Blistered Shishitos Recipe with Sofrito

This delicious shishitos pepper recipe from illyanna Maisonet utilizes her flavorful Puerto Rican sofrito, tossing it over pan-fried shishito peppers. The resulting dish is not only quick to prepare, it's great for a quick summer snack or a part hors d'oeuvre.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Puerto Rican

Servings servings

Calories 17 kcal

Equipment

heavy skillet

Ingredients

Olive oil for sauteing
1 pound of shishitos
2 TBSP sofrito
Lemon wedges
Flaky finishing salt to taste

Instructions

In a large cast-iron skillet over high heat, add around a teaspoon of olive oil.
Add the peppers to the pan and cook until blistered and charred, 3-4 minutes. Flip and repeat, but only cook for 1-2 minutes, or until the other side is blistered. Take off the heat.
Place in a bowl, add sofrito and a squeeze of lemon and toss. Garnish with finishing salt.
Serve immediately.

Notes

It’s about to get smoky in your kitchen, so remember to turn on the hood!

Nutrition

Serving: 1portionCalories: 17kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.05gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 37mgPotassium: 146mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 305IUVitamin C: 61mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.3mg

Keyword blistered shishito peppers, puerto rican sofrito, shishitos

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