Best Buttered Peas Recipes

BUTTERED PEAS AND PEARL ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Toss in the pearl onions and blanch for 3 minutes. Drain them out and then shock them in ice water to stop from over cooking. Drain again. Pinch the pearl onions out of their little skins and set aside.
• In a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, combine the chicken broth, 2 tablespoons of the butter, and 2 teaspoons of the dill. Once the liquid gets hot, add the pearl onions and peas. Cook and stir for 5 minutes until well coated and thickened slightly. Add the lemon juice, watercress, remaining butter, and dill; season with salt and pepper.

BUTTERED PEAS & LEEKS

Steps:

• Gently soften the leeks in butter and oil in your largest pan for 15-20 mins until almost meltingly soft. You can soften the leeks up to a day ahead, then just reheat in the pan before continuing the recipe. Stir in the stock, bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 mins. Stir in the peas and spring onions for 3-5 mins more until the peas are defrosted and cooked through, then season and serve.

BASIC BUTTERED PEAS

Steps:

• Shell the peas if using fresh peas, if using frozen defrost fully before cooking. Bring the water to a rapid boil. Stir in the salt and add the peas. Boil the peas for 1 minute or until they are cooked. Drain the peas when done and add peas to a wide skillet over high heat. Toss in pan until fully dry. Add butter and salt and pepper to taste. Add any optional additions if you choose, and combine.

BUTTERED SNOW PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan of boiling water cook the carrots for 3 minutes, or until they are crisp-tender. Add the snow peas, cook the vegetables for 30 seconds, and drain them well. Return the vegetables to the pan, add the butter and salt and pepper to taste, and heat the vegetables over moderately low heat, stirring, until the butter is melted.

BUTTERED SNAP PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• In a large straight-sided skillet, bring 1/2 cup water to a simmer over medium. Add carrots, cover, and cook 3 minutes. Add snap peas, cover, and cook until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Add butter and cook, stirring, until butter melts and coats vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, sprinkle with chives.

BUTTERED RICE WITH PEAS

Steps:

• Cook rice in water as directed on package.
• Meanwhile, in large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add bell pepper; cook about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pepper begins to soften. Add peas and onions. Cook about 3 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until bell pepper is crisp-tender and peas are thoroughly heated.
• Add cooked rice to skillet with vegetables; stir to combine. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper.

BUTTERED BABY CARROTS AND SWEET PEAS

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute carrots in butter for 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are done.

BUTTERED GREEN SUGAR SNAP PEAS

Steps:

• Pluck off and discard the string from each pea pod.
• 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. Drain.
• Return peas to saucepan. Add pepper, salt, butter and mint. Stir to blend until the pieces are well coated and hot. Serve immediately.

BUTTERED SNAP PEAS

Steps:

• Cook 1 1/4 pounds sugar snap peas in boiling water until bright green, about 3 minutes; drain. Cook 1 minced shallot in a skillet with 2 tablespoons butter until soft, about 3 minutes. Whisk in a splash of water, then add the peas and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add chopped tarragon and parsley, and salt and pepper.

RICOTTA DUMPLINGS WITH BUTTERED PEAS AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Combine ricotta and eggs in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper and, using a large wooden or metal spoon, gently mix in the flour, taking care not to overmix (which could result in tough dumplings).
• Meanwhile, heat butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add leeks and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until leeks have softened completely and are starting to pick up some color, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add asparagus and peas to the skillet and season with salt and pepper. Cook, tossing occasionally, until asparagus is just tender and bright green, 2 to 4 minutes, depending on its thickness. Remove from heat while you cook the dumplings.
• When the water is at a nice steady boil, drop the ricotta mixture into the pot by the heaping spoonful. (The dumplings will expand in the water, so make them slightly smaller than you'd like them to end up.) Be careful not to crowd the pot; cook the dumplings in batches if need be.
• Once the dumplings rise to the top, let them boil until cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes. (You can always pull one out and cut it in half to test its doneness; the texture will go from dense and doughy to light and pillowy.)
• As the dumplings finish cooking, use a slotted spoon to transfer them to the skillet with the peas and asparagus. Once they're all in there, give everything a quick toss over medium heat just to evenly coat the dumplings in the buttery sauce. Add pea shoots and toss just to wilt slightly.
• Transfer to a large serving bowl or platter and top with parsley, cheese and more olive oil, if you like.

BUTTERED PEAS WITH ONION

Steps:

• Bring water, onion, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan, then cook over medium heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium-high and stir in butter and peas, then cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until peas are tender, about 8 minutes. Season with salt.

ZESTY BUTTERED PEAS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the first four ingredients in butter until crisp-tender. Cover and cook over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in salt if desired and pimientos.

SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN WITH BUTTERED MASHED POTATOES AND SAUTEED PEAS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Rub the chicken pieces on both sides with the poultry seasoning. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and the milk together. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and pepper. Dip the chicken in the egg and milk mixture, and then dredge the chicken in the flour mixture.
• Heat enough oil to generously cover the bottom of a large, deep pan over medium-high heat. Fry the battered chicken until all sides are golden brown and the meat is cooked through.
• Serve with Buttered Mashed Potatoes and Sauteed Peas and Tomatoes.
• In a large pot, add the potatoes and pour just enough water to fully cover the potatoes. Heat the water over high heat, until the water comes to a rolling boil. Boil the potatoes in water until they are tender and then drain. Place the potatoes back on the heat and stir until the steam dissipates. Add butter, salt and pepper to the pot and then mash together until they reach the desired consistency.
• In a large pan, saute the peas in butter over medium heat until they are tender or for approximately 7 minutes. Add diced tomatoes to the skillet and continue to saute until all of the flavors combine.

BROWN-BUTTERED SUGAR SNAP PEAS WITH PECANS

Steps:

• In large saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the peas until crisp tender, 2 minutes; drain.
• In large heavy skillet, heat the butter over medium-high heat until golden brown and fragrant, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Add the pecans and cook, stirring until lightly toasted, 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in the peas and cook until heated through; season with salt and pepper.

BUTTERED SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Trim off string side of each snow pea.
• Bring enough water to boil to cover peas. Add salt to taste. Add snow peas and let simmer about 30 seconds or until crisp tender. Do not overcook. Drain.
• Heat butter in skillet and add peas. Toss briefly and serve.

BUTTERED PEAS

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring 3 cups water to a boil and add peas and salt to taste. Simmer peas until tender, 3 to 8 minutes, and drain. In a bowl toss hot peas with butter and salt and pepper to taste.

BUTTERED SNOW AND GREEN PEAS

Steps:

• Blanch peas in boiling salt water for no more than 1 minute. Drain and rinse under cold water.
• Melt butter in large skillet. Add peas; season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir over medium-high heat until hot about 1 to 2 minutes. Do Not over cook.
• Put in serving bowl and sprinkle with either chives or mint.

BUTTERED BEETS AND PEAS WITH ONIONS: TWO UK-FAVORITE SIDES IN UNDER 10 MINUTES

Steps:

• In a medium skillet over moderate heat melt 2 tablespoons butter, add parsley and sliced beets. Warm through, season with salt and serve.
• In a second skillet, also over moderate heat, melt remaining butter, add onions and warm through. Add peas and cook 5 minutes. Season with salt and transfer to a serving dish.
• If your stovetop is too crowded when you find your pocket-of-time to deal with the sides, feel free to use your microwave for either of these dishes, loosely covering beets or peas. Microwave on high, but check them every couple of minutes -- you're just warming them through and melting the butter.

BUTTERED SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan of boiling salted water blanch the snow peas for 1 minute, or until they are crisp-tender. Drain the snow peas well and in a bowl toss them with the butter.

BUTTERED SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan of boiling salted water blanch the snow peas for 1 minute, or until they are crisp-tender.
• Drain the snow peas well and in a bowl toss them with the butter.