Easy Green Peas with Mint Recipe – The Bossy Kitchen (2024)

This super easy green peas with mint recipe is truly "easy-peasy"! It's the perfect quick and flavorful addition to any dinner, ideally paired with your favorite meat dish.

Green Peas With Mint

So, how do you like your peas? How do you make them? Do you love them or hate them? I personally love them. I use peas in many recipes of soups, salads, or as a side dish. I have more access to the frozen vegetables here, where I live, but sometimes, I find them at the Farmers Market and buy them in late summer. So sweet and so delicious!

The recipe today is an "easy-peasy" one! Perfect for a quick dinner and served with some Fried Chicken My Way or Chicken Schnitzels, mint peas are a delicious choice even for the kids.

You can also serve them to a fancy dinner with thisRoasted Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin. You should also try them with the traditional Romanian Meatballs, just like my grandmother used to serve them to us.

I love the simplicity of this dish and peas in general. This recipe comes from Ireland, where peas were consumed as early as the 14th century.

The most traditional way to eat peas in Ireland is to make the so-called "mushy peas", which are cooked using dried peas. These mushy peas are mixed with butter and served with fried fish, roasted chicken, or grilled salmon. On the other hand, fresh peas should never be cooked until mushy.

Basic Ingredients

Onions: I used green onions because I love them, and they go well with the freshness of the peas and mint. Regular onion or red onion are also good options.

Green Peas: You can use fresh or frozen. I used frozen as it is convenient for me.

Mint leaves: I used fresh, but sometimes we do not have access to fresh mint, so you can go ahead and use dried mint.

Oil: I usually have olive oil and sunflower oil in the kitchen. However, you can also try butter if you like. The fat is used to saute the onions before adding the peas.

How To Make This Super Easy Green Peas Recipe:

• In a little saucepan, warm up a little bit of oil and add the chopped onion. Saute it until translucent.

• Add the green peas and a little bit of water and simmer until the peas are soft but not mushy and the water is reduced to half.

Add chopped mint, salt, and pepper to taste and toss everything together. Serve warm with your favorite piece of meat as a side dish.

See Also

7 Traditional Irish Recipes and The History Behind Their Food – Five Star Home Foods Blog52 of the Best Vegan Christmas Recipes - Karissa's Vegan KitchenLeftover Turkey Rice Soup - My Gorgeous RecipesDublin Coddle Recipe (Irish Sausage and Potato Stew) - Olivia's Cuisine

This dish is effortless to make and delicious. Even your kids will love it. The mint adds lots of flavor to the peas, making them really delicious. Overall, this is a basic recipe worth trying.

Note: Many recipes out there require sugar to cook the peas. I say that sugar is unnecessary because peas are usually a sweet vegetable that doesn't require much to taste delicious.

Optional: add some lemon juice when you serve, just to make it fancy.

More green pea recipes to love:

• Andouille Sausages With Peas Potatoes And Leeks
• Easy Green Peas With Ham- Spanish Recipe
• Peas And Chicken Stew
• Romanian Beef Salad
• Russian Vinaigrette Salad Recipe
• Spanish Potato Salad (Ensaladilla Rusa)
• Mexican White Rice Recipe (Arroz Blanco)

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