New Potato and Padron Pepper Skewers
These New Potato and Padron Pepper Skewers are the perfect side dish for your next BBQ. Get the recipe below.
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Barbecued vegetables
Barbecues aren’t all about the meat (or meat substitutes if you’re veggie or vegan). It’s important to have a wide range of vegetable dishes too. Often the vegetable side dishes are salads but today I want to show you that cooking vegetables over the coals can result in delicious, smokey sides.
When cooking vegetables over a grill you achieve a similar effect to roasting them. As the heat hits them their natural sugars caramelise resulting in a richer, sweeter flavour. Of course the smoke from the coals (and wood chips if you’re using them) also gives them a wonderful smokey flavour.
These New Potato and Padron Pepper Skewers are both sweet and a little spicy. I like to serve mine with a patatas bravas sauce.
Making New Potato and Padron Pepper Skewers
What are padron peppers?
Padron peppers are small, green peppers that originate from Padrón in northwest Spain.
Once they have been cooked, they are sweet and nutty. However, every once in a while you will get one that is super spicy!
Can I use something other than padron peppers?
Shishito peppers are very similar to padron peppers. Rather than coming from Spain, they come from Japan. But, they are still small in size and softened when blackened over a high heat. They are the perfect substitute if you want to avoid finding a fierce padron pepper as their flavour is even more mild and sweet.
If you’re not worried about heat and would like to add some spice to the dish then Mexican Anaheim chillis are also a good substitute.
Do I have to use new potatoes?
New potatoes are my favourite potato to use for this dish as they cook quickly. You could use any other young potato or cut larger potatoes into smaller pieces before cooking.
Can I cook these without a BBQ?
Yes, these new potato and padron pepper skewers can be cooked without the use of a BBQ. My two preferred methods are cooking them in a grill pan on the hob as you still get the charred bar marks. Or, you could place them underneath a hot grill turning regularly.
The recipe
New Potato and Padron Pepper Skewers
Ingredients
- 16 new potatoes or similar small potato
- 16 padron peppers
- coarse sea salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Cut the potatoes in half and add to a pan of boiling water.
- Cook the potatoes for 15 minutes over a medium heat until they are just tender before draining and patting dry.
- Thread the potato halves and padron peppers on to skewers (8 in total).
- Brush the skewers with a little olive oil then place over the direct heat of a BBQ for 2-3 minutes on each side before transferring to an indirect heat and cooking for an additional 5 – 10 minutes.
- Serve with a sprinkling of sea salt alongside your favourite BBQ dishes.
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