How To Roast Bell Peppers
Learn how to roast bell peppers three ways in a simple step by step guide. On the stovetop in a pan, on an open fire and in the oven. Roasted peppers are flavourful, tender and sweet. A great addition to antipasti platter, cheese platter, on bruschetta or even in a salad.
Ingredients
- 6 Red bell peppers:
- ½ tablespoon Olive oil
Instructions
Stovetop method in a pan
- Place a pan over medium heat, place the whole peppers in the pan and leave to char, keep turning the peppers until soft and completely charred.
- Transfer the peppers to Ziploc bag to steam. This would help you peel the skin off the peppers easily. Peel the skin off the pepper with your hand or a spoon and use as desired. Slice then into strips if need be.
On an open flame (oven fire)
- Turn on the burner of the oven and place the peppers directly over it. Once that side is charred and blistered, flip it until completely charred. Transfer the peppers into a Ziploc bag to steam or place in a bowl or airtight container to steam.
- Peel the charred skin, deseed it and slice and use as desired.
In the oven/grill/broiler
- For this method, you can either roast it whole or slice it the peppers into two. I like to slice mine into two but I don’t deseed until completely roasted.
- Preheat the oven at 200C/400F or your grill/ broiler to high
- Place the bell peppers in a baking tray and spray with some cooking oil. Place it in oven and roast until charred. This should be anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes. Take it out of the oven, flip the peppers and continue to roast/grill/broil for additional 3 minutes. This stage of the cooking if optional but highly recommend for optimum flavour.
- Finally, bring the peppers out of the oven, using a kitchen thong, transfer the peppers to a bowl and cover tightly to steam. Deseed, slice and used the peppers as desired.
Notes
NOTE: You do not need to rinse the peppers, just use your fingers or a spoon to remove the seed and the charred skin of the peppers.
Nutrition
Calories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 14mgPotassium: 753mgFiber: 7gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 11178IUVitamin C: 456mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 2mg
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