Holiday Sprouts and Peas

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Christmas, English

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 30

Servings: servings

Calories: 242kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

In our home, a holiday dinner isn't complete without a side consisting of brussels sprouts in some shape or form. This time around, these Holiday Sprouts and Peas are taking center stage! Perfectly cooked sprouts and peas are tossed with melted butter, onions, garlic, and cashews - absolutely delicious!

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Ingredients

1 pound brussels sprouts, trimmed, outer leaves removed, and cut in half lengthwise
1 pound frozen green peas
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
1 teaspoon dried minced garlic
1 cup salted cashews
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

Fill a sauce pan half full of water. Salt the water generously and bring to a full boil.
Once boiling, add the prepared brussels sprouts and cook for 3-5 minutes depending on how large your sprouts are. You want the sprouts to be cooked through, but not mushy.
Next, add the frozen peas. Stir into the sprouts and cook for 2 additional minutes.
Drain the sprouts and peas well and set aside.
Add the butter and oil to a large skillet over medium heat along with the dried minced onions, dried minced garlic, salt, and ground black pepper.
Fry the onion and garlic, stirring often, until they are softened - about 2 minutes.
Next, add the drained sprouts, peas, cashews, and maple syrup to the skillet and toss well to combine with the onion and coat with the melted butter.
Taste for seasoning. Plate, garnish, and serve.

Notes

Note: If you are using salted butter and salted cashews, you might want to omit the salt when adding the dried onion, garlic, and ground black pepper. Do a taste test before finishing up the recipe to see if more salt is needed or not.

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