Sugar Snap Pea Salad With Calabrian Pepper and Fennel Recipe (2024)

Calabrian pepper substitute?

Celery or baby bok choy. You could even do radishes sliced. thinly.

I agree this could use more lemon juice or other acid. I doubled the amount. The Calabrian peppers could be boosted a little as well. They are barely detectable in the amount given. Of course, peppers vary wildly in hotness, even within the same variety. So taste yours, and if you add, add in small amounts. Salad dressing is ruined completely when it just becomes hot sauce.
I never could find the tough string in the peas I bought. I just trimmed the ends, and cut them lengthwise. Worked fine.

Cit into very thin strips. You can do this easily with a standard kitchen peeler.

The flavors did really well together but I'd recommend blanching the peas.

Tip: TJs makes an incredible "Bomba" Calabrian chili sauce perfect for this recipeWe didn't use it for this, though, as we wanted to get through a jar of actual full-on Calabrian chilis and didn't even realize they were the same thing!Also subbed basil for mint and champagne vin for lemon (out of both). Instead of neutral oil did half Calabrian chili oil and half EVOO. It was spicy but a winner! Demolished same day over some polenta. Will make again.

My family was obsessed with these peas! They loved the julienne-- which in my case was simply halving them... and not along the seam, just roughly in half-lengthwise.

I used a lot more fennel and mint, added more shallot to the dressing and then blended it. Used fresh spicy Korean peppers in place of Calabrian.

I found the mint overpowered the thyme. I think I’ll use one or the other next time.

Blanch peas lightly after stringing but before cutting. More chili. Use Heritage Farms Hannah cheese. Don't forget salt.

There are such amount of peppers, I used a jar of roasted peppers which were fine. When I got to the end of making this, I just tossed all of the ingredients together and it was great.

Use more fennel and mint

I made this for Easter and it was outstanding. I substituted Pimento peppers for the Calabrian and just added a little kick to the dressing. No one complained. One of the best salads I have made in a long time. Declared a "keeper"

I agree this could use more lemon juice or other acid. I doubled the amount. The Calabrian peppers could be boosted a little as well. They are barely detectable in the amount given. Of course, peppers vary wildly in hotness, even within the same variety. So taste yours, and if you add, add in small amounts. Salad dressing is ruined completely when it just becomes hot sauce.
I never could find the tough string in the peas I bought. I just trimmed the ends, and cut them lengthwise. Worked fine.

Salad dressing is too oily, not enough lemon. I doubled the lemon and even added a bit of champagne vinegar. I think the ingredients would make a fantastic dressing if just mixed in a blender (all dressing ingredients except the peppers which I would add in the end).
Snap peas too hard to halve also. I subbed the Calabrian with long hot peppers. use fresno red peppers also if you can find them.

I have another sugar snap pea salad that calls for blanching the peas before julienning, so plan to try that.

What does it mean to shave the fennel?

What would be a good alternative to fennel in this recipe? It looks appealing, but I've never liked the flavor of fennel.