INGREDIENTS:
8 - 10 ounces snow peas
1 tablespoon or less of olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic (more or less to your liking)
1 - 2 tablespoons soy sauce or alternatively a bit of sesame oil
PREPARATION:
Rinse the snow peas and trim the ends.
Heat the oil in a preheated wok or skillet on medium-high heat.
When the oil is hot, add the finely chopped garlic.
Stir-fry briefly until it is aromatic, then add the snow peas.
Stir-fry briefly, then add the soy sauce or sesame oil (whichever taste you prefer).
Stir-fry for another minute and serve.
(Total stir-frying time for snow peas is about 2 minutes.)
You can pretty much do the same with most green vegetables, some just need to be cooked a bit longer.
Broccoli and Garlic is really easy - but I suggest putting the broccoli in the microwave with some water for about 1 1/2 minutes before stir frying, so it is a bit cooked already. Broccoli will take a few minutes longer to stir fry than the snow peas.
You can also try gai-lan, choi sum and lots of other green vegetables, they are all pretty similar, the only thing that varies is the cooking time. And be aware that green leafy vegetables like spinach 'shrink' when you cook them - so you start with a big handful, but when you cook it it is less than half!