This past week, we have been harvesting both snow peas and garlic scapes. We wanted to try both of them so I came up with the following recipe – a cross between a stir fry and cooking in the skillet. A wok is not among the many kitchen pots and pans I have so I modified a stir fry recipe. The dish got rave reviews from the crew and hopefully y’all will enjoy it as much as we did.

Magicland Farms’ Chicken and Snow Pea Skillet

Serves 8

3 lbs cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1″ cubes
2 lbs garlic scapes (cleaned and chopped into 2″ lengths)
1 1/2 pounds snow peas (cleaned)
4 T olive oil
2 1/2 cups chicken broth 0r 2 1/2 cups boiling water combined with 3 chicken bouillon cubes

Heat olive oil in skillet. When hot, add garlic scapes. Cook about 3-4 minutes stirring constantly or until you can smell their garlic scent. Add the snow peas and cook for another 3-4 minutes, again stirring the vegetables. Add chicken cubes to mixture, again cooking for about 3-4 mintues to heat up chicken. Then add chicken broth. Simmer until broth cooks down (don’t let broth totally disappear).

Served over cooked rice.

Notes:
This recipe can be adjusted to your tastes by adding a bit of soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, or substituting wine for the broth.

Also you can add whatever vegetables you currently have available: beans, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.

1 finely chopped bulb of garlic can be substituted for the scapes. We love garlic and can’t have too much in our food but if you are not a fan, feel free to adjust amounts down.