Padrón Pepper Salad

Name: Padrón Pepper Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon purple basil flowers or tiny leaves from basil plant; 24 Sun Gold cherry tomatoes, at room temperature; 118 milliliters Israeli feta, crumbled; 10 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 32 smalls Padrón peppers; 1 teaspoons flaked sea salt, divided

Padrón Pepper Salad is a gluten free, primal, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian side dish. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 12g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 347 calories. A mixture of olive oil, sun gold cherry tomatoes, israeli feta, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes.

Instructions

Slice tomatoes in half. Put in a bowl and toss with 1/4 tsp. salt. Set aside.

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Bowl

Heat a grill or a grill pan to medium-high. Toss peppers with 2 tsp. oil and grill until slightly charred all over, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Peppers

Cooking Oil

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Grill

Divide peppers among 4 salad plates or 2 dinner plates, stacking to give some height to each dish. Divide tomatoes and sprinkle around peppers, then top with crumbled feta. To finish, drizzle 2 tsp. olive oil over each plate, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, and top with a few basil flowers.

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Olive Oil