How To Roast Peppers

Step by step, easy instructions on how to roast peppers. I am using my indoor gas stove but this can also be made on a grill. Roasting your own peppers will save you money and they will taste better!

If you live these roasted peppers you will need to learn how to roast garlic. LIFE CHANGING! Also you will want to learn how to dry chives.

How To Roast Peppers

If you have never tried a roasted pepper you don't know what you are missing! They are sweet like a raw pepper but they are soft like a cooked pepper all with a hint of smokiness that indicative to anything that is roasted. They add depths of flavor to salads, sandwiches, pastas burgers...anything really. But form some reason these delicious treats can cost you a pretty penny in the grocery store.

How to roast a pepper on a gas stove

1. Turn on the gas flame.
2. Place a clean pepper on the flame.
3. Allow the pepper to blister and char on each side.
4. Turn the pepper until all sides are charred.
5. Allow all sides to become blackened and the insides to cook.
6. Remove from flame.
7. Place in either plastic wrap or a paper bag.
8. Allow to steam for 10 minutes.

How to peel roasted peppers

1. Once cool, remove from wrapping and remove the blackened outside with a knife, using a scraping motion.
2. Slice open and remove the stem, seeds and membranes.
3. Slice and store in the refrigerator.
4. Use within a week.

Are roasted peppers spicy?

Roasted peppers are spicy only if the pepper was a spicy or hot pepper before it was roasted. By roasting the pepper, the pepper is cooking, the skin is blistering and will be removed and the natural sugars in the pepper are brought out with the heat. By adding heat to peppers is does not add spice.

Recipes that use roasted peppers:

• Roasted Red Pepper Dip
• Chipotle Copycat Roasted Chili-Corn Salsa
• Zoodles with turkey spinach meatballs in a creamy roasted red pepper sauce
• Tomato red pepper soup
• Tri Color Pasta Salad
• Grilled Chicken Wrap
• Mediterranean cucumber roll ups
• Chile del arbol salsa
• Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Pasta
• Roasted Red Pepper Turkey Bolognese

Printable roasted pepper instructions:

How to roast a pepper on a gas stove

Sarah Mock

Step by step, easy instructions on how to roast peppers. I am using my indoor gas stove but this can also be made on a grill. Roasting your own peppers will save you money and they will taste better!

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Print Recipe

Prep Time 1 min

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 16 mins

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Course Food Tips

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Calories 36 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 pepper

Instructions

 

• Turn on the gas flame.
• Place a clean pepper on the flame.
• Allow the pepper to blister and char on each side.
• Turn the pepper until all sides are charred.
• Allow all sides to become blackened and the insides to cook.
• Remove from flame.
• Place in either plastic wrap or a paper bag.
• Allow to steam for 10 minutes.
• Once cool, remove from wrapping and remove the blackened outside with a knife, using a scraping motion.
• Slice open and remove the stem, seeds and membranes.
• Slice and store in the refrigerator.
• Use within a week.

Nutrition

Calories: 36kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 1gSodium: 4mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5g

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Roasting peppers video tutorial

Here is my video tutorial on how I make roasted red peppers. Easy peasy once you know the process.

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This post originally published Jan 3, 2013