Roasted Red Bell Peppers

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large red bell peppers (halved lengthwise, remove the part seeds)
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 rub the outside of the pepper halves with olive oil.
• 2 arrange cut-side down in one layer onto a baking sheet or a shallow pan.
• 3 preheat the broiler and set the oven rack 4-5 inches from the heat.
• 4 broil the peppers until well charred (the peppers will not char evenly at the ends, this will take about 20 minutes or a little more).
• 5 transfer to a plate or bowl and immediately cover tightly with heat-proof heavy plastic wrap (i like using saran wrap for this).
• 6 allow to stand for about 20-25 minutes.
• 7 when the peppers are cool enough to handle peel off the the skin.
• 8 chop to desired size then use immediately or transfer to a glass jar.