Padron Peppers

[Elpenor]

I’ve bought some

How should I cook them?

Ideally in an air fryer.

 

[TopCat]

I’ve bought some

How should I cook them?

Ideally in an air fryer.

Hot temp till blisters then remove and season with sea salt and olive oil.

 

[Epona]

Don't overcrowd them in the air fryer, or they'll steam and go soft instead of the skin blistering - single layer only with space between them.

If you have too many for the air fryer, then under a hot grill spaced out on a baking tray would be a better option.

 

[Elpenor]

Cheers, will be doing them tomorrow!

 

[Fez909]

I cook them in a frying pan.

Splash of oil, chuck 'em in, cook till blistered and they puff up and eventually 'burst' and deflate.

Sprinkle with salt, done.

 

[existentialist]

Yummmm. Had them quite a few times as part of tapas, and I am a bit partial.

 

[danny la rouge]

Apparently* something like one in twenty is hot. I’ve never had a hot one, but the odds are actually quite high.


(* A friend I have no good reason to doubt, but who is admittedly not a food statistician, told me).

 

[existentialist]

Apparently* something like one in twenty is hot. I’ve never had a hot one, but the odds are actually quite high.


(* A friend I have no good reason to doubt, but who is admittedly not a food statistician, told me).

I am sure I had a higher hit rate than that when I ate them! Not that I'm complaining...

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Apparently* something like one in twenty is hot. I’ve never had a hot one, but the odds are actually quite high.


(* A friend I have no good reason to doubt, but who is admittedly not a food statistician, told me).

I am sure I had a higher hit rate than that when I ate them! Not that I'm complaining...

First had them in Madrid and had 3 or 4 hot ones there. Over here... none

I blame Brexit!

 

[Fez909]

Apparently* something like one in twenty is hot. I’ve never had a hot one, but the odds are actually quite high.


(* A friend I have no good reason to doubt, but who is admittedly not a food statistician, told me).

I heard it was 1 in 8 or something.

I must have eaten over 500 and have never had a hot one.

 

[Elpenor]

I will report back with my findings on hot ones, in the interest of science

 

[Epona]

I think how they are grown makes a difference in terms of heat - I grew "Hot Banana" chilli variety this year which is supposed to be a mild one for stuffing and grilling (bit different to padron, but similarly not supposed to be hot, really low on the Scoville scale) and by putting the plant in drought conditions as the fruits were ripening they ended up not like massively hot, but decent jalapeno level of heat.

 

[Callie]

I've had a hot one from Lidl stock. Very exciting. I follow fez's cooking method. Lush

 

[Monte]

I’ve bought some

How should I cook them?

Ideally in an air fryer.

If in doubt, stuff with cream cheese, batter and deep fry.
It's one of my rules of life.

 

[moose]

I always enjoy the Padron Roulette when you get 6 mild ones and one killer one (from Sainsburys) but the odds are different with Tesco where hardly any are hot.

Also: excellent with truffle salt

 

[moomoo]

Manter introduced me to padron peppers and I was hooked immediately. I get very excited when I see them on a menu now!

 

[Manter]

Manter introduced me to padron peppers and I was hooked immediately. I get very excited when I see them on a menu now!

Oh, now I have a craving

 

[Elpenor]

I always enjoy the Padron Roulette when you get 6 mild ones and one killer one (from Sainsburys) but the odds are different with Tesco where hardly any are hot.

Also: excellent with truffle salt

Mine are from Lidl

I can’t recall having seen them in a shop beforehand but must admit I don’t look for them and by much the same basket each week

 

[Gromit]

I always enjoy the Padron Roulette when you get 6 mild ones and one killer one (from Sainsburys) but the odds are different with Tesco where hardly any are hot.

Also: excellent with truffle salt

Did a bunch on a BBQ once for a dinner party.
One poor guest managed to get every single hot pepper. All three of them out of a bunch of like twenty. It was very funny.

 

[Elpenor]

11 peppers in total

None of them spicy

Used the Fez909 method, worked fairly well, kind of hard to mess up really!

Not as nice as I’ve had in a restaurant but hardly surprising as my cooking isn’t up to much!

 

[existentialist]

11 peppers in total

None of them spicy

Used the Fez909 method, worked fairly well, kind of hard to mess up really!

Not as nice as I’ve had in a restaurant but hardly surprising as my cooking isn’t up to much!

Keep practising. Who knows, you may eventually encounter a hot padron!

 

[Fez909]

11 peppers in total

None of them spicy

Used the Fez909 method, worked fairly well, kind of hard to mess up really!

Not as nice as I’ve had in a restaurant but hardly surprising as my cooking isn’t up to much!

I love how it's now my method. I'm pretty sure it's what they write on the back of the packaging