I learned this tip from my friend Kimi a couple years ago—to quickly thaw frozen peas, skip the pan and boiling water and add peas to a strainer running hot water over until thawed. Take those peas and toss them in a salad or garnish your favorite risotto, etc.
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Yup. And if you are using them in a pasta salad, you can just drain the pasta into the same strainer. The boiling pasta water defrosts the peas, and the frozen peas help cool the pasta for the salad.
great tip!! I love fresh peas but so rarely have them. I’ll have to buy them in bulk now and freeze them 🙂
How timely – we are putting frozen peas in everything these days…
So simple. Thank you for a great tip.
Clever. Never thought of that – I just throw them in the wok and let them pop. Ken
Such a great tip!! So much easier and quicker than boiling water!
Yup. And if you are using them in a pasta salad, you can just drain the pasta into the same strainer. The boiling pasta water defrosts the peas, and the frozen peas help cool the pasta for the salad.