The only thing more fun than cooking is cooking with a friend that loves to cook as much as you do while another friend whips up margaritas. I was lucky enough to experience all of the above this past Labor Day weekend with our dear friends from New York. We had come back from a day on the lake (witnessing the horrific fires at Steiner Ranch), we were starving and attempting cooking on the Big Green Egg for the first time ever.
Things could have (and almost did) go horribly wrong. But then Lauren whipped up these amazing pan roasted peppers, sprinkled sea salt on them, and all was well. Three ingredients and ten minutes is all you need to create the most addictive, delicious appetizer I've ever eaten. And while generally mild, like any pepper you never really know what you're going to get which only adds to the fun of eating them. Every couple of minutes somebody yells "I got a hot one!"
Lauren's Pan Roasted Shishito Peppers
Ingredients:
15-20 shishito or padron peppers, rinsed and pat dry
1 tablespoon good quality olive oil
flaky sea salt - a good pinch or so to taste
1 large rimmed nonstick or cast iron skillet
Directions:
Put the skillet over medium high heat. Add the oil and let heat through for one minute. Add the peppers and saute, flipping every couple of minutes until the sides become just blistered and deeply bronzed. You still want some green on them so don't let them completely blacken - just get some good color on them.
Remove to a serving platter and sprinkle immediately with flaky sea salt. Serve hot (though they're still good at room temp or even cold.)
5 comments:
Gosh, I hope I can find these somewhere.
You got a big green egg?? I am SO incredibly jealous!!! :)
Love this pan roasted pepper idea.. will be making this for sure!
Stephen they sometimes have them at Whole Foods or at Asian markets.
Jenn you absolutely have to get an egg. Even my husband - who refuses to cook or even touch a grill - is obsessed. I am afraid I can now never eat a burger cooked on anything else. I am going to pray to Santa or God or whomever that you get one ASAP! You of all people deserve and need one!
No way. These are the peppers they serve at Nobu, right?!? RIGHT?! I love them. I must have them. I will make them. Thank you!
Yes they are Siri. Some restaurants do the same thing with Padron peppers - which are smaller but taste almost the exact same - and found more at Spanish/tapas style joints. So glad you share the love - these really are too easy and good to be true!
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