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Roasted Peppers

Morsels of Life - Roasted Peppers - A quick and easy way to make your own roasted peppers - just peel off the charred skin, and you'll find a sweet and tender flesh with just a hint of smokiness.

I'd only heard about roasted red peppers and how tasty and versatile they were, but I'd never had any before. So, when we ended up with 6 red bell peppers (for $2!), I thought I could make some roasted red peppers. Now, there's a whole range of different methods for making these roasted red peppers. Obviously, you could roast them in an oven, but you can also broil them, grill them, or even char them over a flame. I found that broiling was the tastiest and easiest method for me. I imagine grilling would also be quite flavorful, but unfortunately, I don't have access to a grill. :( Once the skins are charred, just enclose them so that the steam can loosen the skin from the flesh. I've heard of using plastic bags or brown paper bags, but being more  lazy  efficient, I prefer to cover the baking/broiling container with a silpat or silicon mat. Keeping them enclosed allows steam to do all the hard work of separating the skin from the flesh. In addition, this step allows the peppers to cool down a bit so you don't have to get burnt removing the skins!


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A quick and easy way to make your own roasted peppers - just peel off the charred skin, and you'll find a sweet and tender flesh with just a hint of smokiness.


Materials:

Mass Weight Volume Number Material Notes
bell peppers
seasonings optional


Methods:

  1. Cut off top of pepper. I like to cut as close to the stem as I can while maintaining a straight piece of pepper at the end.
  2. Remove seeds/membranes.
  3. Slice down to bottom, and cut off end slightly, if necessary to allow pepper slice to lay flat.
  4. Arrange pepper slices, skin side up and roast or broil about 10 minutes, until skin is charred. You might hear some popping during this step - don't be alarmed! :)
    OR
    Place pepper slices, skin side down over gas stove, directly over flame, and char skin.
    OR
    Grill peppers. (If using this method, using whole peppers might be easier. I can't really say either way since I don't have a grill.)
  5. Remove from heat and enclose peppers approximately 10 minutes.
  6. Remove charred skins.

4 comments:

  1. Jen (Balancing Beauty and Bedlam)April 12, 2011

    >I LOVE roasted red peppers. Thanks so much for sharing. :)

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  2. Morsels of LifeApril 12, 2011

    >Glad to hear you like them! These roasted peppers are much more tasty (and cheaper) than the store bought kind - hope you enjoy!

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  3. >Mmmm roasted red peppers are one of my very favorite things! I usually just split mine in half and roast them but I can see how cutting them into strips beforehand would make things way less messy!

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  4. Morsels of LifeApril 12, 2011

    >Just about anything that decreases cleanup is a win in my book! Hopefully you'll be able to save some cleanup time by cutting into strips first :)

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