Allrecipies

Comment from TTV78
I loved everything about this recipe, except for the cooking of the frozen peas. I recommend putting your frozen peas into a bowl of cold water to thaw for about 20 minutes, drain well, then add to the onion/garlic saute mixture for just a couple minutes to heat through. This way, you’ll avoid the wrinkly and mushy look of overcooked frozen peas, and the peas will stay a vibrant green color. The flavor of this dish is great and is a nice change from the same old blah peas. Thanks for sharing the recipe! 🙂

Alternative Directions:

1. Any time that day, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
2. Stir in onion.
3. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
4. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute.
5. transfer to casserole.
6. add peas, frozen or defrosted.
7. When time to eat, microwave until hot.