🇪🇸 Spanish Cuisine

Pimientos de Padrón

Padrón Peppers

Prep Time 10 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 77 kcal

Small green peppers from Galicia, blistered in a screaming-hot pan with olive oil and showered with coarse sea salt. Most are mild, but the occasional fiery one keeps every bite a gamble.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Wash peppers and pat completely dry to prevent oil splatter.
  2. 2 Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat until shimmering.
  3. 3 Add peppers in a single layer and cook without moving for 2 minutes until blistered and charred on one side.
  4. 4 Flip and cook another 1-2 minutes until tender and blistered all over.
  5. 5 Transfer to a plate and shower generously with coarse sea salt. Serve immediately.

Did You Know?

The Spanish saying goes: "Os pementos de Padrón, uns pican e outros non" — some are hot and some are not, and there is no way to tell until you bite.