Roasted Peppers in Oil with Garlic + How to Roast Peppers

You’ll never buy Roasted Peppers again after you see how easy they are to make and their delicious flavor. Layered with roasted garlic and oil they become a great filling and topping you’ll love.

Roasted peppers start with whole peppers which have the outer skin charred and removed. This leaves a soft, tender pepper with a wonderful cooked flavor unique to roasted peppers. High temperatures bring out the natural sugars in the peppers which give them the fantastic flavor people love.

Though red peppers are the most popular to roast, any color bell pepper or type of pepper can be roasted with delicious results.

Roasted Red Peppers are a popular ingredient in everything from Italian food dishes to everyday casseroles. But red peppers are just the start! Any peppers, sweet or spicy, can be roasted with one of the following methods.

Layering them in olive oil and roasted garlic is an easy favorite and can be used in many delicious ways!

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Recipe Ingredients Notes

Bell Peppers are all that is needed for roasting! No oil is added in the roasting process.

Though we used colorful bell peppers for this recipe any type of peppers can be roasted in one of the following methods.

For the recipe shown here we used green bell peppers, yellow bell peppers and red bell peppers. The combination creates a beautiful visual presentation as well as excellent results for great flavor.

How to Roast Peppers

There are multiple ways to roast peppers. They all come down to the same steps of burning or charring the skin, and removing it.

All of the following methods of how to roast peppers will yield great results. Whole peppers are used for each of the following methods.

Our preferred method? They all work great.

• In the summer using a grill is an easy way not to heat up the kitchen.
• Otherwise the oven method is easy and good and allows multiple peppers to roast at a time.
• The gas burner oven requires you full attention and roasting one at a time.

How to Roast Peppers in the Oven

1. Position the top shelf in the oven to be 5 inches below the broiler element.
2. Place the peppers in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet lined with a piece of foil and on the top shelf.
3. Allow the peppers to char on the top facing side (1-2 minutes usually).
4. Rotate with tongs to expose a new side to the broiler.
5. Repeat until all sides of the pepper are charred.

How to Roast Peppers on a Gas Stove Burner (stove top)

1. Place the pepper directly on the metal grate above a gas burner turned to medium-high heat.
2. As the lower side of the pepper chars, rotate with metal tongs to expose a new side.
3. Repeat until all sides of the peppers are charred.

How to Roast Pepper on an Outdoor Grill

1. Heat a gas grill to 400 degrees OR use a charcoal grill with active flames.
2. Place the peppers on the grill grate above open flame.
3. As the skin side facing the grill becomes charred rotate the peppers with metal tongs to a new side.
4. Repeat until all sides of the pepper are charred.

For All Methods

1. Transfer peppers into a large plastic zipper close bag and seal. Or place them in a mixing bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
2. Allow to steam for 15-20 minutes.
3. Remove the roasted peppers and peel the charred skin off (it will have begun to separate from the pepper flesh). Discard the peeled skin, remove the inner membrane and seeds.

NOTE: If needed scrape it off with a dining knife (not sharp) or run it under water and massage the charred skin off.

Roasted Peppers in Oil with Garlic

A favorite way to add more flavor to roasted peppers is the to soak them in oil with roasted garlic. The flavors are irresistible!

Layered in a decorative jar the mixture is perfect on on crusty bread as an appetizer.

How to Make it

For detailed instructions refer to the printable recipe card at the end of the blog post.

1. Slice the top 1/4-inch off a head of garlic. Place in foil and drizzle with olive oil.
2. Put in a preheated over or grill. Allow to roast for 40 minutes or until soft.
3. Halfway through the roasting, follow one of the methods above to roast the bell peppers.
4. When done, halve the peppers, remove the seeds and stem. Slice into 1/2-inch slices (or desired size). 
5. Layer the roasted pepper slices with the roasted garlic in a jar. Cover with olive oil.

How to Store Peppers in Oil

Refrigerator: Store the peppers in oil in and airtight container the refrigerator for a week.

Freezer: For longer storage the peppers can be frozen. Remove the garlic and add the peppers and oil into a freezer-safe container or freezer bag. Freeze for 3-6 months. Peppers can also be frozen without oil.

Storage Tips

• Olive oil will solidify when cold in the refrigerator. When ready to eat or serve, remove the desired amount from the jar and heat in microwave for 15-20 seconds or leave peppers out at room temperature for 1 hour.
• The peppers will be softer after freezing.

How to Use Roasted Peppers in Oil

• On an Antipasti platter
• In sandwiches
• On crusty bread for Bruschetta
• On salads or chopped and added to salads (like a quinoa salad)
• As omelet filling (chop first)
• On pizza or flatbread
• Pureed into soup
• Blended into a sauce
• Pureed into a dip

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Originally published: July 10, 2019