Snow peas mushroom stir fry is a delicious, quick, and easy Asian stir fry recipe that can be prepared in less than 15 minutes. Serve it as an appetizer or pair it up with rice or noodles to enjoy a homecooked Asian meal.
Craving a quick, fresh, and flavorful Asian dish? This Asian Snow Peas and Mushroom Stir Fry has got you covered.
This stir fry is has a perfect balance of texture and flavors. It's crunchy and tender, salty and umami, light but satisfying. Plus, it's totally customizable — add tofu, vegetables, or toss it over rice or noodles.
Try it once and you will make it again and again.
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- What goes in Asian style snow peas mushroom stir fry?
- Ingredient notes and substitute suggestions
- How to make (step-by-step process)?
- Serving Asian style mushrooms and snow peas
- Storing the leftovers
- Recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions
- Frequently asked questions
- More easy Asian stir fry recipes
- More quick mushroom recipes
- Recipe
What goes in Asian style snow peas mushroom stir fry?
For this stir fry snow peas and mushrooms recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
Ingredient notes and substitute suggestions
- Mushrooms: I have used white button mushrooms, you can use any variety of mushroom to make this dish.
- Snow peas: Snap peas or green beans can be used too. Vegetables like carrots and broccoli can also be added.
- Roasted peanuts: Peanuts add a delicious crunch to this Asian stir fry. You can replace them with roasted cashew nuts too. Skip, if you have nut allergy.
- Sesame seeds: Use white roasted sesame seeds. It will add a crunch and nice nutty flavor to the dish.
- Palm sugar: Palm sugar will balance off the savory flavors of this dish. Instead of palm sugar, you can also use coconut sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey (if you are not vegan), or regular white sugar.
- Red pepper flakes (red chili flakes): You can also add finely chopped red or green chilies. Chili oil can be added too if you prefer spicy food. Skip if you want to make the dish less spicy.
- Toasted sesame oil: It's added to a lot of Asian dishes because of rich nutty taste and aroma.
- Cooking oil: Any neutral flavored oil like canola oil or vegetable oil can be used in this recipe.
Other ingredient details and nutritional information are given in the recipe card.
How to make (step-by-step process)?
Follow the following step by step recipe instructions to make this recipe:
Step 1: Mix soy sauce, sesame oil, cornstarch, palm sugar, red pepper flakes, and ground black pepper in a bowl and keep aside.
Step 2: Remove the strings of the snow peas.
Step 3: Heat vegetable oil in a large wok. Add sliced mushrooms and snow peas. Sauté on high heat for 6-7 minutes or until the mushrooms start turning brown.
Step 4: Add ginger and garlic. Sauté for around 30 seconds.
Step 5: Add sauce mix and cook for around 1-2 minutes. Turn off the heat.
Step 6: Add roasted peanuts and sesame seeds,
Your quick and easy mushroom snow peas stir fry is ready to be served.
Serving Asian style mushrooms and snow peas
This simple Asian dish can be served in a lot of different ways. Enjoy it as an appetizer or serve it with a rice or noodle dish like
You can also pair it up with an Asian soup like sweet corn soup, veg manchow soup, salad, or wontons.
This dish can also be stuffed in Asian wraps and spring rolls.
It can be added to an Asian buddha bowl too.
Storing the leftovers
This dish tastes the best when served piping hot.
It's better to eat it immediately after cooking as the snow peas and peanuts won't remain crunchy if stored for too long and mushrooms will also turn soft.
However, if you have leftovers, store them in an airtight container and refrigerate for maximum 3 days.
Don't freeze this dish.
Recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions
- Pat try the mushrooms and snow peas well before stir-frying.
- Always stir fry on medium-high heat and in a large wok or skillet so that the ingredients can be stirred easily.
- Use a large skillet or wok for stir frying.
- Other varieties of mushrooms like enoki mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms, etc. can also be added to this stir fry.
- You can also add other Asian sauces like vegan or vegetarian oyster sauce, sriracha sauce, etc. in this recipe.
- For a gluten free version of this dish, use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce.
- To make the dish spicy, drizzle chili oil on top or add a hot sauce of choice to the sauce mix.
- Adding peanuts is optional. You can skip it if you are allergic to them. Cashew nuts can also be added instead of peanuts. Bean sprouts can also be used for garnishing.
- Vegetables like carrots, bell peppers, green beans, baby bok choy, green onions can also be added to this snow pea stir fry.
Frequently asked questions
No, they are different. Snow peas are flatter with small peas inside. Sugar snap peas are plumper and sweeter.
Most snow peas have a fibrous string along the edge. It's best to snap off the tip and pull the string down to remove it before cooking. Otherwise, it will come in your mouth while eating which won't be very pleasing.
Yes, you can but cook sugar snap peas for extra 2-3 minutes.
More easy Asian stir fry recipes
If you want to try more quick and tasty dishes made with mushrooms then do try out the following recipes:
- Eggplant in garlic sauce
- Asian stir fried broccoli
- Sweet and sour tofu
- Stir fried snow peas
- Cabbage ramen
More quick mushroom recipes
If you want to try more quick mushroom recipes then do try out the following recipes:
- Mushroom noodles
- Mushroom rice
- Mushroom pepper fry
- Mushroom quinoa with spinach
- Mushroom orzo
- Masala mushroom (vegetarian)
- Pasta with mushrooms and ricotta cheese (vegetarian)
- Mushroom stuffed peppers (vegetarian)
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Recipe
Snow peas mushroom stir fry
Equipment
- 1 large wok or skillet
- 1 Spatula
- 1 small bowl
- Knife and chopping board
Ingredients
- 2 cups snow peas around 130 grams
- 3.5 cups sliced mushrooms 250 grams
- 2 large garlic cloves minced
- ½ an inch ginger piece very finely chopped
- ½ cup roasted peanuts
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral-flavored oil
- ¼ teaspoon toasted white sesame seeds
- ½ teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon palm sugar
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Put soy sauce, sesame oil, cornstarch, palm sugar, red pepper flakes, ground black pepper, and salt in a bowl. Mix and keep aside.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large wok. Add sliced mushrooms and snow peas. Saute on high heat for 6-7 minutes or until the mushrooms start turning brown.
- Add ginger and garlic. Saute for around 30 seconds.
- Add sauce mix and cook for around 2 minutes. Turn off the heat.
- Add roasted peanuts and sesame seeds,
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Notes
- Pat try the mushrooms and snow peas well before stir-frying.
- Always stir fry on medium-high heat and in a large wok or skillet so that the ingredients can be stirred easily.
- Use a large skillet or wok for stir frying.
- Other varieties of mushrooms like enoki mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms, etc. can also be added to this stir fry.
- You can also add other Asian sauces like vegan or vegetarian oyster sauce, sriracha sauce, etc. in this recipe.
- For a gluten free version of this dish, use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce.
- To make the dish spicy, drizzle chili oil on top or add a hot sauce of choice to the sauce mix.
- Adding peanuts is optional. You can skip it if you are allergic to them. Cashew nuts can also be added instead of peanuts. Bean sprouts can also be used for garnishing.
- Vegetables like carrots, bell peppers, green beans, baby bok choy, green onions can also be added to this snow pea stir fry.
- More recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions are shared in the post above, please follow them to make this recipe.
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