Description
ted red peppers are delivious and very easy to make. Roasting peppers gives them a delicious, deep sweet flavor that works great in many of your favorite dishes. Learn how to roast red peppers in very few steps.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 red bell peppers
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F
- Place the peppers on a large baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the peppers are tender and the skins are slightly blackened
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and while the peppers are still hot, carefully place them in a heatproof glass bowl (use kitchen tongs or two large spoons to move them)
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit, covered, for 20 minutes or longer. This process will steam the peppers and make them easy to peel
- When the peppers are cool enough to handle, carefully remove and discard the skin and seeds. Cut them into strips
- Enjoy the peppers as is, or season with olive oil, salt, cumin and balsamic vinegar and store in an airtight container in the fridge
- Prep Time: 5
- Resting time: 20
- Cook Time: 45
- Category: side
- Method: oven roasted
- Cuisine: mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 pepper
- Calories: 28
- Sugar: 3.7
- Sodium: 149.2
- Fat: .8
- Saturated Fat: .1
- Unsaturated Fat: .5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 5.2
- Fiber: 1.6
- Protein: .8
- Cholesterol: 0