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Petit pois

1
Points® value
Total Time
20 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Moderate
Petit pois is French for small, sweet and very fresh green peas. Enjoy with the salty addition of bacon and stock making a tasty dish for any meal.

Ingredients

Reduced fat oil spread

2 tsp

Shortcut bacon

45 g, (2 x 25g slices), fat trimmed, thinly sliced

Eschalot(s)

4 whole, thinly sliced

Butter lettuce

2 cup(s), shredded, (1 large), shredded

Frozen green peas

1 cup(s), (120g)

Chicken stock

¼ cup(s), (60ml)

Instructions

  1. Heat canola spread in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add bacon and eschalots and cook, stirring, for 3–4 minutes or until bacon is golden.
  2. Add lettuce and frozen peas (thawed) and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until lettuce just wilts.
  3. Add chicken stock and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.

Notes

Modern Twist: Braised peas, leek & asparagus: Swap eschalots for ½ small leek (thinly sliced), and lettuce for 1 bunch asparagus (chopped). Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until asparagus is tender.