Pimientos de Padron

Name: Pimientos de Padron
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 250g padron peppers; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp flaky sea salt; 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Blistered green peppers with sea salt. Most are mild and the odd one is hot.

Time10 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.36 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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250 gpadron peppers
2 tbspolive oil
1 tspflaky sea salt
1lemoncut into wedges

Method

1
Wash the peppers and dry them very well so the oil does not spit.
2
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a high heat until it shimmers.
3
Add the peppers in one layer and cook for 4 minutes, turning now and then, until blistered and slightly wrinkled.
4 min
4
Tip into a bowl, sprinkle with the salt and serve hot with lemon.

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