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Creamy Sugar Snap Peas with Bacon

13 INGREDIENTS • 11 STEPS • 25MINS

Creamy Sugar Snap Peas with Bacon

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This Creamy Spring Peas with Bacon recipe features a delicious mix of flavors, shapes, and texture with a decadent cream sauce bringing it all together. A true testament that sides can be beautiful, delicious, healthy, and EASY. Who says you can’t have it all? Feel free to use your favorite herbs in this recipe.
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This Creamy Spring Peas with Bacon recipe features a delicious mix of flavors, shapes, and texture with a decadent cream sauce bringing it all together. A true testament that sides can be beautiful, delicious, healthy, and EASY. Who says you can’t have it all? Feel free to use your favorite herbs in this recipe.
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Lakeside Table
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25MINS

Total Time

$2.40

Cost Per Serving

Ingredients

Servings
4
us / metric
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tbsp
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
Butter
1 Tbsp
Butter
Sugar Snap Peas
1 1/2 cups
Sugar Snap Peas, trimmed
Salt
1 tsp
Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
to taste
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Frozen Green Peas
3 1/3 cups
Frozen Green Peas, thawed
Bacon
8 oz
Bacon
All-Purpose Flour
2 Tbsp
All-Purpose Flour
Chicken Broth
1 1/2 cups
Chicken Broth
Heavy Cream
4 Tbsp
Heavy Cream
Ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp
Ground Nutmeg
Fresh Herbs
1/2 cup
Chopped Fresh Herbs
parsley, thyme, sage
Lemon
1
Lemon, juiced

Nutrition Per Serving

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Calories
450
Fat
33.3 g
Protein
15.4 g
Carbs
23.0 g
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Author's Notes

To trim sugar snap peas, cut the stem end from each pod and pull downward to remove the string.

Cooking Instructions

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step 1
Heat a large skillet or saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (1 Tbsp) and Butter (1 Tbsp) and melt.
step 1 Heat a large skillet or saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (1 Tbsp) and Butter (1 Tbsp) and melt.
step 2
Add the Sugar Snap Peas (1 1/2 cups), Salt (1 tsp), and Freshly Ground Black Pepper (to taste) and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sugar snaps are crisp-tender.
step 3
Stir in the Frozen Green Peas (3 1/3 cups) and cook while stirring for 3 minutes more. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
step 3 Stir in the Frozen Green Peas (3 1/3 cups) and cook while stirring for 3 minutes more. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
step 4
Add Bacon (8 oz) to skillet and cook over medium heat until crispy. Remove bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Once the bacon has cooled, chop it into small bits.
step 4 Add Bacon (8 oz) to skillet and cook over medium heat until crispy. Remove bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Once the bacon has cooled, chop it into small bits.
step 5
Discard all but 2 Tbsp of the bacon grease and if there's not enough bacon grease in the skillet, add enough butter so that the total drippings in the pan equal 2 Tbsp.
step 6
Add All-Purpose Flour (2 Tbsp) to the drippings and whisk continuously for 2-3 minutes until flour is bubbling. You've just made a roux!
step 6 Add All-Purpose Flour (2 Tbsp) to the drippings and whisk continuously for 2-3 minutes until flour is bubbling. You've just made a roux!
step 7
Mash 1/2 cup of the peas and add them to the roux.
step 7 Mash 1/2 cup of the peas and add them to the roux.
step 8
Slowly and gradually stir in the Chicken Broth (1 1/2 cups), whisking until smooth. Add the Heavy Cream (4 Tbsp) and Ground Nutmeg (1/2 tsp). Whisk continuously until the sauce is reduced by 1/3, about 5 minutes.
step 8 Slowly and gradually stir in the Chicken Broth (1 1/2 cups), whisking until smooth. Add the Heavy Cream (4 Tbsp) and Ground Nutmeg (1/2 tsp). Whisk continuously until the sauce is reduced by 1/3, about 5 minutes.
step 9
Add peas back to the sauce. Cook, stirring until heated through, about 2 to 3 minutes.
step 10
Stir in the juice of the Lemon (1) and season with additional Freshly Ground Black Pepper (to taste).
step 11
Transfer peas in cream sauce to a serving bowl or platter, and top with crumbled bacon and Fresh Herbs (1/2 cup).
step 11 Transfer peas in cream sauce to a serving bowl or platter, and top with crumbled bacon and Fresh Herbs (1/2 cup).

Tags

American
Comfort Food
Lunch
Shellfish-Free
Dinner
Pork
Quick & Easy
Spring
Side Dish
Vegetables
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