One of my favorite side dishes that goes well with anything is red bell peppers cooked in olive oil. This dish represents the Mediterranean cuisine and all it stands for. The red bell pepper itself is very sweet and delivers a delicious complement to any dish. This dish is very simple simple to make and only has 4 ingredients: olive oil, garlic, red bell peppers and a dash of salt. That’s it!
What I love to do with this dish is eat it with some hot fresh Italian bread and soak the bread in the oil left from this dish. Yum! In the Italian meal structure, this dish falls in the contorni side of things which translates to sides. This dish is very versatile as you can use it in a variety of things such as sandwiches, hamburgers, frittatas and many other things.
Red Bell Peppers cooked in Olive Oil
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 5 whole red bell peppers
- 1 clove garlic
- salt
Instructions
- Slice the red bell peppers in half and remove the stem, seeds, and the insides of the bell pepper. Wash the pepper under running water to clear out any residual seeds.
- Cut the peppers vertically into long strips about 1/4 of an inch thick.
- Peel the clove of garlic and slice it in half vertically.
- Place the oil into a frying pan and heat it up on a medium-high heat.
- Add the garlic and cook the garlic for about 2-3 minutes or until the garlic turns golden.
- Add the peppers and mix well.
- Cook the peppers on a medium-high heat with a lid for 5-10 minutes stirring often to make sure the peppers don't burn. Add a dash of salt.
- After 10 minutes, switch to a low heat and cook for another 5 minutes without the cover.
- Buon Appetito!
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