How to stir-fry snow peas? – Several ways!

How to stir-fry snow peas? Snow peas are young pods of the pea plant. They are picked very early, which is why the pods are nice and soft and the peas are still very small. As a result, the color is also bright green. Both the skin and the peas are eaten. Snow peas can be prepared in many ways. Here we are going to stir-fry snow peas.

Wok peas. Stir-fry the snow peas base: remove the two ends of the snow peas and rinse the snow peas. Heat the oil in the wok and add the snow peas. Bake them for 4-5 minutes until al dente and 8 minutes for soft snow peas. You can also add herbs, spices, and soy sauce for more flavor.

Woking snow peas is therefore quite easy to do and the vegetables remain tender and crunchy. Snow peas are similar to Sugar Snaps and can be quite confusing at times. Snow peas are flat and Sugar Snaps are more round in shape. Read our blog about preparing Sugar Snaps if you unexpectedly have Sugar Snaps.

If you want to stir-fry well, a wok with a wide rising edge and a solid bottom is recommended. Are you going to wok for the first time or are you ready for a new one,  It will make wok cooking easier!

Snow peas Stir fry

Before the snow peas are stir-fried, they must first be cleaned. You do this by breaking off or cutting off a small piece of the two ends first. You now have a chance that you will pull a thread along, which will then be on the back of the pod. Remove this as well, because this is not tasty. The thread will probably not be present because the pods are picked young.

Then wash the snow peas under the tap and now we can stir-fry the snow peas. Below is the basics for stir-frying snow peas. You will probably also add other vegetables or sauce, but the stir-frying of the snow peas remains the same. For stir-frying with snow peas only you need about 200 grams per person. Now the wok itself.

How Long to Wok Snow Peas

Place the wok on the heat source with a little oil and heat the oil. When the oil is hot, the snow peas go into the wok. Stir the snow peas regularly and keep doing this for about 4-5 minutes, then the snow peas are al dente. If you want soft snow peas, wok the snow peas for about 8 minutes.

Season the snow peas with salt and pepper and you now have the basis of wok peas. You can serve and eat them.

However, we often stir fry with several ingredients and seasonings to make a dish with snow peas. Keep in mind that the snow peas have to be woken for about 4 minutes, so they are only added to the wok at the end when the other ingredients are almost ready.

Wok snow peas with soy sauce

To give more flavor to a dish, an Eastern flavor in this case, you can add soy sauce and nuts to the wok with snow peas. What do you need for 2 people?

• 150 grams snow peas
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 125 grams mushrooms, sliced
• little sambal
• 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
• oil foil for frying
• pepper and salt

What are you going to do in the kitchen?

• Heat the oil in the wok and fry the onion and garlic for 2 minutes
• Then add the mushrooms to the wok and stir fry for 2 minutes
• Then the snow peas go into the wok, stir everything well and wok the snow peas for 4 minutes
• Then add the sambal and Ketjap sauce to the snow peas and wok for 1 minute
• Season with salt and pepper

Serve your dish with fried potatoes or if you want to keep it really Eastern with boiled noodles that you can stir-fry for another minute.

Wok snow peas with herbs

You can also season snow peas with tasty fresh herbs. I use basil, thyme, rosemary and parsley in this recipe. What do you need for 2 people?

• 400 gr. snow peas
• 2 tbsp. Sesame seed
• 2 tbsp. olive oil or sesame oil for frying
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Handful of basil leaves
• 2 sprigs of rosemary
• handful of parsley,
• 125 gr. cashew nuts
• Pepper and salt

What are you going to do in the kitchen?

1. Chop all fresh herbs finely and also chop the cashew nuts into coarse pieces
2. Place the wok with oil on the heat source and heat the oil
3. In another pan, toast the sesame seeds without oil. Be careful as they burn quickly.
4. Press the garlic and fry it in the wok
5. After 1 minute, add the snow peas and stir-fry them for 4 minutes
6. Add the chopped herbs and stir fry for 1 minute
7. Season with salt and pepper

Serve the snow peas with tasty noodles or white rice.

Wok peas and carrots

Snow peas with carrots are a tasty combination to have on your plate. What do you need?

• 400 grams of carrots
• 100 grams snow peas
• vegetable butter
• pepper and salt

What are you going to do?

1. Wash the carrots and cut them into slices
2. Clean the snow peas
3. Place the wok with the vegetable butter on the heat source and heat
4. Add the carrots to the wok and a little water and let it simmer for a few minutes
5. Then the snow peas go into the wok, stir everything well, keep stirring and in 5 minutes the snow peas are al dente.
6. Season with salt and pepper

Serve your dish with tasty Dutch potatoes, boiled or baked.