Recipe video above. Make frozen peas fabulous with my recipe for buttered peas! A quick side that goes with everything. Don't boil the peas - cook from frozen in garlic butter. Easier, tastier, bright green, never mushy and never watery!
Prep time: PT5M
Cook time: PT5M
Total time: PT10M
Rating
4.98 stars (39 reviews)
Keywords
buttered peas, chickpea recipe, pea side dish recipe
Ingredients
50g / 3 tbsp unsalted butter ((or other oil/fat))
2 garlic cloves (, finely minced)
500g / 1 lb frozen peas ((Note 1))
1/2 tsp cooking / kosher salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp water
Categories
Side
Cuisine
Western
Steps
Sauté garlic - Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds until light golden.
Cook - Add frozen peas, salt, pepper and water. Turn heat up to medium high and cook for 5 minutes, stirring every now and then, until the water is evaporated, the peas are hot and coated in the tasty garlic butter.
Serve - Tumble into a bowl and serve!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 129 kcal
Carbohydrates: 12 g
Protein: 5 g
Fat: 7 g
Saturated Fat: 4 g
Trans Fat: 0.3 g
Cholesterol: 18 mg
Sodium: 199 mg
Sugar: 5 g
Unsaturated Fat: 2.4 g
Reviews
Satiyas on 2025-12-12 (5 stars): DELICIOUS
Thanks! Nagi.
Anns on 2025-11-21 (5 stars): I LOVE IT IS OS GOOD >3
Josh on 2025-09-14 (5 stars): I really love the simplicity of this and that you add fresh ingredients to the end to spuce it up more. Thanks!
Kelso on 2025-08-02 (5 stars): Quick, Easy, and a hell of a lot better than canned peas in my opinion.
I only wished I would have done some “dress up options”. Next time I’ll try some mint as I think that sounds yummy.
There’s nothing wrong with sharing basic recipes in my opinion as we all start somewhere and it helps create more ideas.
Thank you for sharing.
Ellie on 2025-07-06 (5 stars): Best buttered peas recipe ever! Hands down! I've always disliked peas but I think this recipe changed everything for me. I served myself a bowl of these and wow. I finished the whole thing so delicious!
Nikki on 2024-11-30 (5 stars): Thank you, I was looking for a new way to cook peas!!
Mel on 2024-04-10 (5 stars): Frozen baby peas are the best. I love this recipe.
My husband melts a lot of butter and fries chopped bacon and adds frozen baby peas which is also awesome as a side dish.
Mary on 2024-02-23 (5 stars): I’ve been cooking variations of this lovely dish for many years - my kids (25 and 22!) still ask for ‘oniony peas’. I usually sauté spring onions or shallots along with the garlic. Leek finely sliced is also delicious (either with or in place of the onions) and if I’m feeling really decadent I’ll add little nuggets of crispy bacon too. Don’t apologise about sharing a more basic recipe - they’re the ones we all return to over and over I suspect.
Helen and Zayla on 2024-02-12 (5 stars): Often we fail to comment on the everyday recipes that are often most appreciated like this one. Love this recipe!! Thanks for making me look a talented mum (alias 'cook'). This recipe really is easy peasy!
Cara on 2024-01-17 (5 stars): These were our Christmas peas and now we'll never cook peas any other way! Thanks Nagi for yet another gem of a recipe!
Tess on 2023-11-27 (5 stars): Omg love this! Didn’t know peas could be so delicious! Will be a regular at my place!
Anya on 2023-11-16 (5 stars): Loved this! Easy to make and delicious.
caitlin on 2023-11-13 (5 stars): this is the easiest, most DELICIOUS recipe! I can't believe how good it is. will be putting it in the week night rotation!
Denny Dodge on 2023-11-04 (5 stars): Good morning from Atlanta, GA made the chicken in mustard sauce, delish! Last night the garlic peas, equally delish. I have added mint and thin prosciutto to the batch for the holidays! Dozer looking good, Kota says woof, woof from across the pond. And wistfully looking at the kitchen counter, haha. She ain’t starving in this household!!!
Terry on 2023-10-29 (4 stars): If that’s your opinion, fine…
Terry Verney on 2023-10-29 (5 stars): I just did this and added chopped unsmoked bacon. Cook bacon until browned on the edges…
I used lardons (I’m very French) in a previous. That’s delish also..!
BTW, they’re Petite Pois, not peas…! You can put the ‘e’ after petit if you like…
Delicious..!
F. (Larry) LePrevost on 2023-10-28 (5 stars): Dear Nagi, Thank you kindly for your reply. Everything looks so good, and easy too. Larry
Anne on 2023-10-23 (5 stars): These peas were fantastic. I actually topped some cheese tortellini tossed in butter, S&P, and parmesan with a healthy serving of the garlic butter 🧈 peas just now. It was an exquisite one dish meal!
