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How to roast peppers
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Burning your food on purpose seems a bit strange, I know, but it's just so dang fun!
Peppers can be roasted on the grill, in the oven and on a gas stove. My advice is to use a grill, it has less ventilation problems and I think it has the best flavor.
All peppers can be roasted but red peppers are the most commonly roasted. Learning how to roast peppers also benefits you in another way because it's the only way you can skin a pepper. Some recipes call for more roasting in the oven but most do not.
Roasting "HOT" Peppers
Chili peppers and Jalepenos can be roasted and used in salsa and chili to make a unique flavor.If you plan on roasting hot peppers make sure you wear gloves and avoid rubbing your eyes and make sure the place where you peel them is very well ventilated. After the oils from a hot pepper soak into your skin there isn't a lot you can do to relieve the burning pain except wait it out but this might help.
You can wash your hands with liquid soap and salt, or lemon juice to help get the hotness and smell off of your hands.
Roasted Red Peppers
After you know how to roast peppers you can use the roasted red peppers that you do in sandwiches, subs, soup, pasta sauce and on pizza, salads and antipasto. If you use your imagination I'm sure you could find more dishes to use it in.Roasting red peppers deepens the flavor and becomes more concentrated with a sweeter flavor.
How to roast peppers
on your grill
1. The first thing you want to do when roasting peppers is rinse them off in water to remove any chemicals that might be on them. Then dry them off with a towel or paper towel.2. Coat the pepper in vegetable oil (NOT extra virgin olive oil) using a basting brush works well. Make sure it's completely coated including inside the grooves.
3. Turn your grill on medium high gas or charcoal it doesn't matter, I prefer charcoal for better flavor.
4. Place the peppers on the bottom grill rack and close the lid.
5. Check the roasted pepper every minute, when one side looks done flip it 180 degrees with a pair of tongs and blacken the other side of the pepper. You want the pepper as black as you can get it without charring the inside of the pepper.
6. When it is blackened NOT CHARRED TO A CRISP! Take the peppers off of the grill and turn the grill off.
7. Now put the blackened peppers in a large plastic container and cover it with a lid or plastic wrap. Make sure it's air tight. Let it sit in the container for 20 minutes. If you don't have a large enough container you can use a ziploc bag, it wont melt. Doing this causes the peppers to steam and it's what makes peeling the skin off so easy.
How to roast peppers
and
peel the skin off
1. After the roasted peppers have cooled down in your air tight container for 20 minutes, set up a bowl with a fine mesh sieve over top. This will catch the juices from the pepper while your peeling them. Throw all your scraps into the sieve.2. Now pull the stems out of each roasted pepper and and place the stem in the sieve.
3. Place the roasted pepper on a plate or cutting board, slice it in half and use a non-serrated knife and slide it lightly along the inside of the pepper to remove the seeds and the fleshy membrane. Pour any juice on the plate into the sieve along with the seeds and membrane.
4. Now place the pepper flat on the plate skin side up, hold the pepper down and peel off the skin, it should slide of the roasted pepper very easily. DO NOT RINSE THE PEPPER! This will take away some of the valuable flavors. If there is still black specks on the pepper don't worry it won't hurt you it will only add flavor. Put the peeled peppers in the bowl thats under the sieve. Add all your scraps and juices to the sieve.
5. Grab a large cooking spoon and press down on the scraps to get the juices out. Toss the scraps out.
6. Now add enough vegetable or olive oil to cover the peppers put a lid on. They will stay good in the fridge this way for 2 - 3 weeks. You can also use water instead of oil but it takes more of the flavor away from the pepper and will cause the pepper to get mushy within a week and a half.
You can use the oil to add extra flavor to your cooking and the peppers for whatever recipe you like. Thats how to roast a pepper, good luck.
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