Sugar Snap Peas with Lemon, Garlic, and Basil

Name: Sugar Snap Peas with Lemon, Garlic, and Basil
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon, table salt; 4 cups, sugar snap peas (about 1 pound), stems snipped off and strings removed if needed; 2 tablespoons, olive oil; , lemon zest from 1 medium lemon, sliced very fine; 1 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1 medium clove, garlic, minced; 6 - 8 , fresh basil leaves, chopped fine; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; , Ground black pepper

Side Dishes
Vegetables
Quick
Vegetarian

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1997

Blanching followed by an immediate shock in ice water yields tender peas that hold their shape.

SERVES 6

TIME 30 minutes

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