{"id":12176,"date":"2014-05-29T12:10:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T19:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=12176"},"modified":"2020-06-06T12:17:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T19:17:35","slug":"keep-it-simple-smarty-sesame-sugar-snap-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/keep-it-simple-smarty-sesame-sugar-snap-peas\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep It Simple, Smarty: Sesame Sugar Snap Peas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Read recipe headlines or captions and you might think cooking has turned into a version of Name That Tune.\u00a0 Take any dish, let\u2019s say a salad in this case.\u00a0 Can\u2019t you just see it, opponents stand across from each other on a cardboard cut out game show set, sizing each other up, looking for tells. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly practically plays in the background.<\/p>\n

\u201cJim, I can make that salad in 7 ingredients,\u201d says Contestant #1.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can make it in 5,\u201d replies Contestant #2.<\/p>\n

#1 rocks from left foot to right to left again.\u00a0 \u201cUhhh, Jim, I can make it in 3.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sensing uncertainty, #2 points, \u201cMake that salad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alright, let\u2019s do it. Easy peasy Sesame Sugar Snap Peas.<\/p>\n

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\"sesameOur penchant for complicating things and adding too many ingredients and flavors is not unlike that urge to mix all your watercolors together, only to come up with a mess that\u2019s just black.<\/p>\n

So, in the spirit of keeping it simple, let\u2019s just get to it.<\/p>\n

As much as I long for summer, the extended spring in the Pacific Northwest is just bringing the first sugar snap peas to market.\u00a0 And they\u2019ve been gorgeous the last two weeks, making it absolutely necessary to do as little as possible to them.\u00a0 Stripping things down to the simplest elements makes this barely a recipe.<\/p>\n

While you don\u2019t have to, I blanch the sugar snaps for just a minute. It keeps them bright green and still crunchy, but without that green, grassy, vegetal flavor. \u00a0Toss them in a little sesame oil, season with kosher salt and garnish with black sesame seeds.<\/p>\n

\"daeji\u00a0The other half of this meal \u2013 the daeji bulgogi<\/a> — was equally simple: marinate thinly sliced pork loin in a mixture of gochujang, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and green onion, and a few hours later, come back and grill it up. While you\u2019ve got the grill going, why not throw on some red bell pepper chunks and zucchini? Done and done.<\/p>\n

See? Simple.<\/p>\n\t\r\n\t

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  • 1 lb. sugar snap peas, rinsed, stems and strings removed<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the sugar snaps and cook for 1 minute. Drain the sugar snaps and transfer to ice water to blanch. Pour off the ice water and set aside. The sugar snaps should still be crunchy, but without the vegetal, green flavor of raw sugar snaps.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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