In the summer, market stalls display piles of friggitelli, small, mild green peppers, similar to shishitos, whose name hints at their cooking method (friggere means “to fry”). People always warn me that in a huge pile you might get one or two hot ones. If that’s the case, only Romans can perceive this negligible Scoville scale ranking. The coarse sea salt gives the peppers a pop of salinity reminiscent of pimientos de Padrón.

4 ingredients

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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Friggitelli

PAN-FRIED
SHISHITO
PEPPERS
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Ingredients (4)

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil (¼ cup) and garlic (1 clove) in a large pan over low heat just until the garlic starts to take on color, about 5 minutes.

  2. Remove and discard the garlic.

  3. Toss in the peppers (1 lb) in a single layer, increase the heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until blistered and wilted, 12 to 15 minutes.

  4. Remove from the heat.

  5. Transfer the peppers to a serving dish and serve immediately sprinkled with coarse salt (1 Tbsp).