Snow Pea Leaves with Minced Garlic
If you frequent Chinese restaurants, I'm sure you've ordered snow pea leaves with minced garlic (蒜蓉豆苗) a hundred times. If this is the first time you're seeing snow pea leaves, I'm glad to be introducing it to you!
This delicious dish is much simpler to make than it may seem. At a typical Chinese restaurant, the dish is $10-$15. BUT, you can buy 1/2 pound of it for $5 from T&T Supermarket or Galleria Supermarket in Toronto. I love passing along tips I've learned so here they are:
Tip 1 - Get fresh snow pea shoots that are delicate and young from an Asian supermarket. Discard the thicker stems as they will be too chewy to eat.
Tip 2 - Use a carbon steel pan like the De Buyer fry pan, I've often talked about how amazing this pan is and won't reiterate again (if you're curious, check out the beef with bitter melon recipe).
Cook time: 10 min
Serves 3-4
1/2 lb of snow pea leaves, washed and drained
1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
2 tsp soy sauce
A pinch of pepper and sugar
1 tsp sesame oil (optional)
1/2 tbsp avocado oil
Heat your pan over medium heat and add the avocado oil. Add the minced garlic and stir to avoid burning. After 3-4 min, add the snow pea leaves, soy sauce, pepper, sugar and sesame oil and stir. Cook over medium-high heat for 7-8 minutes.
This delicious dish is much simpler to make than it may seem. At a typical Chinese restaurant, the dish is $10-$15. BUT, you can buy 1/2 pound of it for $5 from T&T Supermarket or Galleria Supermarket in Toronto. I love passing along tips I've learned so here they are:
Tip 1 - Get fresh snow pea shoots that are delicate and young from an Asian supermarket. Discard the thicker stems as they will be too chewy to eat.
Tip 2 - Use a carbon steel pan like the De Buyer fry pan, I've often talked about how amazing this pan is and won't reiterate again (if you're curious, check out the beef with bitter melon recipe).
Cook time: 10 min
Serves 3-4
1/2 lb of snow pea leaves, washed and drained
1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
2 tsp soy sauce
A pinch of pepper and sugar
1 tsp sesame oil (optional)
1/2 tbsp avocado oil
Heat your pan over medium heat and add the avocado oil. Add the minced garlic and stir to avoid burning. After 3-4 min, add the snow pea leaves, soy sauce, pepper, sugar and sesame oil and stir. Cook over medium-high heat for 7-8 minutes.
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