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Snow Peas with Grand Marnier

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 8

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 teaspoon sugar
Three 10-ounce packages frozen snow peas
One 8-ounce can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1/4 cup Grand Marnier
5 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint) or 1 1/2 tablespoons dried mint
1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

  1. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil and add the sugar. Drop in the snow peas and cook until barely tender, drain, and return to pan. Add the water chestnuts, Grand Marnier, butter, mint, and salt. Cook over medium-low heat until heated through.

The Lady & Sons, Too! by Paula Deen. © 2001 by Paula H. Deen. Published by Random House. All Rights Reserved. Paula H. Deen was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. She later moved to Savannah, where she and her two sons, Bobby and Jamie, started the Bag Lady catering company. The business took off and evolved into The Lady & Sons Restaurant, which is located in Savannah’s historic district and specializes in Southern cooking. Paula is the host of Food Network’s Paula’s Home Cooking and is a regular guest on QVC, where her cookbooks are one of the newtowrk’s biggest sellers.
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