Peas with Creamy Bacon Sauce

• 1/3 cup peas, fresh or frozen
• 1 handful snap peas, edges trimmed
• 1 handful snow peas, edges trimmed, thinly sliced into match stick sized thickness
• 3 slices of bacon
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tsp flour

1. Get a bowl of ice water ready.
2. Heat a pot of water, salted, to a boil.
3. When boiling, add peas (if using fresh) and cook about 1 minute.
4. Add snap peas and cook about 2 minutes until bright green.
5. Then add sliced snow peas and cook another minute.
6. Drain, and add to ice bath to cool.
7. Meanwhile, heat chicken broth.
8. I used a half chicken bouillon cube with 1 cup water.
9. (use whole cube and 1.5 cups water if doubling recipe)
10. Cook bacon in a pan until crispy, remove and place on paper towel.
11. Add flour to bacon drippings in pan and whisk until toasted, about one minute.
12. Whisk in chicken broth and milk and cook until reduced by one-third and thickened.
13. Drain the peas from the ice bath and add to the sauce and cook through about 3-5 minutes.
14. If using frozen peas, add them now.
15. Transfer to serving plate and top with chopped bacon and ground black pepper.

peas, handful snap peas, handful snow peas, bacon, chicken broth, milk, flour

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/354702-peas-with-creamy-bacon-sauce (may not work)